WAS/WERE GOING TO AND WAS/WERE SUPPOSED TO




WAS/WERE GOING TO AND WAS/WERE SUPPOSED TO


Function:

We use going to in the past to talk about plans and intentions that didn´t happen.
We use supposed to in the past to talk about things we were expected to do but didn´t do.

Form:

Was/were going to + base form
·       I was going to call you. We weren´t going to come but we changed our minds.
·       They were going to dance in a party.
·       They weren´t going to dance in a party.
Was/were supposed to + base form.
·       You were supposed to copy Valerie in on all the emails.
·       We were supposed to come up with the answer during the period of reflection, but this period has not been a success.
·       we have passed our sell-by date: we were supposed to have been killed two weeks ago.

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