English Grammar - The future in the past - "Was/Were going to"

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  • Опубликовано: 11 янв 2025

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  • @engvidAlex
    @engvidAlex  9 лет назад +11

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    • @rereraa6285
      @rereraa6285 7 лет назад

      English Lessons with Alex (engVid AlexESLvid) thanx from Iraq .

  • @ladanseyedzadeh1090
    @ladanseyedzadeh1090 4 года назад +21

    This video is great. I was going to study grammar by a grammar book, but from now on I will follow Alex's videos.

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  4 года назад +5

      Both are good options, but I thank you for the support! Good luck! :)

  • @jamiehuynguyen7259
    @jamiehuynguyen7259 5 лет назад +25

    Before I watched this video, I knew It was going to be helpful.

  • @robertohernandez6021
    @robertohernandez6021 7 лет назад +2

    Hi Alex, I'm from Nicaragua, Central America, as a Spanish Speaker I would like to thank you for all your videos lessons. It has helped me a lot and I have improved my listening. Currently I watch your videos without subtitles because I understand every word you say.
    Thanks a lot again Alex. Take care.

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  7 лет назад +1

      That's so awesome to read, Roberto. Great job! I'm happy to hear that I've been able to help you improve. Good luck with your future studies!

  • @xtremesami
    @xtremesami Год назад +2

    A really relaxing tutorial, we need more cool teachers like him!

  • @priezzapay
    @priezzapay 12 лет назад +11

    Thank you for a great job you're doing for learners of English all around the world. God bless you!

  • @Qbabxtra
    @Qbabxtra 12 лет назад +15

    As i watch this, i suddently remember that I was going to call my friend three hours ago. LOLOL
    Thanks random internet video!

  • @angel8juri
    @angel8juri 4 месяца назад +1

    Hi guys, this video has been uploaded since 2011 omg it’s literally for a long time. Thank u so much Alex for these videos god bless u❤️❤️!!

  • @thiagobaratieri7642
    @thiagobaratieri7642 5 лет назад +3

    Thank you, I am Brazilian and I need to understand this subject for my exam.

  • @engin7787
    @engin7787 6 лет назад +1

    The more I am listening to your videos , the more I am enjoying your lessons . Because you know English learners pitfalls !

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  6 лет назад +1

      That's great, engin! Keep it up!

  • @СанекСпец
    @СанекСпец 4 года назад

    Thank you Alex! You are the best online english teacher!!!

  • @Ranjaninathan
    @Ranjaninathan 10 лет назад +1

    thank u mr alex ,its very help to better understanding to delivery the good communication

  • @caiquealmeida1081
    @caiquealmeida1081 3 года назад +3

    Great lesson, great explanation
    Thnaks Teacher.

  • @Negari0
    @Negari0 8 лет назад +1

    thank you so much for this, man
    i had this "project" where im supposed to explain
    this to my fellow students, i decided to do an animation
    but i didnt know where to start, but you helped me, a lot

  • @asmars
    @asmars 4 года назад +1

    Thank you, Alex! You really helped me.

  • @Alzahrani77288
    @Alzahrani77288 3 года назад +2

    Thank you 🙏 the video is great 👍🏻

  • @maestro8828
    @maestro8828 10 лет назад +1

    THANK YOU MR.ALEX ! KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK !!
    I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO SEE YOUR OTHER VIDEOS !

  • @holmesedit
    @holmesedit 4 года назад

    I got 100 from the quiz. I thought I wasn't going to even get 70 from the quiz. Thanx a lot Alex!

  • @awabanass6371
    @awabanass6371 5 лет назад +2

    I can not thank you enough mr.Alex

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  5 лет назад

      No problem, awab. I'm glad you're getting useful information. :)

  • @ordonezmelendez9362
    @ordonezmelendez9362 9 лет назад +4

    marvelous ! go straight a head ! and please continue with this quality !

  • @chee0959
    @chee0959 5 лет назад

    Thanks for explaining my teacher, I am from morocco.

  • @istacousa
    @istacousa 7 лет назад

    I was going to say you thank you for the last week's video, but now I say you two times thank you!

  • @ba_pc
    @ba_pc 8 лет назад

    you're the best in the world.
    I'm from saudi Arabia🇸🇦

  • @galileagarcia6328
    @galileagarcia6328 4 года назад +1

    You’re amazing Alex🤩

  • @ers6931
    @ers6931 3 года назад

    thank you for the video. it really helps to improve our english

  • @Lot89Us
    @Lot89Us 13 лет назад +1

    I just love your videos - they are really helpful!

  • @anuraj120
    @anuraj120 13 лет назад +1

    I appreciate for your great job. Thank you Alex.

  • @ghassankhawaldeh
    @ghassankhawaldeh 2 года назад +1

    Man u r really great teacher thank u so much for this video

  • @danielsan6676
    @danielsan6676 5 лет назад +2

    Hey alex, as always, i enjoy your videos...i like being taught by you

  • @mohamadebrahimi4133
    @mohamadebrahimi4133 5 лет назад

    Please talk about would stracture in the future in the past

  • @7aB7Bh
    @7aB7Bh 3 года назад +1

    For a moment i thought that you are lewis capaldi
    Omg
    & Thx u helped me a lot

  • @lillychannal
    @lillychannal 4 года назад

    I knew this clip was going to help my english exam thank you so muchhhhh🥺👏👏

  • @ingridtorchella7466
    @ingridtorchella7466 6 лет назад +1

    This really helped me. Thank you very much.

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  6 лет назад

      You're welcome, Ingrid! I'm glad to hear that. :)

  • @jorgeinfante1889
    @jorgeinfante1889 9 лет назад +2

    Thank you for your video, it has helped me a lot

  • @Jtube0101Mega
    @Jtube0101Mega Год назад

    Great lesson! Thank you very much teacher Alex!

  • @muhammedimad5832
    @muhammedimad5832 6 лет назад +3

    God bless you Mr.Alex 😄,I like you .

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  6 лет назад

      Thank you, Muhammed. Good luck with your studies!

  • @salioubousso129
    @salioubousso129 5 лет назад

    Now he’s telling u in the present, about the past, about the future in the past 💯💔 I just like this video 😍

  • @josemanuelcaballlera185
    @josemanuelcaballlera185 8 лет назад +2

    Thank you, Alex. Excellent!

  • @juanjosee.c1020
    @juanjosee.c1020 9 лет назад +1

    It´s a great video, Alex know how to explain the topic, it´s easy to understand and it has many examples. I thinks the video it´s a little bit to long for such an easy topic. :) :) :) :)

  • @katerinasmolova126
    @katerinasmolova126 4 года назад

    Great! Thank you! It helped me a lot with studing for my exam :)

  • @filgudek
    @filgudek 11 месяцев назад

    We were going to hope, that your video help for us, and yeah, it helped! Our test is 9/10, so thank you! :)

  • @deepakpatel4011
    @deepakpatel4011 Год назад

    Very good congratulations sir from Deepak Patel gujarat India 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

  • @MasiKarimi
    @MasiKarimi 2 года назад

    Thanks a lot for the info!
    Awesome teaching!

  • @deniskanov
    @deniskanov 5 лет назад

    Alex is the best!

  • @kelcardsilva
    @kelcardsilva 3 года назад

    Thank you very much for this lesson!

  • @wilsonpelaez4094
    @wilsonpelaez4094 7 лет назад

    This is an excelent video, It is easy for understand. Thanks

  • @saifgoodman4900
    @saifgoodman4900 3 года назад

    Thank you very much from iraq

  • @nancydemerabarcia8947
    @nancydemerabarcia8947 7 лет назад

    Thank you for your lesson Alex. I got it!

  • @omidamiri7244
    @omidamiri7244 3 года назад

    thanks for your nice teaching.

  • @igualteconomas
    @igualteconomas 12 лет назад +1

    Thank you Sara.

  • @geovanaandrade730
    @geovanaandrade730 5 лет назад

    Thanks! God bless you

  • @quyetthangtran9252
    @quyetthangtran9252 8 лет назад

    A good lesson. Many thanks for your video.

  • @beequeen9228
    @beequeen9228 6 лет назад +7

    💭💭💭💭💭💭💭
    You're great 💕🌸💕🌸

  • @franloa7678
    @franloa7678 7 лет назад

    Great teacher ,as always!!!

  • @Vegan_scorpioo
    @Vegan_scorpioo 4 года назад

    I found it informative Thank you Sir❤️

  • @GiddyNGleeful
    @GiddyNGleeful 11 лет назад +4

    "The future in the past?" ONWARDS AOSHIMA!

  • @rousdiaz6308
    @rousdiaz6308 3 года назад

    Thanks for You Video I learnded how to use was an were going to

  • @zainaii7
    @zainaii7 4 года назад +1

    Thank you I understand

  • @Kminaaa1
    @Kminaaa1 3 года назад +2

    i like your videos thank you

  • @danmedinaa
    @danmedinaa 3 года назад

    wow, de verdad me ayudo mucho, muchísimas gracias ya tiene nueva sub 🙃

  • @SumuduPriyakantha
    @SumuduPriyakantha 5 месяцев назад

    Can we use ain't for some other auxiliaries

  • @HTOONHTOON-n7q
    @HTOONHTOON-n7q Год назад

    Awesome. ❤❤❤

  • @DilnozaUsmonova-r4y
    @DilnozaUsmonova-r4y Месяц назад

    It is clear.
    Thanks

  • @michele6744
    @michele6744 4 года назад

    Is it the same with will/would? For example: "She says they will win", became "She said they would win, but they didn't"
    Thank you very much,
    Michele

  • @DubsmashAdda
    @DubsmashAdda 4 года назад +1

    nice..Today was the last day of school..actually the last is goes for present prefect tense right..and also today..then how we used this with past tense sir..

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  4 года назад +1

      It works with past simple too. “The last time I saw him, he was working for a different company.”

  • @teresamongue852
    @teresamongue852 2 года назад

    Thank you l like your class

  • @cr7rm593
    @cr7rm593 4 года назад

    I knew you were going to be awesome

  • @jsonyuy6379
    @jsonyuy6379 5 лет назад

    Nice teacher !! . Can you teach about tense sequence plz..

  • @mitchzetune6550
    @mitchzetune6550 4 года назад

    It is way easier for students to understand the use, by saying: "past intentions" rather than "future in the past".

  • @mastersanjuan7966
    @mastersanjuan7966 5 лет назад

    You' re amazing Man!!!

  • @huutuan93
    @huutuan93 11 лет назад

    Thanks, that great, easy to understand

  • @toby2079
    @toby2079 4 года назад

    very helpful
    thx Alex

  • @JCF9000
    @JCF9000 10 лет назад

    Good video, thank you! But there is one question still on my mind. How do we put this into reported speech? Which tense to we have to shift here?

  • @rajhosalli7620
    @rajhosalli7620 7 лет назад +2

    Sir.. Can u please come with subjective with all Tenses in new video...

  • @flowercool3985
    @flowercool3985 13 лет назад

    @xNzzyz no, that was the marker cap

  • @josejimenez-wd5rw
    @josejimenez-wd5rw 5 лет назад

    Thank you teacher

  • @alejandrabelenvillegasmerc3693
    @alejandrabelenvillegasmerc3693 7 лет назад

    thanks for this lesson

  • @anderssonemmanuel8890
    @anderssonemmanuel8890 6 лет назад

    Thanks Alex Excellent lesson, why dont you make more phrasal verbs videos? I would like to see more of that, because most Americans talk like that.

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  6 лет назад

      I've got more phrasal verbs lessons coming in the near future. :)

  • @LSB.B.T.D
    @LSB.B.T.D 11 лет назад +1

    very clear

  • @mthiyagaraja8770
    @mthiyagaraja8770 4 года назад

    Thank you so much sir

  • @yurchenkk
    @yurchenkk 3 месяца назад

    YOURE SO COOL THANK YOUUU

  • @kiirmbiong4111
    @kiirmbiong4111 9 лет назад

    I heard some people said when they were greeting other people "hellos,how are yous" is that right

  • @estrellita30able
    @estrellita30able 13 лет назад +1

    very good!11
    thanks

    • @syafiilubis7702
      @syafiilubis7702 4 года назад

      it was a good example and clear explanation from Alex

  • @Jtube0101Mega
    @Jtube0101Mega Год назад

    Hello teacher. It was a great lesson and I thank you very much, but I have a question. Do we use this same structure to talk about future plans related to now that were canceled? I have some examples about what I mean bellow.
    1) Imagine I am going to travel to Canada next month and my uncle invited me to visit him next month so I say 'Sorry, I can't travel to you house because I am going to travel to Canada next month'
    But now (which is not next month yet), for some reason all flights to Canda were cancelled. So in this situation I call to my uncle and say:
    'I was going to travel to Canada next month, but all the flights were canceled, so I can go to your house'
    Is correct to say about that plan to the future related to now that was cancelled 'I was going to travel to Canada...' ?
    2) Imagine my friend invited me to his birthday party next week, but can't go because I have a business traveling so I say him: 'Sorry, I can't go to your birthday party next wee because I am traveling next week'.
    However, after I say that to my friend, for some reason, my business traveling was canceled. So, I call to my friend now and say 'I was traveling next week, but it was canceled. I can go to your birthday party next week'
    ----
    So, is correct use the same structure explained in the video to talk about future plans related to now that was canceled? The most important sentences about what I mean are bellow. I ask that because I've found on the internet only explanations about the future in the past but not explantions about future plans related to now that were canceled.
    'I was going to travel to Canada next month, but all the flights were canceled, so I can go to your house'
    'I was traveling next week, but it was canceled. I can go to your birthday party next week'
    Thank you very much from Brazil

  • @jsonyuy6379
    @jsonyuy6379 5 лет назад

    I got 10 out of 1o for this lesson for first try :))

  • @bryannicolassarmiento1041
    @bryannicolassarmiento1041 5 лет назад

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH :)

  • @mohamadebrahimi4133
    @mohamadebrahimi4133 5 лет назад

    Thanks.

  • @eduardamurata2040
    @eduardamurata2040 4 года назад +1

    I was going to study business, but I changed my mind

  • @dekzen
    @dekzen 13 лет назад

    Thank you.

  • @igualteconomas
    @igualteconomas 12 лет назад

    Alex: ¿Why some people say "I were" instead of "I was"? Like the song "if I were a boy"

    • @intoarut
      @intoarut 8 лет назад +1

      eldedogordo "were" is a bit more formal. "Was" is informal.

  • @simonmcjohn
    @simonmcjohn 5 лет назад

    Hi Alex I found some sentence like this: 1973 WOULD SEE THE RELEASE OF THE HIT FILM….. is this a future in the past?

  • @tewodroswolderufael7198
    @tewodroswolderufael7198 6 лет назад

    very good.

  • @Saralife197976
    @Saralife197976 12 лет назад

    in conditional, it is an exception ... which means instead of saying I was, u say I were. and that is just in conditional ... otherwise, u use I was

  • @videoeditor_irani
    @videoeditor_irani 9 лет назад

    It was great thanks

  • @evelyndeleon2153
    @evelyndeleon2153 6 лет назад

    Hi guys! My name is Magy, I'm from Guatemala and currently I'm learning English... I would like to know which should be correct use of was/were as a posibility, 'cause I'm getting confused. For example, a friend of mine told me today:" I wish it WERE true" but I quickly thought: is that correct? To me the correct way to say it should be: I wish it WAS true..
    Please we need your help! Thanks a lot!

    • @halahb8507
      @halahb8507 6 лет назад +1

      I wish it were true. Is correct . This is called the unreal condition. When u talk about things not real or not possible u use the past . Regarding the verb Be we usually use were instead of was even if the subject is I or she or he etc..
      But in a casual conversation u can say I wish it was true . No problem.
      But if u want to grammatically correct than use were .😊

  • @haideral-iraqi5390
    @haideral-iraqi5390 6 лет назад

    Thanks a lot .

  • @simraijaz9112
    @simraijaz9112 6 лет назад

    what if i just plan to do a short course .i have a full intention of doing it d em saving money too.so what should i use
    I am going to do a short vourse in july or
    i will do a short course in july..
    plz explain

    • @engvidAlex
      @engvidAlex  6 лет назад

      It's never a bad idea to learn something new or to strengthen something you already know. If you're interested in taking a short course, I say go for it. The worst thing that can happen is that you'll learn something. :D

  • @nguyenhuong24121991
    @nguyenhuong24121991 11 лет назад

    thank you so much

  • @makgoztr
    @makgoztr 12 лет назад

    thank you perfect..

  • @javedsiddique
    @javedsiddique 12 лет назад

    Very good