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Practice with the Future in the Past:

1. What occasions do we mean using the future in the past?

Note that when we use WAS / WERE GOING TO structure, it often means that the planned future action did not happen.

They were going to accept a repair or a replacement but in the end they changed their minds.

Exercise 1

Complete the sentences with the correct form using the future in the past of the verb in brackets.

1. She _______ (drive) to Boston last week, but her car broke down, so she had to go by train.

2. Henryk _______ (change) his job last year, but the General Director offered him the new post and higher salary, so he made his mind to stay with the firm.

3. The auctioneer _______ (bring out) a used electric popcorn maker, but there was no demand for it, so he had to change the lot.

4. Professor John Smith from The University of Nottingham _________ (appoint) President of the British Sociological Association (BSA) but the elections didn’t take place.

5. The students _______ (study) the information provided by the lecturer thoroughly before the seminar but the seminar was postponed till later.

6. While a student understood that I________ (acquire) the work-related skills largely through education. Why didn’t they?

7. I _______ (ask) how the concept could be put in native words, but somebody interrupted me.

8. The customer _______ (return) the damaged item, but he didn’t keep the receipt and couldn’t prove that he had bought it in that shop.

Appendix 1

Greetings

Introduction (Preparing the audience)

Main Part (Delivering the message)

Conclusion (Winding-up)

Good morning / afternoon ladies and gentlemen!

First, let me introduce myself; I'm... from...

Let us clear first of all over... (e.g. the organisation structure/the general aims/ etc. ...)

In conclusion...

Ladies and gentlemen!

I'll begin by then go onto and I'll end with...

The first point to make is that....

Looking back,...

Good morning / afternoon!

I stick to the opinion that no speech can be entirely bad if it is short enough. So I intend to be brief

The next point is that...

That's all I have to say for the moment

Greetings

Introduction (Preparing the audience)

Main Part (Delivering the message)

Conclusion (Winding-up)

Good morning / afternoon,

colleagues!

It's tempting to talk in terms of... (one or others views prevailing...)

However, one or two comments have some validity

Before closing I'd like to summarize the main points again

The core of my presentation will be contained in...

Initially,...

Thank you for your attention

Feel free to interrupt if you have any questions

All this suggests that,...

My presentation will take not more than 7 minutes as I intend to be concise

... not to mention ...(... не говоря уже о...)