#64 was/were going to, but

#64

FORM

was/were going to, but

USE

Can use the past form of 'be going to' (often followed by 'but') to talk about a plan, sometimes one that may have changed.

EXAMPLE

We were going to buy a BMW but we decided to buy a Tesla instead.

I was going to clean my room today, but the football match was on TV so I’ll do it tomorrow.

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