#63 was/were going to + infinitive verb

#63

FORM

was/were going to + infinitive verb

USE

Can use the simple past form of 'be' + 'going to' to talk about the future from a point in the past.

EXAMPLE

When we realized it was going to take more time to fix the car, we decided to take a taxi.

It looked like it was going to rain, so we decided to stay in.

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