Was / were going to and was / were supposed to
¿Cuándo utilizarlo?
Usamos
GOING TO en el pasado para hablar sobre planes e intenciones que no sucedieron,
normalmente se utiliza esta forma para referirse a cosas no realizadas por
nosotros mismos.
Usamos
SUPPOSED TO en el pasado para hablar sobre cosas que se esperaba que hiciéramos
pero no hicimos, esta forma es utilizada para expresar intenciones que no se realizaron
principalmente porque se involucran más personas en la causa.
¿Cómo utilizarlo?
Para elaborar oraciones haciendo uso de las
formas anteriormente mencionadas se deben seguir las siguientes reglas
WAS / WERE GOING TO + verbo
en forma base
WAS / WERE SUPPOSED TO + verbo
en forma base
Ejemplos
|
I said I was going to
write to her but I didn't have time.
Le dije que iba a escribirle
pero no tuve tiempo.
|
The web designer was
supposed to add links to the web page. We reminded him several times.
Se suponía que el diseñador
web debía agregar enlaces a la página web. Le recordamos varias veces.
|
We were supposed to be
moving to a new house today, but there was a problem with the contract.
Se suponía que íbamos a
mudarnos a una nueva casa hoy, pero había un problema con el contrato.
|
Ejercicios:
Completa
cada una de las oraciones utilizando WAS
/ WERE (NOT) GOING TO o WAS / WERE
(NOT) SUPPOSED TO según corresponda.
1. You ____________
remove the bandages until next week. The doctor told you.
2. They
____________ sign the contract today. Look, is has today's date on it.
3. The
cost ____________ include everything-food and accommodation.
4. It ____________
snow today, but it has and so our flight might be cancelled.
5. Helen
____________ prepare a marketing report for the meeting tomorrow.
Ejercicios resueltos:
1. You weren't going to remove the bandages
until next week. The doctor told you.
No ibas a quitar los vendajes hasta la
próxima semana. El doctor te lo dijo.
2. They
were going to sign the contract
today. Look, is has today's date on it.
Iban a firmar el contrato hoy. Mira, tiene la
fecha de hoy.
3. The
cost was supposed to include
everything-food and accommodation.
Se suponía que el costo incluiría todo:
comida y alojamiento.
4. It wasn't supposed to snow today, but it
has and so our flight might be cancelled.
Se suponía que no nevaría hoy, pero lo ha
hecho, por lo que nuestro vuelo podría cancelarse.
5.
Helen was
supposed to prepare a marketing report for the meeting tomorrow.
Se suponía que Helen
debía preparar un informe de marketing para la reunión de mañana.
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