3 Для выражения действия, которое представляется будущим с точки зрения прошедшего времени и которое будет осуществлено, так как запланировано или ожидается. Употребляется в основном с глаголами движения: to come приходить, to go идти, to leave уезжать, to start отправляться и др.:
I said I was returning the next day. | Я сказал, что возвращаюсь на следующий день. |
I couldn’t send word that I was coming. | Я не мог послать сообщение, что приезжаю. |
Оборот to be going to в Past Continuous.
Употребляется для выражения имевшегося в прошлом намерения совершить действие. Образуется глаголом to go в форме Past Continuous (was/were going - здесь имеет значение собирался, намеревался) и инфинитивом смысл. глагола с частицей to.
I was going to say it yesterday. | Я собирался сказать это вчера. |
What were they going to do? | Что они собирались делать? |
Certain Verbs
The following verbs are usually only used in Simple Past (not in the progressive form).
- state: be, cost, fit, mean, suit
Example: We were on holiday.
- possession: belong, have
Example: Sam had a cat.
- senses: feel, hear, see, smell, taste, touch
Example: He felt the cold.
- feelings: hate, hope, like, love, prefer, regret, want, wish
Example: Jane loved pizza.
- brain work: believe, know, think, understand
Example: I did not understand him.
- introductory clauses for direct speech: answer, ask, reply, say
Example: “I am watching TV,“ he said.
Simple Past or Past Progressive
Exercise
Put the verbs into the correct tense (Simple Past or Past Progressive).
We (wait)
for Jane, when suddenly Louis (come) 
around the corner. I (cycle)
through the park, when I (hear) 
a strange noise. He (pass)
her a message when the teacher (look / not) 
. I (fall)
asleep while I (watch) 
TV last night. When Mike and Jane (paint)
the walls, their dog (knock) 
over the paint pot. Tom (break)
his leg when he (play) 
frisbee. The phone (ring)
when I (sit) 
on the toilet. 8. While Tom (play) 
the piano, his mother (do) 
the washing-up.
9. He (drink) 
some juice and then he (eat) 
a few chips.
10. I (have) 
dinner when I suddenly (hear) 
a loud bang.
11.When my father (work) 
in the garden, an old friend (pass) 
by to see him.
12. She (go) 
to school, (take) 
out her textbook and (begin) 
to learn.
13. When it (start) 
to rain, our dog (want) 
to come inside.
14. When Jane (do) 
a language course in Ireland, she (visit) 
Blarney Castle.
15.When I (be) 
on my way home, I (see) 
an accident.
16. I (not / understand) 
what they (talk) 
about.
