Career Plans That Changed

This is a fill-in-the-blank exercise. Click on each blank and choose the correct answer from the dropdown. Complete the sentences about past career expectations, professional plans, and goals people believed they would achieve. Focus on using future in the past structures correctly.

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Question 1

As a teenager, Sarah believed she _____ as a lawyer one day, but she ended up becoming a teacher instead.

Options: would work, will work, was working

Question 2

When Mark chose to study art, he didn't realize that the decision _____ his entire career path.

Options: will change, would change, had changed

Question 3

The recruiter told me that the interview process _____ about three weeks.

Options: will take, would have taken, was going to take

Question 4

When Lisa accepted the transfer in 2018, she had no idea that it _____ such a positive impact over the following years.

Options: would have, will have, was having

Question 5

While I was still at school, my parents assumed I _____ in finance like my father did, but I chose a completely different field.

Options: had worked, was going to work, will work

Question 6

Before the restructuring began in January, the consultant warned us that it _____ at least six months to complete; it finally ended in August.

Options: will take, was taking, would take

Question 7

Before it began, the training program _____ three months, but it was extended to six months due to high demand.

Options: was going to last, had lasted, will last

Question 8

At the start of the 2000s, nobody imagined that remote work _____ the standard for so many professions decades later.

Options: will become, would become, was becoming

Question 9

After the interview, before any decision had been made, I felt confident that I _____ the position, and fortunately I was right.

Options: had got, will get, would get

Question 10

Before the expansion began, we were told that the company _____ new offices in three cities by the end of the year.

Options: was going to open, will open, had opened

Practise Career Plans That Changed with this interactive fill-in-the-blank exercise of 10 questions. Choose the option that correctly completes each sentence, then submit to check your answers and get instant feedback on every choice.

Practising grammar in real sentences — rather than memorising rules in isolation — is one of the most effective ways to make a structure stick. You can retry as many times as you like to build accuracy and confidence using Career Plans That Changed in everyday English.

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