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B2 · Upper Intermediate

Future in the Past — practice exercises

Interactive fill-in-the-blank, sentence-building, word-sorting, and error-correction exercises with instant feedback.

6 exercises

  1. Relationships and Personal Decisions

    Relationships and Personal Decisions

    Fill in the blank

    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 intentions, expectations, and personal decisions that later changed or did not happen as planned. Pay attention to the correct use of future in the past forms.

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  2. Career Plans That Changed

    Career Plans That Changed

    Fill in the blank

    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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  3. Would — Future in the Past or Conditional?

    Would — Future in the Past or Conditional?

    Build the sentence

    Tap the words in the correct order to build each sentence. Most items use would from a past viewpoint; one contrasts conditional would. One extra word does not belong.

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  4. Past Plans and Imminent Events — Build the Story

    Past Plans and Imminent Events — Build the Story

    Build the sentence

    Tap the words in the correct order to build each sentence. One extra word does not belong.

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  5. Future in the Past - Sort the Patterns

    Future in the Past - Sort the Patterns

    Sort into columns

    Tap a card, then tap the column where it belongs. Place every card to finish the board.

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  6. Past Future Forms - Find and Fix

    Past Future Forms - Find and Fix

    Find the mistake

    One word in each sentence is wrong. Tap it, then choose the correction.

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Put Future in the Past into practice with 6 interactive fill-in-the-blank, sentence-building, word-sorting, and error-correction exercises at B2 (Upper Intermediate) level. Every question is checked instantly, so you can catch mistakes, see the correct answer in context, and build confidence using Future in the Past in real English sentences.

Work through the exercises above in order or jump straight to the one you want. You can retry any exercise as many times as you like, and your score updates as you go. When you want to review the rules first, head back to the Future in the Past lesson.

  • Fill-in-the-blank questions with multiple-choice answers
  • Sentence-building questions: tap the words into the correct order
  • Word-sorting questions: tap each word into the column it belongs in
  • Error-correction questions: spot the wrong word, then choose the fix
  • Instant feedback and scoring on every attempt
  • Unlimited retries to reinforce Future in the Past
  • Suitable for B2-level English learners