Future in the Past

• - I will be meeting her later on.
• - He knew he would be meeting her later on.
• I was going to buy a computer yesterday, but then I realised I couldn't afford it.
Compare
• The newspapers announce something that's going to happen:
• - There is to be a tax cut.
• Sometime later I remember reading about it:
• - I read that there was to be a tax cut.
would
• When used with the main verb in the first form would means that something did happen. This is used more often in written English.
• He would later achieve great success as a TV chef.
• She would go on to become the most popular author of her time.
• Only later would they find out the truth.
would
• But in subordinate clauses it is just the past form of will , and whether it happened or not depends on the context.
• He knew he would be able to do it.
• She hoped she would arrive in time.
• They decided they would skip lunch.
was/were to and was/were to have + past participle
• When we use was/were to have + past participle the meaning is similar to was/were meant/supposed to - something was arranged but didn't happen.
• He was to have finished it by Friday. (but he didn't)
• we also use was/were to + infinitive to mean was/were meant/supposed to, in which...

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