UNFULFILLED INTENTIONS: WAS/WERE GOING TO

	UNFULFILLED INTENTIONS: WAS/WERE GOING TO
Am/is/are going to: é usado para falar sobre intenções para atividades futuras, como em (a) (a) Eu vou ao show amanhã.	Am/is/are going to: is used to talk about intentions for future activities, as in (a) (a)I’m going to go to the concert tomorrow.
WAS/WERE GOING TO: fala sobre intenções passadas. Normalmente, estas são intenções não cumpridas, ou seja, atividades que alguém pretende fazer, mas não fez. (b) Jack ia ao cinema ontem à noite, mas ele mudou de idéia. O significado em (b): Jack estava planejando ir ao concerto, mas ele não foi.	WAS/WERE GOING TO: talks about past intentions. Usually, these are unfulfilled intentions, i.e., activities someone intended to do but did not do. (b)Jack was going to go to the movie last night, but he changed his mind. The meaning in (b): Jack was planning to go to the concert, but he didn’t go.
Outras formas de expressar intenções não cumpridas são usar o plano, a esperança, a intenção e a reflexão no passado progressivo, como em (c), ou no passado perfeito, como em (d). (C) Eu estava planejando ir, mas eu não fiz.       Eu estava esperando para ir, mas não pude.       Eu queria ir, mas não o fiz.       Eu estava pensando em ir, mas não.   (d) Eu esperava ir, mas não podia.       Eu tinha a intenção de ir, mas não entendi.       Eu pensei em ir, mas não fiz.      Eu tinha planejado ir, mas eu mudei de idéia.	Other ways of expressing unfulfilled intentions are to use plan, hope, intend and think about in the past progressive, as in (c), or in the past perfect, as in (d). (C)I was planning to go, but I didn’t.      I was hoping to go, but I couldn’t.      I was intending to go, but I didn’t.      I was thinking about going, but didn’t.  (d)I had hoped to go, but I couldn’t.      I had intended to go, but I didn’t.      I had thought about going, but I didn’t.     I had planned to go, but I changed my mind.
Livro Betty S. Azar. Understanding and using English Grammar. Pag 176

		WAS/WERE GOING TO
1	Eu ia ligar para você, mas não consegui receber a recepção do telefone celular. Eu tinha planejado chamá-lo, mas não consegui recepção de celular.	I was going to call you, but I couldn’t get cell phone reception. I had planned to call you, but I couldn’t get cell phone reception.
2	Eu ia ficar em casa no meu dia de folga, mas eu tinha muito trabalho no escritório. Eu pretendia ficar em casa no meu dia de folga.	I was going to stay home on my day off, but I had too much work at the office. I was intending to stay home on my day off.
3	Eu iria surpreendê-lo com jóias para o seu aniversário, mas eu não tinha certeza do que você gostaria. Eu tinha planejado surpreendê-lo com jóias para o seu aniversário.	I was going to surprise you with jewelry for your birthday, but I wasn’t sure what you’d like. I had planned to surprise you with jewelry for your birthday.
4	Eu irei responder ao seu email imediatamente, mas fiquei distraído com meus filhos. Eu pretendia responder ao seu email imediatamente.	I was going to reply to your email right away, but I got distracted by my children. I was intending to reply to your email right away.
5	Eu ia me levantar cedo esta manhã, mas eu demorava.	I was going to get up early this morning, but I overslept.
6	Eu tinha a intenção de conhecê-lo no restaurante, mas eu me perdi.	I had intended to meet you at the restaurant, but I got lost.
7	Eu estava planejando visitar você neste fim de semana, mas eu tive que trabalhar.	I was planning to visit you this weekend, but I had to work.
8	Eu esperava ver você mais uma vez antes de você sair, mas não conseguiria ter tempo livre.	I had hoped to see you one more time before you left, but I couldn’t get time off.
9	Pensávamos em convidar os Smiths para o nosso grupo, mas ....	We had thought about inviting the Smiths to our party, but ….
10	Eu ia te chamar de aniversário, mas decidimos que não conheceriam ninguém.	I was going to call you on your birthday, but we decided they wouldn’t know anyone.
11	Esperávamos ver esse filme em um teatro, mas nós sentimos falta disso.	We were hoping to see that movie in a theater, but we missed it.
Livro Betty S. Azar. Understanding and using English Grammar. Pag 176