Future-in-the-Past
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would/should + V
+ He said he would play chess next day.
He said he wouldn’t play chess next Sunday
? He wanted to know if they would play chess next Monday.
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would
should be + V-ing
+ He told us he would be playing chess at this time next day.
He said they wouldn’t be playing chess at 12 p.m. next Sunday.
? He wondered if they would be playing chess at 5 p.m. next Friday.
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would
should have + V3
+ He thought they would have played chess by the time mother came.
He said they wouldn’t have played chess by the time mother came.
? He asked if they would have played chess by the time mother came home.
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would
should have been + V-ing
+ He said they would have been playing for two hours by the time I came.
He said they wouldn’t have been playing for an hour by the time I came.
? She asked if he would have been playing chess for two hours by 7 p.m.
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