In English we use was / were supposed to to talk about things we agreed to do, or other people expected us to do, but we didn’t do. Example sentences :
I was supposed to book the restaurant for tonight, but I forgot
. ( I agreed to do it, but I forgot)
Was supposed to or were supposed to?
Here’s your first sentence: why was/were supposed to /going to has the same meaning with am/is/are supposed to that is what
will happen
. “Was/were supposed to” has a different meaning than “am/is/are supposed to”: I was supposed to go = I should have gone in the past I am supposed to go = I should go in the future.
Was supposed Or was suppose?
Supposed to is part of a modal verb phrase meaning expected to or required to. Although suppose to crops up frequently in casual speech and writing, it should
not be
used in that sense. Suppose (without the d) should only be used as the present tense of the verb meaning to assume (something to be true).
Was were supposed to meaning?
1- Is ‘was/were supposed to’
used to say what was or is expected or intended to happen
, especially when it did not happen: I was supposed to go to London for a conference last week but then I got ill and couldn’t go.
Was supposed to examples?
1 :
to be expected to do something They are supposed to arrive tomorrow
. She was supposed to be here an hour ago. The movie was supposed to earn a lot of money at the box office, but it didn’t. 2 : to be intended or expected to be something The party was supposed to be a surprise.
Is supposed to formal or informal?
Supposed to is formally correct
, so yes, you can use it in an official document, as long as it’s not misused.
Is to be infinitive?
Infinitives do appear as the
subject of a sentence from time to time
. One of the most famous examples of an infinitive as the subject of a sentence is Hamlet’s immortal phrase, “To be or not to be” from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. You might see infinitives appear in sentences like this: To be an astronaut is my dream.
Was were going to and supposed to?
When we speak of the verb “Supposed” it implies that
someone expects us to do some activity in the past or the future
. … We use was/were going to, to talk about plans we made in the past which didnʼt happen, or wonʼt happen in the future. We were going to visit the Bradleys later that year, but we didnʼt go for.
Was were going to explanation?
Form : ( Was / were going to + infinitive (verb 1) )
In English we use was /
were going to to talk about plans we made in the past which didn’t happen
, or won’t happen in the future. Examples sentences : I was going to visit my aunt when I went to England, but she had gone to Spain for the summer.
Are we not supposed to meaning?
1 (not) be expected or required to do something by rules, the law, an agreement, etc: She’s supposed to do an hour’s homework every evening. ♢ We
‘re not supposed to be at the party for an hour yet
. 2 (used only in negative sentences) be not allowed to do something: You’re not supposed to walk on the grass.
Is supposedly a real word?
Supposably
means “as may be conceived or imagined” and is the adverb form of supposable, which means “capable of being supposed or conceived.” On the other hand, supposedly usually means “allegedly.” The words are often conflated when one usually intends to say “supposedly.” … The two words have distinct meanings.
Was I supposed Or am I supposed?
For these phrases, the word is
always “supposed
” and not “suppose”. “I was supposed to…” means “I was required to because of my position or an agreement I made”. “I am supposed to” means the same but in present tense.
Who V Who?
When in doubt, try this simple trick: If you can replace the word with “he”’ or “’she,” use who. If you can replace it with “him” or “her,” use whom. Who should
be used to refer to the subject of a sentence
. Whom should be used to refer to the object of a verb or preposition.
Is going to verb tense?
BE GOING TO in the
Past Tense
When BE GOING TO is used in the past tense, it refers to something that was going to happen but in the end it did not happen. Examples: I was going to call you but I lost your phone number. It was going to rain but suddenly the sun appeared.
How do you use supposed to in questions?
We can use be supposed
to in a question to express that we see something as a problem
or as impossible: How am I supposed to get to work on time if the train is always late? We can use be supposed to to criticise someone’s performance: Listen to him – he can’t sing in tune.
Is supposed to informal?
“He’s supposed to…”
strikes as extremely informal
and I would keep “supposed to” out of formal writing. Likewise, ‘meant to’ seems rather off in informal conversation. That said, I think that both of these phrases are rather casual and you would generally use another phrase in writing anyway.
