Can the future continuous in the past tense be used to talk about unreal past situations?

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Can the future continuous in the past tense be used to talk about unreal past situations?

No, the future continuous in the past tense cannot be used to talk about unreal past situations. The future continuous in the past tense, also known as the past continuous future, is used to refer to an action that was expected or planned to happen in the future from a past perspective. It is formed by using "would be" or "was/were going to be" followed by the present participle (-ing form) of the verb. This tense is used to discuss future events that were anticipated or intended in the past. To talk about unreal past situations, the past unreal conditional or past subjunctive forms are typically used.