I was told it would come

[Guest]

Test No. incompl/inter-94 "Letter of Complaint", question 7

In the end nobody came that day. When I phoned, I was told it ......... come the following Tuesday.

(a) will
(b) shall
(c) ought
(d) would

Test No. incompl/inter-94 "Letter of Complaint", answer 7

In the end nobody came that day. When I phoned, I was told it would come the following Tuesday.

Correct answer: (d) would

Your answer was: incorrect
In the end nobody came that day. When I phoned, I was told it shall come the following Tuesday.
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This answer made me even more unsure and let me write why one does not take any auiliary verb for the future?

[Alan]

This is an example of indirect or reported speech. For example:

Direct speech: It will come tomorrow.

Indirect speech: He said it would come the next day.

Have a look at the piece I wrote on the site under ESL lessons, which gives examples of indirect speech.
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