If i knew it was going to rain vs If I knew it is going to rain

The correct phrase is 'if I knew it was going to rain.' The use of 'was' is appropriate in this context because it refers to a past hypothetical situation. 'If I knew it is going to rain' is incorrect because 'is' should not be used after 'knew' in this type of conditional sentence.

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If i knew it was going to rain

This phrase is correct and commonly used in English.

This phrase is used in hypothetical situations in the past. It indicates that the speaker did not know about the rain in the past.

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If I knew it was going to be this kind of an evening.
So, I knew it was going to be interesting.
I knew it was going to be a good match.
I knew it was going to be a girl.
Once promicin got out there, I knew it was going to change everything forever.
I knew it was going to come down to this half hour, on a cliff band at 28,300 feet.
I checked the weather in Cincinnati, I knew it was going to be humid.
Then I knew it was going to become something.
Billie wouldn't accept any of Frank's phone calls or answer his letters, so I knew it was going to take something big to get her back.
Plus, I saw that car coming. I knew it was going to hit you, and I saved you.
And I knew it was going to be that way going into this.
I knew it was going to lead to disaster.
I was cool Joy when I knew it was going to end, but now that I care, I'm nervous and insecure.
Big time. I knew it was going to be one of those nights because it was a full moon.
They said it was going to rain tonight.
We knew it was going to come down to this.
Soon as the ball left my hands, I knew it was going in.
He must have thought it was going to rain... until everybody in the whole world drowned.
If I asked you whether it was going to rain next Sunday, would you know the answer?
But I guess I always knew it was going to come down to a pile of bodies.

If I knew it is going to rain

This phrase is incorrect in English.

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This one sings when it is going to rain.
There is a little drought but they say it is going to rain this week, we'll see.
Then you can tell me if it is going to rain on my wash day.
If I knew it was going to be this kind of an evening.
New products aside, there will be fat years and there will be lean years, but it is going to rain.
If I have understood you correctly, you have said that there is no data on how it is going to affect prices, but there are estimates.
It is going to colegislate, it is going to agree, it is going to have to exercise that balance, which is so difficult at times, between security and freedom.
You know, I thought if I just pretended like I knew what I was doing I could lie my way through it, but in five minutes that curtain is going to go up and everybody is going to know that I'm a fraud.
It is going to require some drastic recalibration to account for any future ionospheric activity.
And it is going to be... fantastic.
It is going to twist everything you do for evil.
Obviously in the process it is going to teach you to become a better man.
It is going to be very expensive.
None of it is going to happen anyway.
It is going to be a good show.
And it is going to get radical.
It is going to change the world for the better.
It is going to enable women to continue in their jobs without neglecting their family obligations.
Secondly, because it is going to include it within this campaign.
It is going to take a long time to complete this work.

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If i knew it was going to rain vs If I knew it is going to rain