Episode 369 Grammar Be To and Be About To for the Future Checkpoint 1

Complete these news extracts using the verbs in brackets. Use be to + infinitive if possible and will + infinitive if not. Use active or passive forms as necessary.

John Stobbard has written his first new play for 15 years. Its first performance ______ (stage) at the New Victoria Theater.

The new safety system ______ (stop) trains automatically if they pass a danger signal.

Stafford Boys' School ______ (merge) with the nearby Bicton Girls' School to form a new co-educational establishment.

There are fears that sea levels ______ (rise) catastrophically in the next 50 years.

The old design and technology program ______ (replace) with a new computer science course.

Managing Director Lars Lindberg, 59, ______ (retire) this summer a year early.

As the temperatures fall with the onset of winter, the refugee crisis ______ (become) more severe.

Production line staff at the Heathcote garden furniture factory in Northam ______ (receive) a pay rise following a big new order from Italy.

Seventy new posts ______ (create) at the factory following a major investment by the parent company in the United States.

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The recent rapid rise in house prices in the south-east ______ (increase) the demand for higher salaries among lower-paid workers.

Episode 369 Grammar Be To and Be About To for the Future Checkpoint 1

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