Level 8 Unit 5 - A future form for necessity, obligation or duty

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Yet another Future Form

To be + future

Used to talk about events in the future when it is about something arranged, an obligation or a duty of some kind. It's quite formal and is often used by journalists.

The prime minister is to open a new factory tomorrow.
The service is to shut down permanently next June.
The company is to introduce a bonus for punctuality very soon.

This form is frequently used in the passive form which, curiously means you use the verb "to be" twice: (I am to be ... they are to be... etc):

The new factory is to be opened tomorrow.
The service is to be shut down permanently next June.
A bonus for punctuality is to be introduced very soon.

Both can generate a future in the past. Active:
The prime minister was to open a new factory the next day..
The service was to shut down permanently the following June.
The company was to introduce a bonus for punctuality very soon.

Passive:
The new factory was to be opened the next day.
The service was to be shut down permanently the following June.
A bonus for punctuality was to be introduced very shortly.

In this activity look at the time clauses. They will indicate, where necessary, whether the sentence is a future or a future in the past.
Don't tell anyone, but the head office to Paris next year. (transfer)

In case of accident the person sitting in this seat the emergency door. (open)

The prisoner the next day but he escaped. (execute)

In John's will he stipulates that he next to his wife. (bury)

Come back next week Madam. The dress at half price then in the sale. (sell)

Corporal Jones thought he to Malta but they sent him to Afghanistan. (post)

Hitler said Britain but he never managed to do it. (invade)

You the medicine three times a day before meals starting tomorrow. (take)

I thought the doctor said the medecine after meals, not before. 'take)

This code word only if you are captured by the enemy and forced to send a message. (use)

I believe the library very soon and a factory built on the site. (demolish)

The Queen a new ship next June. (launch)

Petrol taxes in France but the decision to do so was cancelled because of public opposition. (increase)

Every applicant by the board of directors next week. (interview)

The board its final decision by the end of this month. (make)