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other ways of expressing the future :
The following ways are more concerned with intention, plans, arrangement, etc. than with simple prediction.
I- A ) be to
(when the action is subject to human control, is a formal arrangement, a public duty, a public notice or formal instructions)
A – I am to see him tomorrow
B – The OPEC minister are to meet in Paris next Thursday.
C – You are to deliver these flowers before six.
D – These tablets are to be taken twice a day.
E – You are to tell him any thing. ( you must not )
F – Poison : NOT TO BE TAKEN

B ) BE about to : on the point of
A – The race is about to start
B – They are on the point of starting

C ) be due
(usually associated with transport time – tables)
a – The sleeping train is due to arrive from Aswan at 11.30.
b - the sleeping train from Aswan isn’t due till 11.30.

II – The progressive present ( present continuous )
(For planned actions as a change or exception from the routine)
(We generally use an adverb to present confusion with < action in progress > at the time of speaking)
A – I am seeing him tomorrow.
B – We are spending next winter in Australia.
C – My father is retiring in the summer. He’s getting old.


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