Fill in the blanks.
1. If he continues to drive like this, he is ................................... to have an accident soon.
Correct!
Wrong!
If something is bound to happen, it is certain or destined to happen.
2. Fasten your seat belts. The plane is ............................ to take off.
Correct!
Wrong!
If something is about to happen, it is going to happen very soon.
3. Children are .................................. to be mischievous.
Correct!
Wrong!
4. The train is .............................. to arrive at 8.30.
Correct!
Wrong!
5. I was ............................ to go to bed when the phone rang.
Correct!
Wrong!
6. She is .............................. to have a baby in May.
Correct!
Wrong!
7. Look at the sky. It is ................................ to rain.
Correct!
Wrong!
8. She is .................................. to retire in May.
Correct!
Wrong!
9. With debts mounting, they are .................................. to go bankrupt soon.
Correct!
Wrong!
10. The meeting was cancelled ............................... to the chairman's illness.
Correct!
Wrong!
Due to means because of.
11. The aircraft couldn't take off ............................... to bad weather.
Correct!
Wrong!
Answers
- If he continues to drive like this, he is bound to have an accident soon.
- Fasten your seat belts. The plane is about to take off.
- Children are bound to be mischievous.
- The train is due to arrive at 8.30.
- I was about to go to bed when the phone rang.
- She is due to have her baby in May.
- Look at the sky. It is about to rain.
- She is due to retire in May.
- With debts mounting, they are bound to go bankrupt soon.
- The meeting was cancelled due to the chairman’s illness.
- The aircraft couldn’t take off due to bad weather.
