Home of English Grammar

Free Guide (Updated for 2023)

  • Home
  • Download Lessons
  • Grammar Rules
  • Online Exercises
  • Online Tools
    • Grammar Checker
    • Word Counter
  • Guides
  • Contact
You are here: Home / Exercises / Due To, About To, Bound To

Due To, About To, Bound To

January 13, 2023 - pdf

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

  1. If he continues to drive like this, he is bound to have an accident soon.
  2. Fasten your seat belts. The plane is about to take off.
  3. Children are bound to be mischievous.
  4. The train is due to arrive at 8.30.
  5. I was about to go to bed when the phone rang.
  6. She is due to have her baby in May.
  7. Look at the sky. It is about to rain.
  8. She is due to retire in May.
  9. With debts mounting, they are bound to go bankrupt soon.
  10. The meeting was cancelled due to the chairman’s illness.
  11. The aircraft couldn’t take off due to bad weather.
  • Facebook
  • LinkedIn
  • Twitter
  • WhatsApp
1,279,586 
647,105 

Check Your Grammar

GrammarCheck.net - Try online
Hint → Bookmark GrammarCheck for future use.

Latest Exercises

  • Phrasal Verbs Exercise September 28, 2023
  • Gap Filling Vocabulary Exercise September 28, 2023
  • Correct or Incorrect September 26, 2023
  • No, None. Not September 22, 2023
  • Definite Article vs. No Article September 21, 2023
  • Irregular Plurals September 20, 2023
  • Color Idioms September 19, 2023
  • Animal Idioms September 18, 2023
  • Less vs. Fewer September 17, 2023

Topics

  • Adjectives
  • Adverbs
  • Business Writing
  • Commas
  • Conjunctions
  • Creative Writing
  • Difference
  • Essay Writing
  • Exercises
  • Learning
  • Lessons
  • Nouns
  • Prepositions
  • Pronouns
  • Proofreading
  • Punctuation
  • Quiz
  • Spelling
  • Style Guide
  • Teaching
  • Terms
  • Verbs
  • Words
  • Writing

Quiz

  • Can you correct these 14 basic grammar mistakes?
  • What kind of writer are you?

Copyright © 2023 · EnglishGrammar.org
Disclaimer · Privacy Policy · Sitemap