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 <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>As well as the standard future tenses, we can also use other expressions for the future in this way.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Expressions with 'be'</span></u></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastfirstrow: yes;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 517;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Expression</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 280.95pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'be' + infinitive</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>We were surprised to hear that the company <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was to</span> lay off 2,000 employees.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>She joined the company in 1984 but it <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was to </span>be another 30 years before she became a senior manager.*</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was to </span>direct two more comedies before switching to</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>science fiction films in the 1990s.* </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'be about' + infinitive</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was</span> just <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">about to</span> go to lunch when an emergency meeting was called.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'be due'+ infinitive </span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was due to </span>retire in March but the company asked him to stay on for another six months.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'be bound' + infinitive</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was bound to </span>refuse - I don't know why you asked him!</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'be set' + infinitive</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were</span> all <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">set to </span>go ahead with the barbecue but it rained after all.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>be sure/certain/likely</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>/unlikely etc. + infinitive</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I knew he <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was unlikely to </span>accept - it wasn't really the right job for him.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6; ;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>be on the verge/brink/point of + noun or gerund</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Scientists at that time didn't realise they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were on the brink</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">of</span> a major discovery.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>* </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Note that </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>when 'be' + infinitive refers to the future from the past, it is often used to talk about what happened to someone whether they were in control of these events or not. See <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Expressions for taking about the future </span>for more information.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>Expressions with other verbs</span></u></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastfirstrow: yes;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 517;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Verb</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 280.95pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>aim, expect, guarantee, hope, intend, mean, propose, want etc. + infinitive</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span style="text-decoration: none;">&nbsp;</span></span></u></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were hoping to </span>get an earlier train but got held up in traffic.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">intended to </span>look into the matter as soon as he had time.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; ;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 0px 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>'looking' + infinitive</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were looking to </span>expand into North America before the financial crisis.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <br></html> <html> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>As well as the standard future tenses, we can also use other expressions for the future in this way.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Expressions with 'be'</span></u></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastfirstrow: yes;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 517;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Expression</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 280.95pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'be' + infinitive</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp;</span></span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>We were surprised to hear that the company <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was to</span> lay off 2,000 employees.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>She joined the company in 1984 but it <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was to </span>be another 30 years before she became a senior manager.*</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was to </span>direct two more comedies before switching to</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>science fiction films in the 1990s.* </span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'be about' + infinitive</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was</span> just <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">about to</span> go to lunch when an emergency meeting was called.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 2;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'be due'+ infinitive </span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was due to </span>retire in March but the company asked him to stay on for another six months.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 3;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'be bound' + infinitive</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was bound to </span>refuse - I don't know why you asked him!</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 4;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>'be set' + infinitive</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were</span> all <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">set to </span>go ahead with the barbecue but it rained after all.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 5;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 0px 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: none none none solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>be sure/certain/likely</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>/unlikely etc. + infinitive</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: none solid none none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>I knew he <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was unlikely to </span>accept - it wasn't really the right job for him.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 6; ;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>be on the verge/brink/point of + noun or gerund</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Scientists at that time didn't realise they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were on the brink</span> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">of</span> a major discovery.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>* </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>Note that </span></b><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>when 'be' + infinitive refers to the future from the past, it is often used to talk about what happened to someone whether they were in control of these events or not. See <span style="color: rgb(112, 48, 160);">Expressions for taking about the future </span>for more information.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>Expressions with other verbs</span></u></b></p> <table style="border: currentColor; border-image: none; border-collapse: collapse; mso-border-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; mso-padding-alt: 0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt;" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow: -1; mso-yfti-firstrow: yes; mso-yfti-lastfirstrow: yes;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 0px 0px 1pt; border-style: solid none none solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 517;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Verb</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="background: rgb(91, 155, 213); border-width: 1pt 1pt 0px 0px; border-style: solid solid none none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 280.95pt; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 1;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: white; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-themecolor: background1;'>Examples</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 0;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 1pt 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: solid none solid solid; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>aim, expect, guarantee, hope, intend, mean, propose, want etc. + infinitive</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 68;"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'><span style="text-decoration: none;">&nbsp;</span></span></u></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 1pt 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: solid solid solid none; border-color: rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; border-image: none; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-top-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were hoping to </span>get an earlier train but got held up in traffic.</span></b></p> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 64;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>He <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">intended to </span>look into the matter as soon as he had time.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow: 1; ;"> <td width="283" valign="top" style="background: white; border-width: 0px 0px 1pt 1pt; border-style: none none solid solid; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 169.85pt; mso-border-left-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-left-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-yfti-cnfc: 4;"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>'looking' + infinitive</span></b></p> </td> <td width="468" valign="top" style="border-width: 0px 1pt 1pt 0px; border-style: none solid solid none; border-color: rgb(0, 0, 0) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(91, 155, 213) rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0cm 5.4pt; width: 280.95pt; background-color: transparent; mso-border-right-themecolor: accent1; mso-border-right-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid #5B9BD5 .5pt; mso-border-bottom-themecolor: accent1;"> <p style="margin: 6pt 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;'>They <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were looking to </span>expand into North America before the financial crisis.</span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt; line-height: 115%;"><b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='color: rgb(0, 0, 204); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>&nbsp;</span></b></p> <br></html>
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-<html><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1162_8275284bddf36aba58a741116f6c00ae.png" rel="image_show"><img width="530" height="364" id="1162" style="width: 107px; height: 77px;" alt="mer couple vieux retired beach walk" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1162_8275284bddf36aba58a741116f6c00ae.png"></a>&nbsp; <b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>When I heard they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were going to</span> retire to the coast, I was really happy for them. I knew they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">wouldn't</span> regret it.</span></b></p><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2805_2751502bb187a47a2f990155a1422f4c.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="1167" height="1609" id="2805" style="width: 103px; height: 93px;" alt="petit déjeuner croissant jus fruit cafe buffet breakfast juce coffee bread pain" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2805_2751502bb187a47a2f990155a1422f4c.jpg"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>We went out early because we <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were</span> meet<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ing</span> friends for breakfast at their hotel. We wanted to see them before they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">left </span>for the airport. </strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/184_30685cc7b6ef2014f86864c3a0079b32.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="480" height="359" id="184" style="width: 99px; height: 98px;" alt="concert, music musique" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/184_30685cc7b6ef2014f86864c3a0079b32.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>We knew the doors <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">opened </span>at 6.00 so we had to hurry to make sure we got a spot near the stage. </strong></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/159_5eb6481f7bc913894006706f93d8e390.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="400" height="599" id="159" style="width: 87px; height: 125px;" alt="box woman present birthday surprise gift christmas noel cadeau" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/159_5eb6481f7bc913894006706f93d8e390.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>She was getting excited because it <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was</span><span style="color: red;"> </span>her birthday the next day.<span style="color: red;"> </span></strong></span></span></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style="color: red;"><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/535_25dda82d0400780cfee9036e36d17208.png" rel="image_show"><img width="117" height="164" id="535" style="width: 86px; height: 117px;" alt="tall building" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/535_25dda82d0400780cfee9036e36d17208.png"></a>&nbsp; <b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000">She couldn't have imagined that by the end of the year she'</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d be </span><font color="#000000">work</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ing </span><font color="#000000">for a big international company. Maybe later, she'</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d</span><font color="#000000"> get a posting abroad.</font></span></b></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000"><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/575_989cdd4263c8f2e85bbcd2fb4fc8dfdc.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="445" height="269" id="575" style="width: 116px; height: 100px;" alt="Couple holiday map carte voyage " src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/575_989cdd4263c8f2e85bbcd2fb4fc8dfdc.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>They looked at their list and were pleased to see that by the end of the year, they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would have </span>visited every country in Europe. When they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">got</span> to the last one, they'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d do </span>something special to celebrate</strong></span></font></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000"><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/137_a8209bf4a2e17ccbb12bdbe62ededf44.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="425" height="281" id="137" style="width: 133px; height: 111px;" alt="bored; clock time wait horloge attendre l" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/137_a8209bf4a2e17ccbb12bdbe62ededf44.jpg" heure'=""></a>&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>They realised that by 2 o'clock they'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d have been waiting</span> for an hour.</strong></span></font></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1712_97f8040af48fad2a3e25c15de53c34d0.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="239" height="360" id="1712" style="width: 99px; height: 152px;" alt="rain umbrella pluie parapluie temps weather" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1712_97f8040af48fad2a3e25c15de53c34d0.jpg"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>There was no point putting the umbrella down just yet- it <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was sure to </span>rain again. </strong></span></span></font></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/48_43a169fdf313129ea6969017722fd28a.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="177" height="253" id="48" style="width: 102px; height: 153px;" alt="woman, femme, scientist, scientifique microscope research recherche laboratory" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/48_43a169fdf313129ea6969017722fd28a.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>She felt that she <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was on the verge of </span>an exciting discovery.</strong></span></span></span></font></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><p><br></p><p><br></p><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><p><img width="284" height="422" id="92" style="width: 102px; height: 144px;" alt="roses flowers man offering giving bouquet fleurs gift cadeau" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/92_d3016460f5614176193c618c17dc7932.jpg">&nbsp; <b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>It seemed that he <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">meant to do </span>everything he could to impress her!</span></b></p></span><p><br></p><p><br></p></span><p><br></p></span></font></span></span></span></span></span><p><br></p></html>+<html><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1162_8275284bddf36aba58a741116f6c00ae.png" rel="image_show"><img width="530" height="364" id="1162" style="width: 107px; height: 77px;" alt="mer couple vieux retired beach walk" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1162_8275284bddf36aba58a741116f6c00ae.png"></a>&nbsp; <b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>When I heard they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were going to</span> retire to the coast, I was really happy for them. I knew they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">wouldn't</span> regret it.</span></b></p><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2805_2751502bb187a47a2f990155a1422f4c.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="1167" height="1609" id="2805" style="width: 103px; height: 93px;" alt="petit déjeuner croissant jus fruit cafe buffet breakfast juce coffee bread pain" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/2805_2751502bb187a47a2f990155a1422f4c.jpg"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>We went out early because we <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">were</span> meet<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ing</span> friends for breakfast at their hotel. We wanted to see them before they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">left </span>for the airport. </strong></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/184_30685cc7b6ef2014f86864c3a0079b32.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="480" height="359" id="184" style="width: 99px; height: 98px;" alt="concert, music musique" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/184_30685cc7b6ef2014f86864c3a0079b32.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>We knew the doors <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">opened </span>at 6.00 so we had to hurry to make sure we got a spot near the stage. </strong></span></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/159_5eb6481f7bc913894006706f93d8e390.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="400" height="599" id="159" style="width: 87px; height: 125px;" alt="box woman present birthday surprise gift christmas noel cadeau" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/159_5eb6481f7bc913894006706f93d8e390.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>She was getting excited because it <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was</span><span style="color: red;"> </span>her birthday the next day.<span style="color: red;"> </span></strong></span></span></span></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span style="color: red;"><p><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/535_25dda82d0400780cfee9036e36d17208.png" rel="image_show"><img width="117" height="164" id="535" style="width: 86px; height: 117px;" alt="tall building" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/535_25dda82d0400780cfee9036e36d17208.png"></a>&nbsp; <b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000">She couldn't have imagined that by the end of the year she'</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d be </span><font color="#000000">work</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">ing </span><font color="#000000">for a big international company. Maybe later, she'</font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d</span><font color="#000000"> get a posting abroad.</font></span></b></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000"><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/575_989cdd4263c8f2e85bbcd2fb4fc8dfdc.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="445" height="269" id="575" style="width: 116px; height: 100px;" alt="Couple holiday map carte voyage " src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/575_989cdd4263c8f2e85bbcd2fb4fc8dfdc.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>They looked at their list and were pleased to see that by the end of the year, they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">would have </span>visited every country in Europe. When they <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">got</span> to the last one, they'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d do </span>something special to celebrate</strong></span></font></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000"><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/137_a8209bf4a2e17ccbb12bdbe62ededf44.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="425" height="281" id="137" style="width: 133px; height: 111px;" alt="bored; clock time wait horloge attendre l" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/137_a8209bf4a2e17ccbb12bdbe62ededf44.jpg" heure'=""></a>&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>They realised that by 2 o'clock they'<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">d have been waiting</span> for an hour.</strong></span></font></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1712_97f8040af48fad2a3e25c15de53c34d0.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="239" height="360" id="1712" style="width: 99px; height: 152px;" alt="rain umbrella pluie parapluie temps weather" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/1712_97f8040af48fad2a3e25c15de53c34d0.jpg"></a>&nbsp;&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>There was no point putting the umbrella down just yet- it <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was sure to </span>rain again. </strong></span></span></font></span></p><p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><a class="various" href="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/48_43a169fdf313129ea6969017722fd28a.jpg" rel="image_show"><img width="177" height="253" id="48" style="width: 102px; height: 153px;" alt="woman, femme, scientist, scientifique microscope research recherche laboratory" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/48_43a169fdf313129ea6969017722fd28a.jpg"></a>&nbsp; <span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><strong>She felt that she <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">was on the verge of </span>an exciting discovery.</strong></span></span></font></p><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'><p></p><p><br></p><font color="#000000"><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><span lang="EN-GB" style='font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; ; mso-fareast-language: EN-GB; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;'><p><img width="284" height="422" id="92" style="width: 102px; height: 144px;" alt="roses flowers man offering giving bouquet fleurs gift cadeau" src="https://www.e-exercises.com/img/bibliotheque/92_d3016460f5614176193c618c17dc7932.jpg">&nbsp; <b style=";"><span lang="EN-GB" style='line-height: 115%; font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;'>It seemed that he <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 204);">meant to do </span>everything he could to impress her!</b></p><p></p><p></p></span><p></p></font></span></span></span></span><p></p></html> 
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