Phrases referring to the future

Phrases referring to the FUTURE

Headlines often refer to the Future

​Examples:

1. Driving age about to rise

2. Crowded Space on the verge of ocatastrphe

3. Restrictions set to improve safety

4. Size of fish to shrink as sea temperature rises

Headlines often remove articles and auxilaiary verbs

​Examples:

1. (The) Driving age (is) about to rise.

2. Crowded Space (is) on the verge of catastrophe.

3. Restrictions (are) set to improve safety.

4. (The) Size of fish (is) to shrink as sea temperature rises.

Some Phrases refer to the near future:

​Examples:

1. (The) Driving age (is) about to rise.

2. Crowded Space (is) on the verge of catastrophe.

3. Restrictions (are) set to improve safety.

4. (The) Size of fish (is) to shrink as sea temperature rises.

5. Shorter week (is) due to be introduced

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the rule:

Get the umbrella- it' 's about to rain.

• The sentence expresses an event likely to happen very soon

• The sentence expresses an event that is not likely to happen.

Multiple Select

Read the sentence and choose the rules:

The world Bank is on the verge of collapse.

• The phrase is formal

• The phrase is informal

• the phrase expressing future is followed by a noun

• the phrase expressing future is followed by an adjective

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the rule:

I'm not about to drop everything just to go and pick her up from the station.

• The phrase means that the person is ready to do sth.

• The phrase means that the person is not willing to do sth.

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the rule:

She was on the point of leaving when he asked her to dance.

• The phrase refers to the near future

• The phrase means that the person is not willing to do sth.

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence and choose the rule:

The project is on the brink of disaster.

• The phrase refers to sth positive in the near future.

• The phrase refers to sth negative in the near future.