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EXPRESSING FUTURITY

BE TO + infinitive

- for an official arrangement

The Queen is to visit Scotland.

** BE is often left out of BE TO in news headlines

The Queen to visit Croatia.

- to express a rule or an order by a person in authority

The teacher says we are to wait here.


BE ABOUT TO + infinitive

- for an action in the near future

Hurry up ! The bus is about to leave.

** THE PRESENT SIMPLE

** THE PRESENT CONTINUOUS

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