Level 7 Chapter 2 - A passive future form

Fill in all the gaps with the right form of the verb with "to be + participle". Click on the ? button to see which verb to use. Press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints!

A curious and slightly formal passive form of the future is the "to be to be" form.

Used mostly for things which have been arranged in advance examples are:

The old model is to be upgraded.
The book is to be re-edited. The text is not to be changed
His arguments are to be treated with the respect they deserve.

It occurs as a future in the past:

The old computers were to be destroyed but we sent them to a charity in Africa instead.
John was to be operated on yesterday but his surgeon postponed.
The plane was to leave at seven but there was a snowstorm and it grounded everything.

Notice that in the above examples the event in question never actually came about.
Sometimes it shows the subject was unaware:

He had no idea he was to be promoted.
When we bought the house we didn't know a factory was to be built next door!
I had no idea this interview was to be recorded!

Conditionals, too are found:

If the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere were to be reduced, the overall temperature would drop.
If the CO2 in the atmosphere is to be reduced, we will all have to drive considerably less in future.
This letter is not to be opened unless I fail to return

Does John have any idea that he ?
Do you think John would accept a posting in Alaska if his salary ?
If Peter's book ever , I think the success would go to his head.
That new system we tried hasn't worked out. It as from next month.
If maintenance regularly, we would have far more breakdowns.
The new air terminal has baggage handling problems. All BA flights to the old one.
I don't know what about the quality control failures. We need a radical solution.
The European authorities annonced that setaside (the policy of leaving some agricultural land uncultivated) as from 2008.
Thailand has stopped exporting rice. They say that if exports , their own people won't have enough.
Thailand has stopped exporting rice. They say that if exports , their own people wouldn't have enough.
As it is for telecommunications, the satellite into a stationary orbit
The gates to the stadium are . It would be most dangerous in case of a fire.
Henry VIII's daughter to Charles V but in the end Charles married someone else.

Level 7 Chapter 2 - A passive future form - "It is to be..."

Complete the sentences.