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USE: be to: In the next few years, thousands of new shops will be opened in the area.
...thousands of new shops are to be opened in the area
Change using be to: you cannot leave the hospital without the doctor's permission.
You are not to leave the hospital without the doctor's permission.
Use be to: The government will introduce new laws regarding wearing masks.
The government is to introduce new laws regarding wearing masks.
Use be to and conditional: To be there on time, you have to take the early train.
If you are to be there on time, you have to take the early train.
Use be to and conditional: If you want to go to Dubai, you have to apply for a visa.
If you are to go to Dubai, you have to apply for a visa.
Use be to and passive voice: Don't leave your dog outside the shop.
Dogs are not to be left outside the shop.
Use be to and passive: Don't use your mobile phones during taking off and landing.
Mobile phones are not to be used during taking off and landing.
Use wish: I want to have naturally blond hair.
I wish I had naturally blond hair.
Use of only: Stop whistling! It is annoying.
If only you would stop whistling!
Use I wish: I regret I didn't tell you the truth.
I wish I had told you the truth.
If you had an extra two hours of time every day, what could you do with the time?
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Think about a major historical event from your country’s history. What would have been different if this event had never occurred? How might your country be different now if this event had never happened?
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Change using conditional: I didn't take a map and now I am lost.
If I had taken a map I wouldn't have been lost.
Change using conditional: I am afraid of heights and that's why I didn't climb the tower.
If I weren't afraid of heights, I would have climbed that tower.
Change using conditional: I didn't go there because I wasn't invited.
If I had been invited, I would have gone there.
Change the question without using "if": If you get and F on the test, what will you do?
Imagine, Supposing, Suppose you get an F on the test, what will you do?
