Element FORM: 'BE ABOUT TO'
SuperCat FUTURE
SubCat future expressions with be
Lexical Range N/A
Level B2
Cando Can use the present forms of 'be' + 'about to'.
Corrected Learner Example You are not going to believe what I am about to tell you! (Chile; B2 VANTAGE; 2000; Spanish - Latin American; Pass)

I'm in a hurry, my class is about to begin. (Yugoslavia; B2 VANTAGE; 2006; Serbian; Pass)

They are to offer the spectators a view of the variety and the beauty of the world we are surrounded by and which we are about to destroy. (Jordan; B2 VANTAGE; 1993; German; Pass)
Uncorrected Learner Example You are not going to believe what I am about to tell you! (Chile; B2 VANTAGE; 2000; Spanish - Latin American; Pass)

I'm in a hurry, my class is about to begin. (Yugoslavia; B2 VANTAGE; 2006; Serbian; Pass)

They are to offer the spectators a view of the variety and the beauty of the world we are surrounded by and which we are about to destroy. (Jordan; B2 VANTAGE; 1993; German; Pass)

Comments No results for negative form.

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