Fill in the blanks with the right form of the verb to be.

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Fill in the blanks with the right form of the verb to be.

1) Sorry, I've got to rush. I ... to meet Mother at the station at six sharp. 2) What ... I to do if she starts crying?

3) Who ... to tell her all this? I for one don't care to do it.

4) When ... they to dock? Have they written? 5) It was a perfectly planned. We ... to wait on the steps. 6) Every thing has been arranged. You ... not to have any wages the first six months. Just your keep. 7) It's clear that we I to have a very cold and rainy spring. 8) She's very excite< to-day. She ... to be taken to her very first party. 9) Tha is that. But who ... to tell her about it? 10) I don't like the idea. ,.. I to stay here all this time?

Replace the infinitives in brackets by must, have+ infinitive if the action is only necessary; by be + infinitive— if it is expected.

Note: Ifyou say: / must do it, you mean it is necessary; if yousay: / am to do it, you mean somebody expects it, has arran­ged itso.

1) This is Dora. She (to share) your room. 2) And who (to do) the cooking? 3) Who (to meet) you there? 4) My feet are wet. I (to change) my stockings. 5) He is getting rather troublesome. Yesterday I (to speak) to him twice about washing his hands. 6) I'm afraid you (to go) there alone, darling. I've such a headache! 7) When the lecture (to begin)? 8) Two more appartment houses (to be built) here. 9) The cup final (to be played) that afternoon and, of course, I sim­ply (to go), examination or no examination. 10) I don't understand it. They (to come) as soon as he gets his leave. 11) Well, I not (to stay) behind after all. Mother will come and look after the children. 12) Well, children, who (to do) the dishes to-night?

Paraphrase the following sentences, using must have + infinitive or be + infinitive.

1) What am I supposed to do if they come too early?! 2) Is it necessary for me to stay? 3) It has been arranged that the youngest children should play on the beach. 4) We expect you to show the place to her. 5) It was necessary that somebody should be there to receive them. 6) It will be necessary for someone to explain it to her. 7) It is neces­sary that I should leave to-morrow at the latest. 8) I am expected to leave to-morrow at the latest. 9) Where am I supposed to be taken? 10) Where is it necessary to take her?

In each of the following sentences the necessity of some action is stated. Use be instead of must, have to show that the action is not only necessary but also expected or  planned.

1) I must bake a chocolate layer cake for her birthday. 2) We had to take the children to the Zoo. 3) I have to make a report at the conference. 4) They must show us how to organize the excursion. 5) She had to take this group of chil­dren round the picture gallery. 6) We had to start early. 7) I must do the shopping to-day. 8) I must explain it all to you.

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