Lesson 16 likely to/bound to/due to/going to

This construction is used talking about the speaker's intention or as a prediction based on present evidence. 

• bound to

• going to

• likely to

This construction is used when the speaker see something happening as inevitable. 

• bound to

• going to

• likely to

This construction is used when the speaker see something happening as probable. It is not used only about future events. 

• bound to

• likely to

• due to

This construction is used about something that has been scheduled. 

• bound to

• going to

• due to

Teachers of art are more ______ ___ write books of instruction , and in their efforts to educate their students may make comments about the traditions they admire and from which they hope their students will learn .

Erm , so that is the day that both mum and Marion are _______ ____ fly off to Paris .

A train ' s vulnerability is another . One simple derailment , a wheel that slips off a track , can trigger chaos . But engineers are most haunted by something else , something that should be part of the job description because for those who work the railroads long enough , it is _______ ___ happen . " I ' ve killed five people , " Mr Cooper said matter - of - factly .

What have you decided ? What are you ______ ____ do ?