ANA SAYFA                                   Modals			Diğer Gramer Konular
Can Could Must, Have to, Have got to Should, Ought to, Had better	Be able to Would you mind Prefer, Would Prefer Would rather, Would sooner	Used to, Would Be to, Be supposed to Requests Should have done	Tenses, relative clauses Adverbial Clauses, Articles, Pronouns, Active Passive,

 

Expectations : Be to ve Be supposed to

 

“be to” ve “be supposed to” ifadeleri genellikle programlanmış veya bir tarifeye göre olan olayların gerçekleşmesi beklendiğinde kullanılır.  Bundan başka, “be to” , “be supposed to”, kişilerden yapmaları beklenen işler için de kullanılır.  “be to” kurallar, yasalar, emirler vb. ile belirlenen haller veya davranışlar için daha uygundur.Yani “must”ın verdiği anlama yakındır. “be supposed to” ise “should”un anlamına yakındır.

 

v       The film is to start at 10:00. Let’s take our seats![A1]                                                                                

v       You are to stop when the light is red.[A2]                      

 

v       All applicants are (supposed to) to fill in the application forms[A3] .                       

 

v       The game is supposed to begin at 10:00. [A4] 

 

v       You aren’t to drive over 50 k.p.h.[A5] 

v       You mustn’t drive over 50 k.p.h.[A6] 

 

“be supposed to”  past olduğunda beklentinin gerçekleşmemiş olduğu anlaşılır:Yani “should have done” ile yakın anlam sahiptir.

v       Jack was supposed to call me last night. I wonder why he didn’t. [A7] 

v       Micheal was supposed to study harder for              the exam.[A8]  (but he didn’t)

v       Micheal should have studied harder for  the exam.[A9]  (but he didn’t)