Be + to infinitive (with simple present tense) | Grammar lesson

Hi everyone and welcome back to my channel. Today’s grammar lesson will focus on the grammatical structure be + to infinitive. I have chosen this topic following a request from a subscriber so thank you and if anyone has any video requests, please do comment them below. In this lesson, we will only focus on be + to infinitive with the simple present tense of the verb to ‘be’. We will learn how the structure looks and when it is used. It is important to note that this is an advanced structure and quite old fashioned, so it is mainly used in specific contexts. In other lessons, we can look at the same structure with the simple past tense; be + to be + the past participle and be + the perfect infinitive. Thank you so much for watching and have a lovely weekend! 00:00 - 01:21 Intro. 01:21 - 03:30 Breaking the structure into parts. 03:30 - 04:50 Present continuous tense and future simple tense. 04:50 - 06:20 Direct commands. 06:20 - 08:52 When and why to use the be + to infinitive structure. 08:52 - 10:22 Indirect commands with the be + to infinitive structure. 10:22 - 11:18 Be + to infinitive structure within a conditional sentence. 11:18 - 12:02 Be + to infinitive structure within formal writing. 12:02 - 13:52 Real examples of the be + to infinitive structure in use (newspaper headlines). 13:52 - 14:11 Outro.