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This is everyday grammar.
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I'm Macia, and I'm copy.
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You know, Lucy A were supposed to go to a meeting right after we're finished here.
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Really?
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I thought the meeting was supposed to start much later.
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Well, that's not what our boss said.
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Well, I guess that's what we're supposed to do.
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Them.
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Did you notice anything?
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Notice what?
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Well, we used a lot of the be supposed to structure and her conversation.
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Yes, we did.
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These supposed Teoh?
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That sounds funny.
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How do we explain that?
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Well, be supposed to expresses the idea that someone expects something toe happen either with scheduled events, a correct way of doing something or behavior.
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The structure is the verb B plus supposed plus two.
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When it comes to scheduled events, you would use it like this.
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The meeting is supposed to start at New Game is supposed to run late and to describe a correct way of doing something, you would say the nurse is supposed to use a thermometer.
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You're supposed to follow the manual for expressing expectation about behavior.
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You can say the Children are supposed to put away their toys.
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Suzy is supposed to eat soup without slurping a good thing to remember is that be supposed to is almost always used with the present or past tense forms of the verb.
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Anything else were supposed to talk about today?
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No, let's go to that meeting, and that's every day grammar.