be likely to
ehtimoli yuqori — «... bo‘lishi ehtimoli katta»
Qanday yasaladi
S + be likely to + V · It is likely that + gap
be likely to + fe’l, yoki It is (highly/increasingly) likely that + to‘liq gap. Teskarisi: be unlikely to. Kuchaytirish: highly likely, far more likely.
Namunalar — Examples
Cities with poor public transport are likely to suffer from congestion.
Jamoat transporti yomon shaharlar tirbandlikdan aziyat chekishi ehtimoli katta.
It is highly unlikely that these measures will succeed on their own.
Bu choralar yolg‘iz o‘zi muvaffaqiyat qozonishi ehtimoli juda past.
Izoh — qachon ishlatiladi
Akademik yozuvda will ning eng yaxshi o‘rinbosari: bashoratni aytadi, lekin uni haqiqat sifatida da’vo qilmaydi. Task 2 xulosasi uchun tayyor qolip: Without decisive action, the problem is likely to worsen over the coming decades.
⚠️ Tez-tez qilinadigan xato
❌ It is likely to happen that… → ✅ It is likely that it will happen · yoki ✅ It is likely to happen. Ikkovini aralashtirmang.
O‘xshash shakllar va farqi
| may / might / could (possibility) | may = ochiq ehtimol; be likely to = ehtimoli yuqori, o‘lchangan |
| will | will = qat’iy bashorat; be likely to = ehtiyotkor bashorat |
| tend to | tend to = hozirgi tendensiya (kuzatilgan); be likely to = kelajak ehtimoli |
| be expected to / be projected to | bashorat qilinmoqda — «... kutilmoqda, prognoz qilingan» — likely = ehtimol; expected/projected = rasmiy prognoz |