Inversions
Rewrite:
I had barely arrived when it started raining.
Barely had I arrived when it started raining.
You study = you pass the exam
1st condtional
If you study, you'll pass the exam.
She is tired.
Used must and passive voice.
Identify the cleft focus:
It was the director who approved the project.
The director
Identify the tense:
She has been considering leaving her job.
Present perfect continuous
Correct:
Seldom people realize how dangerous it is
Seldom do people realize how dangerous it is.
You burn water at a 100 C° = It boils
0 conditonal
If/when you boil water at 100 C°, it boils.
They are really good friends. People say.
It is...
It is said they are good friends.
Create an “It-cleft” focusing on “yesterday”.
(Variable)
It was yesterday that I called you.
Rewrite using future perfect:
She plans to finish by Monday.
She will have finished by Monday.
Add “no sooner”:
He finished speaking and the audience applauded.
No sooner had he finished speaking than the audience applauded.
You want to be rich so that you can buy a Mazda Miata
2nd Conditional
If I were rich, I would buy a Mazda Miata.
She is...
She's believe to have stolen the chickens.
Turn into a wh-cleft:
I love your attitude.
What I love is your attitude.
Transform to past perfect continuous:
They argued for two hours.
They had been arguing for two hours.
Create an inversion using “Under no circumstances”:
You cannot reveal this information.
Under no circumstances can you reveal this information.
You didn't see the person passing by. He got hurt.
3rd conditional
They saw me and I got arrested.
If I...
If I hadn't been seen, I wouldn't have gotten arrested.
Improve the cleft:
It was your honesty what impressed me.
It was your honesty that impressed me.
Fix tense logic:
By the time he arrives, we ate.
(Variable)
By the time he arrives, we will have eaten.
Rewrite:
I had never seen such a chaotic event before.
Never had I seen such a chaotic event before.
You didn't save up when you were a child. Now you can't buy your dream house.
Mixed conditional
If I had saved up when I was a child, I could buy my dream house.
Men shouldn't discuss abortion.
Abortion
Abortion shouldn't be discussed (by men)
Transform using an all-cleft:
I want a simple answer.
All I want is a simple answer.
Create an example of a tense shift:
→ “I am leaving,” she said.
→ She said she was leaving.
(Variable)