Inversions
What are the 2 reasons for using inversions?
1. To emphasize
2. To speak more formally
Rewrite this conditional phrase using an inversion:
If you have questions about Feria dresses, I'd recommend speaking with Celia and Mercedes.
Should you have questions about Feria dresses, I'd recommend speaking with Celia and Mercedes.
What is used after a preposition: gerund or infinitive?
GERUND
Rephrase using the key word FOREGONE
It is highly likely that Marta & Marina will get great internships.
It's a foregone conclusion that Marta & Marina will get great internships.
Connect the 2 sentences using a participle clause:
First we studied English for 2 hours. Then we had our breakfast break.
After having studied English for 2 hours, we had our breakfast break.
Rewrite the sentence using "Never before"
Olivia had never learned that you could use "fishes" and be grammatically correct.
Never before had Olivia learned that you could use "fishes" and be grammatically correct.
Rewrite this conditional phrase using an inversion:
If it were necessary, Enrique would use violence to ensure getting a sticker.
Were it necessary, Enrique would use violence to ensure getting a sticker.
What is used after a phrasal verb: gerund or infinitive?
GERUND
Rephrase using the key word LIKELIHOOD
I'm 100% sure that Carmen R has the most stickers of the class.
There's every likelihood that Carmen R has the most stickers of the class.
Olivia saw that her students were exhausted. She decided to play a kahoot to life their spirits.
Seeing her students exhausted, Olivia decided to play a kahoot to life their spirits.
Rewrite the sentence using "No sooner...than"
While playing bamboozle, immediately after winning 50 points, Enrique's team had to give them away to Pedro and Alvaro's team.
Rewrite this sentence using a conditional:
My advice to you is to be careful with your email in case the AI students try to hack you.
If I were you, I would be careful with your email in case the AI students try to hack you.
Gerund or infinitive?
During our English course, Olivia let us _______ games. (play/playing)
PLAY
Rewrite the sentence using a modal verb:
It's highly unlikely that Lucía went to Feria last year in socks and sandals.
Lucía can't have gone to Feria last year in socks and sandals.
Combine the 2 sentences with a participle clause:
Olivia provided us with awesome graphic organisers. The graphic organisers were epic and incredible.
The graphic organisers provided by Olivia were epic and incredible.
Rewrite the sentence using "Only after"
It wasn't until taking Olivia's C2 class that the students realised how incredibly fascinating and fun it was to learn about inversions.
Only after taking Olivia's C2 class, did the students realise how incredibly fascinating and fun it was to learn about inversions.
Rewrite this conditional phrase using an inversion:
If Olivia had known how passionate her students were about their breakfast toasts, she would have given them a 30 minute break from day 1.
Had Olivia known how passionate her students were about their breakfast toasts, she would have given them a 30 minute break from day 1.
What is the difference between these 2 phrases:
I remember playing basketball with my dad on Sundays as a child.
Please remember to bring a laptop to class.
Remember + gerund = past memory
Remember + infinitive= future/present reminder
We regret not having made more of an effort to win stickers in English class.
We should have made more of an effort to win stickers in English class.
Combine the sentences with a particple clause:
Arturo was hacking at record-breaking speed. Arturo tried in vain to win the Kahoot.
Rewrite the sentence using "Only once..."
Arturo only used his real name once when playing games in English class.
Only once did Arturo use his real name when playing games in English class.
Rewrite this sentence using a conditional with "unless":
We will have a massive party if we pass our master's degree.
We won't have a massive party unless we pass our master's degree.
1. Thanks to Olivia's class, Marta stopped hating English with a passion.
2. Marta stopped to get petrol before coming to English class.
2. First Marta stopped the car, then she got petrol. Order of events.
Rewrite the sentence using BOUND
Olivia's students are definitely going to be successful in the future.
Olivia's students are bound to be successful in the future.
What is the purpose of a participle clause?
1. To avoid repeating the same subject
2. To express a passive
3. To show the order of events