Cleft sentences
Transform: My best friend gave me this book.
(Use a cleft sentence.)
It was my best friend who gave me this book.
Lila is all dressed up. She is going somewhere nice. Say the sentence again using 'must'
Lila must be going somewhere nice.
The car that was sold by my neighbours was a Mercedes Benz.
sold
Explain the difference between: “He had his car repaired” vs. “He repaired his car.”
→ First: someone else did it; second: he did it himself.
List 5 synonyms of good
acceptable, great, excellent, exceptional, marvelous, satisfactory, superb, valuable, wonderful, amazing, efficient, proper, reliable, suitable, useful, appropriate, beneficial, convenient, decent, helpful, profitable
I like this café because of its coffee. (Focus on the coffee.)
It’s the coffee that I like about this café.
There is no way he stole the money. (can't)
He can't have stolen the money.
As soon as they heard the bell ring, they got up to go to their next class.
Hearing
Change to causative: “A professional cleaned the carpets.”
→ We had the carpets cleaned.
List 5 synonyms of bad
Awful, dreadful, inferior, lousy, terrible, mediocre, second-rate, harmful, wrong, rotten, unpleasant, negative,
People find it strange that he quit such a well-paid job.
What people find strange is that he quit such a well-paid job.
He probably knows where to go. (should)
He should know where to go.
We finished our coffee and then went on to visit the shops.
Finishing our coffee, we went on to visit the shops.
The music at the club made us dance all night long.
The music at the club had/got us dancing all night long.
List 2 synonyms of easy and 2 of difficult
effortless, obvious, simple, straightforward, basic, manageable, peaceful, smooth
complicated, hard, rduous, complex, demanding, exhausting, impossible, intricate
Add emphasis
The thing I’ll always remember is how kind everyone was.
What I’ll always remember is how kind everyone was.
Many jobs will disappear because of AI. (bound)
Many jobs are bound to disappear because of AI.
She had been to the museum before, so it wasn't very interesting for her.
Having been to the museum before, it wasn't very interesting for her.
She walked too close to the fire.
She got herself burnt.
Name 5 compound adjectives
open-minded, laid-back, heartwarming, mouth-watering, hardworking, self-made, long-run, self-confident, mindblowing
Contrast two ideas
She expected praise. She got criticism.
What she expected was praise, but what she got was criticism.
There is a good possibility it will rain today. (reasonable)
There is a reasonable chance that it will rain today.
The glass, which had recently been washed, sparkled like a diamond.
recently washed
Form a question in the causative: clean / house / yesterday
→ Did you have your house cleaned yesterday?
List 6 idioms and make a sentence with each.
break the ice, piece of cake, spill the tea/beans, out of the blue, once in a blue moon, over the moon, when pigs fly, cost an arm and a leg, pull sb's leg, a dime a dozen, beat around the bush, bark up the wrong tree, bite off more than you can chew, hit the nail on the head, let the cat out of the bag, call sb's bluff, call it a day, call a spade a spade, get away with murder, face the music...