Combine sentences
It was only when he started to work hard that Peter got good results.
AFTER
Peter got good results _______ work hard.
only after starting to/having started to/he had started to
Say the missing prepositions:
on behalf ____
with regard ___
in accordance ____
in exchange _____
on behalf of
with regard to
in accordance with
in exchange for
Is this sentence correct? If not, correct it:
Never I have heard such an impressive speaker.
Never have I heard...
Combine these sentences using these ways of linking ideas: relative clauses, participle clauses, apposition:
A man unintentionally destroys every tape in a video store. The man’s name is Black. His brain becomes magnetised. The store is owned by Black’s best friend.
A man called Black, whose brain is magnetised, unintentionally destroys every tape in a video store, (which is) owned by his best friend.
Say three money idioms
To be rolling in money.
To spend money like water.
To hold the purse strings.
Use the following words in three sentences of your own:
Everyone
Neither
None
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Combine these sentences using these ways of linking ideas: relative clauses, participle clauses, apposition:
Black and his friend feel sorry for the store’s most loyal customer. This customer is an elderly woman. She is losing her memory. The two men set out to remake the lost films. These films include The Lion King and RoboCop.
Feeling sorry for the store's most loyal customer, an elderly woman who is losing her memory, Black and his friend set out to remake the lost films, which include /including The Lion King and Robocop.
Say 5 fancy words to be used in a review when writing about a film, book, place
gripping, cast, special effects, setting, plot,
Is the meaning similar? If not, what's the difference?
1. The pens which I left on the table were stolen.
2. The pens, which I left on the table, were stolen
1. only those left on the table were stolen
2. all pens were stolen
Combine these sentences using these ways of linking ideas: relative clauses, participle clauses, apposition:
A boy tries to understand his family. He tries to stop it from breaking apart. At the same time he has to deal with his mother’s absence. He finds all this very difficult. The boy is only eleven years old.
(While) dealing with his mother's absence, an eleven-year-old boy tries to understand his family and stop it from breaking apart, (all of) which he finds difficult.
Say ten verbs related to money, ex. spend
buy, sell, borrow, lend, rent, hire, waste, save, lose, win, invest, afford, raise, earn
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Let's try and catch the bus, otherwise we'd have to get a taxi, which will be expensive.
....; otherwise, we'll have...
Combine these sentences using these ways of linking ideas: relative clauses, participle clauses, apposition:
A military scientist is left completely alone in New York. The city is deserted. A virus has wiped out the human race. The scientist is played by Will Smith. The film is based on a sci-fi novel by Richard Matheson.
In this film, based on a sci-fi novel by Richard Matheson, a military scientist, played by Will Smith, is left completely alone in New York, which is deserted after a virus has wiped out the human race.
Choose three words from the list and use them in sentences of your own:
exuberance, eager, grimace, grin, enliven, engaged
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Is this sentence correct? If not, correct it.
You would hear by now if you had got the job.
You would have heard by now if you had got the job.