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Grammar Conversation Advanced
Grammar Conversation Advanced
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GRAMMAR TERMS
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NEGATIVE INVERSION A V.I.P CLUB
A MEDITATION CENTRE
Rarely do we have a chance to see our friends.
AN ORGANISED SAFARI
A CONFERENCE
We don’t usually have a chance to see our friends.
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REPORTING VERBS
He/she urged me to be on time. I urge you to be on time.
He/she invited me to dinner. Come for dinner?
He/she admitted stealing his/her boss’s coffee mug. I stole my boss’s coffee mug.
He/she advised me to type up my notes. You should type up your notes.
He/she congratulated me on passing the test. Well done for passing your test.
REPORT THESE SENTENCES
1. Don’t go on holiday without travel insurance! 1. They advised me not to go on holiday without
Prompt: advise travel insurance.
2. I’ll send the documents first thing tomorrow. 2. They promised to send the documents first thing
Prompt: promise the following day.
3. You must be here by 6 at the latest. 3. They insisted on being there by 6 at the latest.
Prompt: insist
MY MANAGER RECOMMEND TAKING SOME TIME
Who have you talked to today? OFF WORK!!!
What type of conversations have you had today?
Report what they said.
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CLEFT SENTENCES
Didn’t you say you worked for InterSat? No, what I said was I volunteered for InterSat.
Julia drove Frank to the conference last week. No, it was Frank that (who) drove Julia to the
conference last week.
Can we smoke in the car park? No, the place that you can smoke is behind the
kitchen.
What is the USE of cleft sentences?
WE USE THEM TO CORRECT WHAT SOMEONE HAS PREVIOUSLY SAID & FOR EMPHASIS
1. You live in New York, don’t you? (work) 1. No, it is New York I work in.
2. Did you go and complain about the noise next door? (call police) 2. No, what I did was call the
police.
3. Why did you say you would like an ice shower?! (nice shower) 3. No, what I said was that I would
like a nice shower.
4. Did you leave the staff party because you were angry? (tired) 4. No, the reason I left the staff
party early was that I was tired.
YOUR TEACHER/PARTNER WILL MAKE SOME FABRICATED FACTS ABOUT YOU. CORRECT THEM
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FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
On Saturday I will have been working for 16 days straight.
By next month I will have been living here for 10 years.
In September I will have known you for a year.
NOT ...will have been knowing... (state verb) NOW
WE USE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS TO EMPHASIS HOW LONG SOMETHING HAS BEEN GOING ON BY
A PARTICULAR POINT IN THE FUTURE
USEFUL TIME EXPRESSIONS WITH ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS IN THE RIGHT WAY. USE
FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS THE FUTURE PERFECT CONTINUOUS
This time next ... Monday, Easter 1. How long will you have been studying English for
by the end of this year?
On ... New Year’s Day, Tuesday
2. How long will you have been sitting in that chair
At ... on ... ... 10 pm ... Sunday today?
3. How long have you lived in your current home
Next ... weekend, month for?
By this time ... tomorrow, tonight 4. What’s your favourite hobby? How long have you
been into it?
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MIXED CONDITIONALS (+ shouldn’t’ve)
A. He wouldn’t be in such a pickle, IF he had heeded your advice. WHAT HAPPENED?
CONSEQUENCE FROM PAST CIRCUMSTANCES He shouldn’t’ve forgotten to take a spare tyre.
B. She would’ve got a different job, IF they didn’t value her work. —
PAST CONSEQUENCE FROM PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCES
1ST CONDITIONAL FORM
Alternatives to IF: I’ll tell you who we hired, AS LONG AS, you promise not to tell anyone.
2ND CONDITIONAL FORM
SUPPOSING you got the job, would you take it?
3RD CONDITIONAL FORM
HAD I known you were coming, I would have ordered you some lunch.
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