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    ADVANCED

    5
    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.

    TRANSFORM THESE SENTENCES USING THE PROMPTS IN WHITE PROMPTS


    1. We haven’t seen a vaccine rollout happen so quickly. Never before
    1. Never before have we seen a vaccine rollout happen so quickly.
    2. You can’t download software to this device. On no account
    2. On no account can you download software to this device. (Under no circumstances)
    3. The speaker had only just began her talk when the fire alarm sounded. Scarcely
    3. Scarcely had the speaker began her talk when the fire alarm sounded.
    4. The computer lead couldn’t connect to the socket without an adaptor. Only by
    4. Only by using an adaptor could the computer lead connect to the socket.
    5. He doesn’t know how lucky he is to be brought up in a multilingual household. Little (do)
    5. Little does he know how lucky he is to be brought up in a multilingual
    household.
    TALK ABOUT RULES IN THE FOLLOWING PLACES OF YOUR CHOICE

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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

    CORRECT THE UNDERLINED INFORMATION. USE THE PROMPT IN PARENTHESIS

    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.

    ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS


    1. What would you have bought, if you won the lottery this week? B.
    2. If you had moved abroad, where do you think you would be? A.
    3. If you knew English fluently, what language would you have started learning? B.

    WHICH OF THESE EXAMPLES (A. OR B. ABOVE) REFER TO THESE QUESTIONS?

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