SENTENCE
TRANSFORMATION
• Used to = past simple
• Used to = would
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He has never eaten Indian food
It’s the first time he has eaten Indian food
It is two weeks since I last saw Paul=
I haven’t seen Paul for two weeks=
The last time I saw Paul was two weeks ago=
When did you see last Paul?=
How long ago did you see Paul?
Reflexive pronouns
• By yourself =on your own
MOLTO
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A LOTS OF
PLENTY OF
CON TUTTI I SOSTANTIVI PLURALI E E SINGOLARI
LOTS OF MONEY = PLENTY OF MONEY
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A GREAT DEAL OF – CON SOSTANTIVI SINGOLARI NON NUMERABILI
A GREAT DEAL OF MONEY = PLENTY OF MONEY = LOTS OF MONEY
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A LARGE NUMBER OF – CON SOSTANTIVI PLURALI
A LOTS OF = PLENTY OF= A LARGE NUMBER OF
POCO
A BIT OF= A LITTLE OF
ONLY A FEW= NOT MANY
VERY FEW= NOT MANY
ABBASTANZA/TROPPO
ENOUGH / TOO
IT’S TOO COLD FOR A WALK= IT ISN’T WARM ENOUGH FOR A WALK
THERE IS /IT HAS
THERE WAS /THERE HAD
• WHOSE..? BELONG TO /OWNER
• SUCH A+ ADJECTIVE+NOUN=
• SO + ADJECTIVE
He’s such a nice boy= He so nice!
IMPERATIVO
• LET’S= WHAT/HOW ABOUT+ING FORM
• WHY DON’T WE INFINITO SENZA TO
• WHY NOT
INFINITO SENZA TO
Obbligo /Necessità
To be compelled +infinito con to
To be obliged+ infinito con to
She didn’t work so accurately so she was
compelled/obliged to resign
Mustn’t
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It is forbidden
It is prohibited
It is not permitted
Am/ is/are not allowed
Can’t
Don’t Doesn’t have to
• It is not necessary (for you ,him..) to
• You needn’t
MODALI
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To be capable of ing
To know how
To manage to
To succeed ing
Luckily Mark was able to get the work done in
time
• Luckily Mark succeeded in getting the work in
time
• Luckily Mark managed to stop before they
crashed into each other
Permesso
• To allow+complemento oggetto+infinito
Con to
I won’t allow john to use my car
To permit+complemento oggetto+infinito
They won’t permit John to use their car
To let +compl.oggetto + infinito senza to
Let her use her car