Revision units 6-7

REVISION units 6-7 CAE

Grammar unit 6

Verbs followed by gerund/infinitive

Basics

some basic rules connected with how the infinitive is used .

bare infinitive

bare infinitive is even more simple

gerund

just gerund - again some rules

more on gerund

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verb+ gerund or to-infinitive?

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Word order may be used to add emphasis

EMPHASIS

using IT for emphasis

There were a lot of people , men and women with beautiful voices and great skills who probably wanted to work with the Beatles... But IT WAS Mary Hopkin was was called the fifth Beatle.

Sometimes we want to emphasise a part of a sentence that introduces new or different information.

e.g. Many people think of Phil Collins as the singer of Genesis. But IT WAS Peter Gabriel who sang on their early albums.

IT sentences can emphasise the subject or object of the sentence.

e.g. Pink Floyd recorded "Dark Side of the Moon"IT WAS PINK FLOYD that recorded "Dark Side of the Moon" - the subject is stressed IT WAS " Dark Side of the Moon" that Pink Floyd recorded. - the object is stressed

Rewrite the sentences using IT to emphasise the underlined word or phrase. 1. Leonardo Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, not Michelangelo. 2. Shirley Bassey sang many of the James Bond theme songs. 3. Michael took those photos. 4. Sally is married to Fred's best friend, not his cousin. 5. Mozart's most famous opera is The Marriage of Figaro.

Dr Christiaan Barnard performed the world's first heart transplant in South Africa in 1967.

• The person who performed the first heart transplant WAS Dr Christiaan Barnard.
• The thing that Dr Christiaan Barnard performed
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• What Dr Christiaan Barnard did WAS ( to) perform the first heart transplant.

• The year ( that/when) Dr Christiaan Barnard performed the first world heart transplant WAS 1967.

• The place where the first world heart transplant was performed WAS South Africa.

Rewrite the sentences to emphasise the parts in italics, using the word given

1. The most cosmetic surgery is performed in Brazil ( country)

2. Many people have cosmetic surgery to improve specific facial features. ( reason)3. I'd really likje to change the shape of my nose. ( what) 4. You need to take more exercise ( what) 5. Companies are most keen to develop a drug that prevents obesity( thing) 6. My sister has always wanted to look like a movie star. ( all/ever)

Past tenses for hypothesis

What happened before????

wish/if only +

01

past simple /would

Wish / if only +

02

past perfect

It's time / would rather +

Author Name

03

+ past tense

Read the letter and decide which forms are correct

My dearest Molly, I can't begin to tell you how much I miss you. If only I didn't listen // hadn't listened to Tommy Evans all those months ago when he said he wanted a driver to take him to the airport. Obviously, I wish the police didn't catch / hadn't caught us at the warehouse, but I wish even more that I didn't believe / hadn't believed his story. Well, I'm here now, and I suppose I'm lucky that it's only for two years. I just wish that I am/ was closer to home. If only you could visit/ could have visited me more often, then I's sure life would be easier. Things aren't too bad here, really. I can work during the day and the evenings are Ok, but the night are awful - I really wish the other prisoners would make / wouldn't make so much noise at night, and I wish I can/could get some more sleep. Well, I'd better go. It's time I join/ to join the others for evening activities. I do enjoy getting letters from you and I wish you would write / write to me more often. I wish / hope that I'll see you soon, but I'd rather you didn't bring/ don't bring the children - I don't want them to see me here.

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