USE OF ENGLISH PART 1 SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION I

USE OF ENGLISH, PART 1 SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (I) PATTERNS: 1. TO AFFORD: permitirse económicamente. 2. WOULD YOU MIND…? : Le importaría…. ? 3. DENY: negar (≠ negarse) 4. TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF: “aprovechar (se) de ALGO 5: TO BE UNLIKELY: es improbable 7. TO BE LIKELY: ser probable

USE OF ENGLISH, PART 1 SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION (I) 1. The coat is too expensive to me to buy. AFFORD CAN’T AFFORD TO BUY I……………………………………. . …that coat. 2 Could you speak up because I can’t hear you properly? MIND YOU MIND SPEAKING Would………………………………up because I can’t hear you properly? WOULD YOU MIND +-ING

USE OF ENGLISH, PART 4 sentence transformations 3. The man said that he hadn’t been involved in the robbery DENIED HAVING BEEN/(THAT) HE WAS The man……………………………………. . involved in the robbery. +-ING DENY THAT+PAST TENSE 4. You mustn’t miss this opportunity to visit Sidney. ADVANTAGE TAKE ADVANTAGE OF You must …………………………………this opportunity to visit Sidney. OF+-ING TAKE ADVANTAGE OF+ NOUN

USE OF ENGLISH, PART 4 sentence transformations 5. Sarah probably won’t come to the party. UNLIKELY IS UNLIKELY TO COME Sarah……………………………………. . …to the party. 6. Jim and Peter will probably start their own business soon. LIKELY ARE LIKELY TO START Jim and Peter………………………………their business soon. Personal ubject + TO BE (UN)LIKELY + TO INFINITIVE = TO BE PROBABLE