Flying High Lessons 7-12

Grammar topics Feel like + v-ing: How long… it take... to…? Active and Passive voice Relative Pronouns Verbs with two objects Second conditional How come… ? So and such

Feel like + v-ing A few examples: Would you like to go shopping? No, thank you, I don’t feel like going out. It’s a beautiful day, I feel like going to the beach. Yeah me too!

How long… it take… to…? A few examples: How long did it take you to arrive to fisk? It took me about half an hour to arrive to fisk. How long will it take Sabrina to get ready for the party? It will take her about 2 hours to get ready to the party!

Active and Passive voice How to form it: George is going to promote Sarah. ACTIVE VOICE Sarah is going to be promoted by George. We add the verb “be” to sing out which is the verb tense of the main verb, in this case “promote”. The rest remains the same. The subject GEORGE in the active is the object in the passive, and the object SARAH in the active is the subject in the passive. In the present tenses: the verb “be” is inserted in the passive as “is/are” In the progressive tenses: the verb “be” is inserted as “being” In the perfective tenses: the verb “be” is inserted as “been” Insentences with “going to”, future tense (will), modals (may, might, could, can, would): the verb “be” is inserted as “be”

Relative pronouns They are used to link sentences. WHO, WHICH, THAT. WHOM is used in more formal language. A few examples: My mum is an excellent cook. She loves to cook cakes. My mum is an excellent cook who/that loves to cook cakes. Mark has a colorful parrot. It sings beautifully. Mark has a colorful parrot which/that sings beautifully.

Verbs with two objects. There are two ways of readinf these type of sentences: Michael lent his pencil to Paul. OR Michael lent Paul his pencil. There are two objects here, “Paul” and “pencil”. If “Paul” is next to the verb then “to” isn’t necessary. But, if next to the verb is first the thing, then “Paul” is preceded by “to”. This is because we need to point out the direction to whom the action is directed.

Second conditional To talk about situations that are not true in the present. The if clause usually is fronted, so after it a comma is used. If it rained, we might have a film afternoon. But the “normal” position is at the end. We could go to France if we had the money. Remember the if clause contains a verb in the past. The other clause contains would/could/might.

How come…? Is mainly used to ask WHY when we want to express surprise in spoken language. How come you don’t eat vegetables? How come you don’t have a computer? How come she only eats fish? How come John is coming to the party?

SO and SUCH Remember to use so before an adjective or an adverb. Remember to use such before an adjective + noun or before nouns. A few examples: Sam is so sweet. He’s such a gentleman. My mum si so generous. She’s such a good person.