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Key Word Transformation Bank Session 23
Key Word Transformation Bank Session 23
Key Word Transformation Bank Session 23
Take place
School prizes are given out at the end of the year. / School prize-giving takes place at the end
of the year.
My dad is deciding whether to buy a new car or not. / My dad hasn’t made up his mind yet
about whether to buy a new car.
· SUPERLATIVES / COMPARATIVES
Elisa is the luckiest person I’ve ever met. / I’ve never met (known) anyone as (so) lucky as Elisa.
I hadn’t expected the film to be nearly so long! / The film was much longer than I had
expected!
· SO / SUCH
· SUPERLATIVE / SUCH
That was the most exciting game of football I’ve ever seen. / I’d never seen such an exciting
game of football.
· EVER / ANYONE
Elisa is the luckiest person I’ve ever met. / I’ve never met-known anyone as-so lucky as Elisa.
· EVER / NEVER
That was the most exciting game of football I’ve ever seen. / I’d never seen such an exciting
game of football.
Why didn’t you tell me (...). / You should have told me (...).
· WOULD RATHER / DON’T WANT TO
I’d (really) rather not go out tonight. / I don’t really want to go out tonight.
· SINCE / FOR
It’s been a long time since I saw Jo because she lives in Canada. / I haven’t seen Jo for a long
time because she lives in Canada.
The stories Bent told were always so interesting (...). / Ben always used to tell such interesting
stories that (...).
· PASSIVE /ACTIVE
School prizes are given out at the end of the year / School prize-giving takes place at the end of
the year.
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With more sunshine, the strawberries would have ripened sooner last year.
The strawberries would have ripened sooner last year if there had been more sunshine.
The strawberries would have ripened sooner last year had there been more sunshine.
· MODAL VERBS:
· RELATIVE PRONOUNS