Key English Grammar Structures
Using Enough, Too, and Such
- adj or adv + enough
- enough + noun
- too + adj or adv
- such + (a/an) + adj + noun
Sentence Examples and Transformations
- It was such cold weather that we didn't go out.
- I'm sorry, there's too little time to give you an explanation.
- You swim so well that you could turn professional.
- Barry is very good at getting other people involved.
- It takes such a lot of time because my clothes... (Fragment)
- If this is so, a refund will be given.
Relative Clauses
- The writer Ian Banks... (who)
- The earthquake happened... (when)
- Aidan, who lives in a road...
- They sent some info... (which)
- I went to the body shop... (where)
Article Usage (a, an, the, zero article)
- I went to the hospital to see... (Referring to the building)
- I went to -- hospital when... (Going as a patient/visitor)
- I go to the library once a week. (Referring to a specific/known place)
- She always goes to -- bed early. (Idiomatic phrase)
- I often get hay fever in the summer. (With seasons)
- Zero article examples (x4)
- He earns 800€ a week. (Rate/Frequency)
- Zero article examples (x2)
- Ronald Reagan once held the office. (Specific office)
- Examples using the (x2)
Reported Speech, Verb Patterns, and Passive Voice
- Sally accused Charlie of putting that frog on her chair. (Accuse + object + of + -ing)
- The teacher warned Jonny not to, or he would be sent to the headmaster. (Warn + object + not to + infinitive)
- Direct: "How well did you do in your exams?" The interviewer asked Kate.
- Reported: The interviewer asked Kate how well she had done in her exams. (Ask + object + question word + subject + verb)
- The teacher urged them not to fall asleep during the lesson. (Urge + object + not to + infinitive)
- Susan said that she had not been wasting her time at school when she... (Fragment) (Say + that + clause)
- The headmaster wanted to know if they had tidied up in the science lab. (Want to know + if + clause)
- Nicolas apologised for not getting his homework. (Apologise for + -ing)
- Direct: "I will see you tomorrow at the lecture," Steve said.
- Reported: Steve said that he would see me the next day at the lecture. (Say + that + clause, tense/pronoun/time changes)
- Inventors object to their ideas being copied. (Object to + -ing)
- Why were those chemicals being mixed up in the lab yesterday? (Passive: Past Continuous)
- She was made to hand over her notebooks. (Passive with 'make')
- The local camera shop is supposed to be very good. (Structure: be supposed to)
- I was informed of my boss's decision yesterday. (Passive: be informed of)
- There has been a decrease in the number of people who smoke. (Structure: There has been...)
Other Sentence Structures
- Andrea said she wouldn't go dancing unless her mother bought... (Fragment) (Unless clause)
- This is the worst film I have ever seen. (Superlative + Present Perfect)
- I would have met you at the airport if my car had been working. (Third Conditional)
- You aren't allowed to dress casually for this party. (Structure: be allowed to)
- I am more frightened of ghosts than I am of flying. (Comparison: more...than)
- I shouldn't have bought that computer game. (Modal Perfect: shouldn't have + past participle)
- The play had started when we got there. (Past Perfect + Past Simple)
- I can't see to drive without my glasses. (Structure: can't see to do something)
