BOOK B1 INTERCHANGE

WHO/THAT AS THE SUBJET OF A CLAUSES ( you can use who or that, both are correct)

❖ I like people who are very polite, because you can speak with them withou problem.
❖ I like people who are not gossipy, because you can have a real conversation with them.
❖ I love people who are positive, because they have something positive to contribute
❖ I like people who are inteligent, because thet could contribute something new to me.

WHO/THAT AS THE OBJEC OF A CLAUSE

❖ I want someone who I can speak about anything

❖ I would like someone who I can be myself
❖ I would like to know someone who I can learning a lot of things.

IT CLAUSES + ADVERBIAL CLAUSES WITH WHEN

❖ I like IT WHEN I have a lot of free time.

❖ I do not mind IT WHEN I have to study very hard for the final exam.
❖ I can not stand IT WHEN I am talking with someone and that person use the cellphone.
❖ IT makes me happy WHEN I can learn something quickly.
❖ IT bother me WHEN I am walking and someone is behind me.

GERUND PHRASES AS SUBJETD

❖ DOING the same thing all time could be boring.

❖ BEING a traveler would be interesting.
❖ WORKING as a teacher could be hard.
❖ PLAYING futboll everyday wuold be exhausting.

GERUND PRHASES AS OBJECTS

❖ She would love BEING a doctor.

❖ He would be good at HELPPING people.
❖ I would enjoy WORKING in something easy.

COMPARISON WITH ADJETIVES

❖ Working with animals SOUNDS MORE/LESS INTERESTING than working with people.
❖ Being a doctor IS HARDER than being a nurse.
❖ Being a nurse is not AS HARD AS being a doctor.

WITH NOUNS

❖ A docotr HAS MORE education than a politician.

 WITH VERBS

❖ A agent Call centers EARNS MORE THAN a nurse.

❖ A Doctor EARNS AS MUCH AS a politician.

WITH PAST PARTICIPLE

❖ A doctor is BETTER PAID THAN a nurse.

❖ A nurse is not AS WELL PAID AS a doctor.

REQUEST WITH MODALS, IF CLAUSES AND GERUNDS

❖ CAN I BORROW your cellphone to a call, please ?

❖ COULD you LEND me your car, please ?
❖ IT IS OK IF I use your laptop ?
❖ DO YOU MIND IF I use your car a moment ?
❖ WOULD YOU MIND IF I borrowED your car ?
❖ I WAS WONDERINF IF YOU COULD LEND ME YOUR CAR ?

INDIRECT REQUEST

WITH (THAT)

❖ Could you TELL MARIA THAT she left(dejo) her phone in my home.
❖ Could you TELL CARLOS THAT he forgot his shoes in my apartment.

WITH ( INFINITIVE) TO

❖ Can you TELL MARY NOT TO BE LATE, please?

❖ Can you TELL CARLOS NOT TO FOTGET TO BRING the book?

WITH ( QUESTION)

❖ Can you ASK CINDI WHERE SHE IS HAVING lunch?

❖ Can you ASK JUAN WHERE HE IS LIVING ?
❖ Would you ASK KELY WHAT TIME I can talk with her about my job ?

PAST CONTINUO VS PAST SIMPLE.

❖ I WAS WALKING around the beach when suddenly I SAW a sheark in the shore.
❖ While I WAS watching tv my mom CAME to visit me.
❖ I WAS LISTENING to music when my cellphone RANG.

PAST PERFEC

❖ I was walking to my car but I HAD FORGOTTEN MY KEYS in my home

❖ I forget my cellphone in the restaurant I came back, but someone had stolen it.
 ❖ I went to the meeting with my friend, but SHE HAD FORGOTTEN THE MEETING.

NOUN PRHASES CONTAINING RELATIVE CLAUSES

❖ Something (THAT) I WOULD MISS is spending time with my family.

❖ The new culture is something (that) I WOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT.
❖ The people who I WOULD MISS ARE MY PARENTS.

EXPECTATIONS

❖ When you are invited to someones house, ITS THE CUSTOM TO BRING SOMETHING TO EAT.
❖ If you want to conquer someone, YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BE POLITE.
❖ IF You are in a restaurant, YOU ARE EXPECTED TO eat a lot.
❖ If You are not invited to someones house, ITS NO ACCEPTABLE TO go without asking.

DESCRIBING PROBLEMS

WITH PAST PARTICIPLE AS ADJECTIVES WITH NOUN

❖ My T-shirt is TORN (RASGADA) There is a HOLE in my T-shirt

❖ My cellphone is DAMAGED ( DAÑADO) There is SOME DAMAGED in my cell
❖ My tooth is CHIPPED (ASTILLADO) There is a chip in my tooth
❖ My jeans are STAINED ( MANCHADOS) They have a stain.
❖ The washing machine is LEAKING ( GOTEANDO )

DESCRIBING PROBLEMENS 2

NEED + GERUND NEED + PASSIVE INFITITIVE

❖ The computer NEEDS ADJUSTING NEEDS TO BE ADJUSTED

The cellphone NEEDS FIXING NEEDS TO BE FIXED
The apartment NEEDS CLEANING NEEDS TO BE CLEANED