GOING AWAY

PART 2: It´s +adjective +to

Can you guess the
top five adjectives
used with the
structure IT´S
+ADJECTIVE + TO?
 Hard

Nice
The top 5
adjectives in the
structure Easy
it´s + adjective +to
are:

Good

Important
 Necessary Safe Difficult
Other
adjectives are:

Expensive Impossible Exciting

It´s +adjective +to MAIN CLAUSE INFINITIVE CLAUSE
to describe a verb
Is it expensive to fly?

You can use It´s+adjective+to It is easy to find a cheap flight online.

to describe a verb.
Is it easy to find bargains online?

It´s easy to do

LISTENING It´s not hard to do

.
 MAIN CLAUSE INFINITIVE CLAUSE
More Examples…
It´s difficult to eat out today

Is it easy to join google meet by pone?

It´s expensive to fly to China

It´s not hard to know when the semester ends

It´s impossible to finish the class in 5 minutes

It´s important to go online only when necessary

It´s exciting to be here

Remember:
The expression "It is + adjective + to" emphasizes
information by bringing it to the front of the clause.
Let´s practice It´s
+adjective +to to
describe a verb !
In your notebook, unscramble the following
sentences:

•important/ another / to know/ is/

language/ it ?

•to learn/ it/ Chinese/ hard/ is/ ?

• with friends/ good/ English/ it’s/ to

practice

•before/ nice/ your trip/ a hotel/ to book/

it’s

. •bargains/ it’s/ online/ to find/ easy

Pronunciation Tip
Speaking naturally: Reduction of to

LISTENIN
G

A. Is it expensive to B. Well, it´s hard to

visit your country? find cheap hotels

A. Listen and repeat. Notice the reduction of to in the sentences

above
 Speaking naturally:
Reduction of to

B Listen and Complete the questions. Then ask and

asnwer the questions with a partner.
• 1. Do you need a visa __________ your country?
Listening • 2. Do you need to speak the language _________
your city?
• 3. Is it easy _________ a cheap place to stay?
• 4. Is it safe __________ late at night?
• 5. Do you have to pay _________ in museums?
 It´s expensive to..._________________

It´s necessary to… ..._________________

Describe the verb It´s good to ..._________________

… It´easy to ..._________________
Remember the
pronunciation tip! It´expensive to ..._________________

It´s hard to ..._________________

 •1. A. I´m going to ___________(go to Tokyo/study
Japanese) next month.
• B. wo! So, __________ (necessary/ learn some
Japanese) before you go?
• A. Well, yeah. _________ (nice/ say “thank
you”) and things.
___________ (important/know a few expressions) I
think, so.
CONSOLIDATION •I want to _________ (get a phrase book/read) on
the plane.
PRACTICE
• A. I need to _________ (buy a guidebook/to
get some ideas) for sightseeing,too.
B. so, __________ (easy/get around) Tokyo?
A. well, they say _________ (not hard/use the
subway). But I heard _________(easy/get lost)
when you´re walking around.
Complete the conversation extracts.
Use infinitives for reasons (last week topic) and It´s/is
it/ + adjective + to.