B1 level intermediate Flashcards
I love the autumn because the trees are so beautiful
Use so + adjective to mean ‘very’.
Some students don’t sleep enough :)
He’s not tall enough reach the top of the cupboard :(
Use ‘enough’ after a verb to show you do what you need to.
We must visit Aunt Mary soon. We haven’t seen her in years!
‘Must’ is used to give a strong recommendation.
If I had enough money, I would buy a new car! :)
If I would have enough money, I would buy a new car! :(
Don’t use ‘would’ after ‘if’. Remember how the second conditional is formed: If + subject + past simple subject + would + verb (infinitive).
You don’t have to get a taxi – the underground is really fast
‘Don’t have to’ shows that something is not necessary. Use ‘don’t/doesn’t’ + ‘have to’ to form the negative.
I saw Helen in the supermarket today. :)
I saw Helen on the supermarket today. :(
You can often use the prepositions ‘at’ or ‘in’ with buildings, but not usually ‘on’!
We’re leaving at 3 o’clock.
Use the preposition ‘at’ (or ‘by’/‘before’/’after’) with o’clock times.
Because we arrived late at the cinema, we missed the beginning of the film.
‘Because’ can be used at the start of sentence which has TWO clauses. It shows the cause (‘we arrived late’) of an effect (‘we missed the beginning of the film’).
She’s got beautiful eyes, hasn’t she?
The positive auxiliary verb is changed to its negative form in the tag, but the subject pronoun stays the same.
I went to Oxford Street to buy some new clothes.
We can use the infinitive ‘to’ as another way of saying ‘in order to’.
The victim was taken to hospital in an ambulance.
Use the correct form of ‘to be’ + the past participle of the verb to form the passive, in this example was + taken.
She said there had been an accident by the traffic lights that morning. :)
She said there had been an accident by the traffic lights in the morning. :(
When reporting what someone else has said, the time reference may also change (as well as the verb), for example, ‘this morning’ changes to ‘that morning’.
