B4 U6 Grammar in Use

GRAMMAR IN USE

1   S + make/find/think/consider + it + Adj (+ for sb) + to V....

make (讓……)、find (覺得……)、think和consider (認為……) 為不完全及物動詞，接了虛受詞it之後，必須再接形容詞作受詞補語，以使句意完整。此句型中，真正的受詞為後面的不定詞片語 (to V...)。

Examples:

1. Exercising every day makes it possible (for you) to stay healthy.

2. You might find it difficult to believe that your reaction to the situation may be influenced by your blood type.

3. Type O people think it necessary (for them) to do what is just and right.

4. The doctor considered it best for the patient to stay in the hospital.

Let’s Try!

A. 根據句型改寫下列句子。第一題為範例。

1. Many people consider that it is difficult to make a speech in public.

→ Many people consider it difficult to make a speech in public      .

2. Irene thought that it was time-consuming to do housework.

→ Irene thought                                           .

3. We found that it was interesting to perform a play in English.

→ We found                                              .

4. The actor considered that it was challenging to work with the famous filmmaker.

→ The actor considered                                     .

5. The teacher thinks that it is necessary for his students to practice expressing themselves.

→ The teacher thinks                                       .

[Ans.] 2. it time-consuming to do housework 3. it interesting to perform a play in English 4. it challenging to work with the famous filmmaker 5. it necessary for his students to practice expressing themselves

B. 根據句型及提示字完成下列句子。注意動詞變化。

1. Richard was given a very difficult job, and he                                              (think/impossible/him/finish the job/in one day).

2. Smartphones                                                   
    (make/convenient/people/share photos with their friends/anytime).

3. Helen started wearing glasses to school after she                                                 (find/difficult/see the blackboard/clearly).

4. The Internet                                               
     (make/easy/people living far away/keep in touch with each other).

5. Employees who are late for work will be punished because the boss  
                                                            (consider/important/them/be at work/on time).

[Ans.] 1. thought it impossible for him to finish the job in one day 2. make it convenient for people to share photos with their friends anytime 3. found it difficult to see the blackboard clearly 4. makes it easy for people living far away to keep in touch with each other 5. considers it important for them to be at work on time

2   as if 假設語氣：S + V + as if + S + were/V-­ed....

此句型中，as if引導表示「與現在事實相反」的副詞子句，用來表達「彷彿，好像」之意。此用法中，副詞子句裡的be動詞通常用were，一般動詞或助動詞則用過去式。

Examples:

1. The little boy behaves as if he were an adult.

2. Fanny often talks to her doll as if it understood her words.

3. People with blood type AB sometimes act as if there were two people inside one body.

Let’s Try!

A. 根據句型及提示字完成下列句子。

1. The girl hates tomatoes, and she always acts as if eating them         
            (will kill) her.

2. The kitten follows the dog everywhere as if the dog                  
(be) its mother.

3. The blind man acts as if he                        (can see).

4. Robert often talks as if he                   (know) everything.

[Ans.] 1. would kill  2. were  3. could see  4. knew

B. 根據句型重組提示字以完成下列句子。注意動詞變化。

1. Though James is not rich, he still lives as if                                               

                                                            (be/he/a king).

2. The stranger is smiling at me as if                                      
                                                       (me/know/she).

3. Mr. and Mrs. Brown treat the boy as if                                   
                                                 (be/his parents/they).

4. Dan sometimes talks as if                                                                                      

                                          (come/from another planet/he).

5. My girlfriend sometimes acts as if                                                                                                                                       

                                           (she/without me/can’t live).

[Ans.] 1. he were a king 2. she knew me 3. they were his parents 4. he came from another planet 5. she couldn’t live without me