SENTENCE BUILDING / WRITING
MODEL 1:
TOO + ADJ + (for smb)+ to-INFINITIVE
 … - SO + ADJ + THAT …
… - SUCH (A/AN) ADJ + N + THAt
Example :
- The box is too heavy for a child to carry.
- The box is so heavy that the child can’t carry it.
- It is such a heavy box that the child can’t carry it.

MODEL 2:
TOO + ADJ + … to – INFINITIVE
 NOT + ADJ + ENOUGH + (for smb)
+ to – INFINITIVE
Example :
- He is too young to understand the question.
- He is not old enough to understand the
question.
- The book is too difficult for the child to read .
- The book is not easy enough for the child to
read.
- The child is not good/mature enough to read the
book.

MODEL 3:
ADJ + ENOUGH + (for )+ to INFINITIVE… –
 SO + ADJ + THAT … … …
SUCH (A/AN) ADJ + N + THAT .… …
Example :
- The sea water is warm enough for us to

- It was such an interesting film that we
watched it many times.
The film was interesting enough for us to watch
many times.

MODEL 6 :
… TO - INFINITIVE + BE + ADJ
 - IT + BE + ADJ + TO - INFINITIVE
- IT + BE + ADJ + GERUND
- HOW + ADJ + (IT + BE ) + TO - INFINITIVE
Example :
- To smoke cigarettes is dangerous.
- It is dangerous to smoke cigarettes .
- It is dangerous smoking cigarettes .
- How dangerous (it is ) to smoke cigarettes.

MODEL 7 :
… TO - INFINITIVE + BE + ADJ/ NOUN
 S + V (think,find, )+ IT + ADJ/N + TO -
INFINITIVE
Example :
a) – To know foreign languages is important.
- I find it important to know foreign languages .
b) – To be punctual is a good thing.
- I think it a good thing to be punctual.
b) – It’s necessary to practise English every day.
- I think it necessary to practise English every
day.

MODEL 8 :

fortnight ago.

MODEL 11 :
S + VERB (PAST) ……………. AGO
 S + HAVE/HAS been + V-ing + SINCE / FOR
(The Present Perfect Continuous Tense)
Example :
- He started working for this company a year ago.
- He has been working for this company for a
year.
- He has been working for this company since last
year/ a year ago.

MODEL 12 :
* SUBJ + VERB + Time
 IT TAKES/TOOK (+ OBJ) + TIME + TO - INFINITIVE
Example :
a) – She finished her exercises in 20 minutes.
- It took her 20 minutes to finish her exercises.
b) – He drives to work in half an hour.
- It takes him half an hour to drive to work.

MODEL 13 : PASSIVE FORM
* SUBJ + VERB + OBJ
 S + BE + V (pp) ……. + (BY …….)
Example :
a) – No one has discussed that question .
- That question has
not
been discussed before.

- I like neither tea nor coffee.

MODEL 16 :
* WH- QUESTIONS  INDIRECT QUESTION
 S + ASKED + (OBJ) + QUESTION WORD + S + V
Example :
a) – T©m asked me “
What
is her name?”
- T©m asked me
what
her name was.
a) – “
Why
don’t you close the door, Nam?” said
T©m.
- T©m asked Nam
why
he didn’t close the door.

MODEL 17 :
* ADJ  VERB
•
It isn’t necessary to finish work
today.
•
You don’t have to finish work today.

•
You don’t need to finish work today.

b) They had hardly finished their test when the bell rang.
- Hardly had they finished their test when the bell rang.

MODEL 21 :
* S + WISH(ES) + S + SIMPLE PAST ( Present )
* S + WISH(ES) + S + PAST perfect ( Past )
Example :
a) I wish I were a woman.
-
( I am not a woman ).
b) We wish we had been at the party.
-
( We were not at the party ).
c) He wishes he had met her before.
- (He didn t meet her before).’

MODEL 22 :
* S + + V - adv }… 
S + V - ADJ + noun
* S + + V - adv }… 
S + V + with -noun
a) - He speaks English well.
- He speaks good English.
b) – I slept well last night.
- I had a good sleep last night.
c) - She speaks English fluently.
- She speaks English with fluency.

MODEL 23 :
* S }…+ have – something DONE