1. It is important for you to review what we study in class each night (infinitive phrase).
or, with a noun clause: It is important THAT you review each night.
2. It is critical for you to learn the grammar structures and then to use them every day (infinitive phrase).
or, with a noun clause: It is critical THAT you learn the structures and use them every day.
3. It is not too hard to learn a little bit each day, but it is too hard to learn a lot each day (infinitive phrase).
or with gerunds:
4. In other words, learning a little bit each day is easy enough, but learning a lot each day is more difficult.
Please
add your own pieces of advice for me or for your classmates in multiple
forms. Show us that you can say the same idea in more than one
(correct) way!
1. It's important to stay calm during the exam.
ReplyDeleteTo stay calm during the exam is important.
Staying calm during the exam is important.
2. It's recommended to come on time tomorrow.
To come on time tomorrow is recommended.
Coming on time tomorrow is recommended.
These are all good. When we use the infinitive as the subject, the idea is more "theoretical" than when we use the gerund as the subject. I'm not sure if you know what I mean.
Delete1. It is not hard to prepare for the exam if you do your homework everyday.
ReplyDeleteTo prepare for the exam is not hard if you do your homework everyday.
Preparing for the exam is not hard if you do your homework everyday.
2. It is great for us to have Holly as a grammar teacher.
It is great that we have Holly as a grammar teacher.
Having Holly as a grammar teacher is great for us.
It has been my pleasure to be your teacher.
DeleteBeing your teacher has been my pleasure (I was actually your teacher).
To be your teacher would be a great honor (I haven't been your teacher yet).
It is great for me to have such engaged students.
Having such engaged students has been great for me.
The fact that I've had such engaged students has made coming to class a real pleasure for me.
It's great that I've had such engaged students this semester.
1. It's important for us to go to Holly's party.
ReplyDelete- It's important that we go to Holly's party.
- Going to Holly's party is important for us.
2. It is advised to pass the current level.
- Passing the current level is advised.
- To pass the current level is advised.
The first group is perfect.
DeleteFor the second group, I'm not sure that advised is the correct word. I mean, logically speaking, why would passing the level need to be advised?
1.It's important for us to have a break after hard work.
ReplyDelete-Having a break after hard work is important us.
2.It's impossible for holly to give a recommendation letter to a lazy student.
- giving a recommendation letter to a lazy student is impossible for holly.
EXACTLY.
DeleteTo pay attention in class is important to all students.
ReplyDeleteIt's important to pay attention in class to all students.
Paying attention in class is important to all students.
To review is important for every exam, to sleep well is more important before every exam.
It's important to review for every exam, it's more important to sleep well before every exam
Reviewing is important for every exam, Sleeping well is more important before every exam.
To pay attention is important FOR all students.
DeleteThe last three sentences are run-on sentences (two independent clauses joined by a comma is incorrect). Can you correct these sentences?
I agree with what you wrote.
-It's crucial for us to do the blog work in order to deserve a recommendation letter.
ReplyDelete- To deserve a recommendation letter, doing the blog work it's crucial for us.
-It's important for students to stay awake during the class.
-Staying awake during the class it's important for students.
doing the blog work it's crucial for us.
DeleteSubject is repeated.
Doing the blog work is crucial for us.
Same as the next sentence "staying awake..."
Good rules.
its important to us to do well on the compass test
ReplyDeleteits important that we do well on the compass test
Doing well on the compass test is important.
its an amazing experience to drive a motorcycle.
Driving a motorcycle is an amazing experience.
* It is important to save money.
ReplyDelete. To save money is important.
. Saving money is important.
* It is good to have knowledge.
. To have knowledge is good.
. Having knowledge is good.