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Fighting Corruption.
As long as
we act now, we will eradicate corruption
We will eradicate corruption as long as we act now.
I wish
a) I wish + conditional (would) Future wish === I wish I could
Ex: I am going to Chra and Its cloudy. I wish it would not rain.
It is (high/about) time
The expression "It is (high/about) time + past verb test" is used to complain about or criticise
something or someone.
Advice about what to do although it is already a little bit late.
The government should take action. It is high time the government took action.
It is about time the government took action.
It's high time you changed your habits.
Verb without TO
Express strong advice / recommendation and its the equivalent of [ ought to/should ]
We use had better plus the infinitive without to to give advice.
Had here is an unreal past; the meaning is present or future
Ex: ought to = should = had better
You ought to / should do it now = You had better do it now.
You look sick. Its advisable for you not to go to school.Youd better not go to school.
If I were you, I would tell her the truth. You'd better tell her everything.
Ex: I'd better get back to work.
We'd better not meet tomorrow.
So + adjective + that .
so
that
Ex: I was tired. I went to bed earlier. I was so tired that I went to bed earlier.
Ex: He made many mistakes. He got a bad score. He made so many mistakes that he ...
1a. It was a lovely weather. We spent all day on the beach.
b. It was such a lovely weather that we spent all day on the beach.
adj
noun
I fell asleep while I was watching the film because it was boring
It was such a boring film that I fell asleep while I was watching it.
They are infringing our copyright. Our copyright are being infring ed
Ex: - He is building a house . A house is being built.
- They are exporting oranges to Nigeria. Oranges are being exported.
- They are writing a new constitution. A new constitution is being written...
Expressing Certainty: They will certainly come tomorrow. Isure / certain that
There is no doubt that they will come tomorrow.
Expressing probability: Its probable that they will come tomorrow.
Its likely that
.
They will probably come tomorrow.
Expressing possibility: Its possible that they will come.
They can -------- They may come
Expressing remote possibility. They might come * They might not come.
Cause: Because, since, as, for. --- Because of, due to, owing to, thanks to
Consequence: as a result, as a consequence, consequently, so, thus, therefore.
Ex: There was flooding because of the heavy rain.
The flooding was caused by the heavy rain.
Since It was raining heavily, there was flooding
night.