Giving the Right GiftUnit 1 Grammar in Use

1. It + be + adj + of + sb + to V(原形動詞 )…

0It was careless of me to choose this gift.

0It is nice of you to help me water the flowers.

虛主詞

真主詞形容詞對某人來說

真主詞： to V 選擇這個禮物

我做…粗心的虛主詞

虛主詞 真主詞： to V 幫我澆花你做…好的

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1. It + be + adj + of + sb + to V…

1. Julia was nice.Julia sent me a birthday present.___________________________________________________

2. Hank was careless.Hank broke his father’s favorite vase.______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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It was nice

of Julia

to send me a birthday present.

send-sent-sent

It was careless of Hank to break his father ‘s favorite vase.

break-broke-broken

3. Sophie was wrong.Sophie told a lie to her parents.___________________________________________________

4. James was impolite. James asked the lady about her age.______________________________________________________________________________________________________

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It was wrong of Sophie to tell a lie to her parents.

tell-told-told

It was impolite of James to ask the lady about her age.

ask-asked-asked

1. It + be + adj + of + sb + to V…

5. The local people were friendly.The local people gave us a tour of their beautiful town.____________________________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Sammy was mean. Sammy did those bad things.___________________________________________________

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It was friendly of the local people to give us a tourof their beautiful town.

give-gave-given

It was mean of Sammy do those bad things.

do-did-done

1. It + be + adj + of + sb + to V…

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2. It + be + 被強調的部份 + that…

0 I have never forgotten this lesson.

→It is __________that __________________

0 Jason gave a love letter to Sandy.

→It was _____that/who ________________

…( 強調的部份)…的就是… (that…

this lesson I have never forgotten.

Jason gave a love letter to Sandy.

It was that/who

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1. Alice borrowed my CD player yesterday.________________________________________________________________________

2. My father cooked dinner today. ____________________________________3. The drunk driver was to blame for the car

accident.__________________________________________________________________________________________

Alice borrowed my CDplayer yesterday.

It was dinner that my father cooked today.

It was the drunk driver that/who was to blame for the car accident.

4. Sally wants to study art at the university.__________________________________________________________________________

5. The death of Simon’s dog made him very sad.

_____________________________________ _____________________________________6. The teacher asked her students to write

a report on recycling.__________________________________________________________________________________________

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It is art that Sally wants to study at the university.

It was the death of Simon’s dog that made him very sad.

It was a report on recycling that the teacher asked her students to write.