think it + Adj (+ for sb) + to V…. consider Grammar in Use S + make find think it + Adj (+ for sb) + to V…. consider

2.Lillian found it easy (for her) to ride a bicycle. Examples My busy work and family life made it difficult for me to visit her regularly. 2.Lillian found it easy (for her) to ride a bicycle. 3.Chinese people think it rude (for them) to send others a clock as a gift. 4.As a high school student, Rick considers it important (for him) to study hard.

People think that it is unusual to have a typhoon in the spring. People think it unusual to have a typhoon in the spring. 2. Irene considered that it was time-consuming to do the work. ________________________________ Irene considered it time-consuming to do the work.

3. They think that it is impossible to complete the task by next Monday. ______________________________ ______________________________ 4. Bob finds that it is important to attend that meeting every year. ______________________________ ______________________________ They think it impossible to complete the task by next Monday. Bob finds it important to attend that meeting every year.

5. Because of airplanes, it is possible to travel the world in a short time. ______________________________ Airplanes make it possible to travel the world in a short time.

found it embarrassing B. 根據句型及提示字，完成句子。 The train is leaving, but Richard is still on the way to the train station. He ________________________________ (think/impossible/catch the train). 2.Peter had a fight with his girlfriend yesterday. He ____________________ ________________________________ (find/embarrassing/be yelled at by her in public). thinks it impossible to catch the train found it embarrassing to be yelled at by her in public

3. Claire’s parents call her “sleepyhead.” They always _____________________ _______________________________ (find/hard/wake her up in the morning). 4. Helen laughed loudly when she saw Jason. She _____________________ (consider/funny/see Jason dressed up as a bear). find it hard to wake her up in the morning considered it funny to see Jason dressed up as a bear

5. I think telephones are useful. They ____________________________ (make/easy/communicate with people far away). make it easy to communicate with people far away

S+ V + as if + S + were/V-ed…. as thought 現在相反

1. You look as if [ you were going to attend a banquet with a king.] Examples 1. You look as if [ you were going to attend a banquet with a king.] 2. The boy behaves as if [ he were an adult.] 3. The man is talking loudly in the restaurant as if [ he owned the place].

A. 根據句型及提示字，完成句子。 1. Josh walks proudly _______________ ______________ (he/be/a king). 2. Sarah is crying sadly ______________ ________________________________ (she/lose/something valuable). 3. Mary takes good care of her young cousin __________________________ (he/be/her son). as if he were a king as if she lost something valuable as if he were her son

as if she 4. Gina is laughing loudly ____________ _______________________________ (she/see/something funny). 5. I have never seen the woman before, but she is smiling at me ____________ (she/know/me). saw something funny as if she knew me

B. Jeff和Lily是一對情侶，他們在互相抱怨彼此的缺點。從框中選擇適當的子句填入並根據句型作變化，以完成段落。第一題為範例。

she is a queen flowers cost a fortune I am a stranger saying these three words will kill him no one in the world can make her happy My girlfriend, Lily, is so hard to please. She always looks 1as if no one in the world could make her happy. She is never satisfied with whatever I do for her. She always asks me to do this and do that for her 2______________________ . … as if she were a queen

she is a queen flowers cost a fortune I am a stranger saying these three words will kill him no one in the world can make her happy … She wants me to do whatever she wishes. However, that’s not my style. What’s more, she is emotional—one moment she is sharing her feelings and thoughts with me pleasantly, and the next moment she treats me 3_________ _____________________________. … as if I were a stranger

as if flowers cost a fortune she is a queen flowers cost a fortune I am a stranger saying these three words will kill him no one in the world can make her happy My boyfriend, Jeff, is a terrible man. He rarely buys flowers for me. Whenever I complain to him about this, he always tells me how expensive they are 4_____ _____________________________. … as if flowers cost a fortune

as if saying these three words would kill him she is a queen flowers cost a fortune I am a stranger saying these three words will kill him no one in the world can make her happy …Besides, he seldom says “I love you” to me. When I ask him to do so, he acts 5___________________________________________________. Now I am wondering whether he is really my Mr. Right. as if saying these three words would kill him