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

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. 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. 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.

6. 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

7. 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

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

9. S+ V + as if + S + were/V-ed…. as thought
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10. 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].

11. 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

12. 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

13. 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。

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

17. 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