NB2 8/3/12

 Grammarbank 5d: homework

In order to do something

For the purpose of doing something:

Samuel trained every day in order to improve his performance.

In order to understand how the human body works, you need to have some knowledge of chemistry.

To

 Used to show a purpose or intention:

They left early to catch the 7.30 train.

To find out more about university courses, write to this address.

We need more money to improve transport in London.

It is hard to believe/imagine/see/know etc

It was hard to see what else we could have done.

It's hard to believe that anyone would say something like that.

Find it hard to do something

I was finding it hard to concentrate.

Permanent jobs are hard to come by (=difficult to find or get).

It is interesting to see/know etc

It will be interesting to see what happens when he gets a bit older.

It's interesting that no one remembers seeing the car.

 It doesn't matter,  spoken

a) Used to tell someone that you are not angry or upset about something, especially something that they have done:

'I've spilled some coffee on the carpet.' 'It doesn't matter.'

b) Used to say that you do not mind which one of two things you have:

'Red or white wine?' 'Oh, either. It doesn't matter.'

Not mind

 [intransitive, transitive not in progressive or passive] especially British English if you do not mind what someone does or what happens, you do not have a strong opinion about it:

'Do you want to go out now or later?' 'I don't really mind.'

Not mind what/who/where etc

I don't mind where we go.

 Never mind spoken (don’t worry)

a) used to tell someone not to worry or be upset about something:

'We haven't done very well, have we?' 'Never mind. At least we tried.'

I like learning new things.

I’d (would) like to learn to play chess.

promise  / ˈprɒmɪs/

have /hæv/ , weak forms /həv/ , /əv/

throw ¹ /θrəʊ/

Good at (doing) something

Alex is very good at languages.

She's good at making things.

Bad at (doing) something

I'm really bad at chess.

They have got to be the worst band on the planet.

It’s impossible to talk to her when she gets angry.

For me it’s impossible   NOT to buy when I go to that shop.

She decided to stay home.

She decided NOT to go.

Negation in modal verbs :

Won’t, can’t, couldn’t, may/might not, mustn’t, shouldn’t, wouldn’t...

Needn’t, don’t need to

Don’t have to

Go / walk / move / run / jump / fall / drive / get ... to / up / down / into / towards...

Who cares!

Ready, steady, go !