Transcript S + V (make/find/think/consider…) + it + Adj (+ for sb) + to V…. S + V + as if + S.

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S + V (make/find/think/consider…)
+ it + Adj (+ for sb) + to V….
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S + V + as if + S + were/V-ed….
Examples
1.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.
A.根據句型，改寫下面的句子。第一題為範例。
1. 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.
They think it impossible to complete
______________________________
the task by next Monday.
______________________________
4. Bob finds that it is important to attend
that meeting every year.
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.
_______________________________
B. 根據句型及提示字，完成句子。
1.The train is leaving, but Richard is still
on the way to the train station. He
thinks it impossible to catch the train
________________________________
(think/impossible/catch the train).
2.Peter had a fight with his girlfriend
found it embarrassing
yesterday. He ____________________
________________________________
to be yelled at by her in public
(find/embarrassing/be yelled at by her in
public).
3. Claire’s parents call her “sleepyhead.”
find it hard to wake her
They always _____________________
up
in the morning
_______________________________
(find/hard/wake her up in the morning).
4. Helen laughed loudly when she saw
considered it funny to
Jason. She _____________________
see Jason dressed up as a bear
_______________________________
(consider/funny/see Jason dressed up
as a bear).
5. I think telephones are useful. They
make it easy to communicate with
____________________________
people far away
____________________________
(make/easy/communicate with people
far away).
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。
as if he were a
1. Josh walks proudly ________________
king
______________
(he/be/a king).
as if she lost
2. Sarah is crying sadly _______________
________________________________
something valuable
(she/lose/something valuable).
3. Mary takes good care of her young
as if he were her son
cousin __________________________
(he/be/her son).
as if she
4. Gina is laughing loudly ____________
saw something funny
_______________________________
(she/see/something funny).
5. I have never seen the woman before,
as if she
but she is smiling at me ____________
knew me
_______________________________
(she/know/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
as if she were a queen
her 2______________________
.…
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
_____________________________.
…
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 …
______________________.
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_______________________________
as if saying these three words would
kill him
____________________.
Now I am
wondering whether he is really my Mr.
Right.