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Second conditional
The modal WOULD to express unreal situations
Lao Tse
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
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Modals to express obligation: MUST, HAVE (GOT) TO
The indefinite article with a member of a class
Lao Tse
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished.
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Form: passive voice
Present simple for general truths
Leo Tolstoy
If you want to be happy, be.
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Imperatives in the first conditional
Lily Tomlin
The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you are still a rat.
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IF, EVEN IF, ONLY IF, AS LONG AS, PROVIDED, SUPPOSING, UNLESS, BUT FOR, IF NECESSARY, IF SO, IN CASE etc.
Zero conditional
Marcus Aurelius
What is not good for the swarm is not good for the bee.
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Present simple for general truths
WHAT (the thing(s) that/which)
Margaret Fuller
Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live.
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Irregular plural forms
Preposition + gerund
Present simple for general truths
TO-infinitive or gerund: FORGET, REMEMBER, REGRET, GO ON, STOP, TRY
Marie Curie
Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
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BE + TO-infinitive
Form: passive voice
The forms of the infinitive
Mark Twain
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
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Modals to express obligation: MUST, HAVE (GOT) TO
Zero conditional
Mark Twain
The secret of getting ahead is getting started.
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Preposition + gerund
The passive with GET
Marlene Dietrich
It is the friends you can call up at 4 a.m. that matter.
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Modals to express ability: CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO
Cleft sentences
Defining relative clause
Pronouns used in defining relative clauses
Mary Engelbreit
If you don't like something change it; if you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
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Modals to express ability: CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO
Imperatives in the first conditional
Mignon McLaughlin
What you have become is the price you paid to get what you used to want.
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Defining relative clause
Modals to express habits: WILL, WOULD, USED TO
Past simple for completed actions in the past
Present perfect for past events
Pronouns used in defining relative clauses
The infinitive of purpose
WHAT (the thing(s) that/which)
Muhammad Ali
Children make you want to start life over.
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HAVE, GET, LET, MAKE + object + infinitive
Irregular plural forms
MAKE + object + bare infinitive
Verb + TO-infinitive
Nan Porter
If cats could talk, they wouldn't.
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Second conditional
Modals to express willingness / unwillingness: WILL, WOULD
Native American proverb
No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.
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Modals to express ability: CAN, COULD, BE ABLE TO
Native American proverb
The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
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Second conditional
The modal WOULD to express unreal situations
Nelson Henderson
The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you do not expect to sit.
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Non-defining relative clause
Pronouns used in non-defining relative clauses
The TO-infinitive as a subject complement
Verb + TO-infinitive
Oscar Wilde
We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.
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Present continuous for actions in progress at the time of speaking
Present simple for present habits and states
The continuous aspect
Oscar Wilde
To be natural is such a very difficult pose to keep up.
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Adjective + TO-infinitive
The TO-infinitive as subject
Pablo Picasso
Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up.
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Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns (SOME, ANY, NO, MANY, MUCH, FEW, LITTLE etc.)
Future time clauses
Present simple for general truths
Question word + TO-infinitive
The indefinite article to describe and classify something
Peter Drucker
The best way to predict the future is to create it.
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Present simple for general truths
The TO-infinitive as a subject complement
Peter Marshall
Small deeds done are better than great deeds planned.
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Participle clauses
Participles in non-finite relative clauses
Present simple for general truths
Plato
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something.
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Irregular plural forms
Modals to express obligation: MUST, HAVE (GOT) TO
Noun phrase + TO-infinitive
Present simple for general truths
SAY, TELL and ASK
Ralph Hodgson
Some things have to be believed to be seen.
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Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns (SOME, ANY, NO, MANY, MUCH, FEW, LITTLE etc.)
Form: passive voice
Modals to express obligation: MUST, HAVE (GOT) TO
The forms of the infinitive
Ralph Waldo Emerson
What we call results are beginnings.
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WHAT (the thing(s) that/which)
Robert Brault
Each day is an opportunity to travel back into tomorrow's past and change it.
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Noun phrase + TO-infinitive
Present simple for general truths
Robert Frost
Freedom lies in being bold.
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Preposition + gerund
Present simple for general truths
The difference between countable and uncountable nouns
Robert Graves
Every English poet should master the rules of grammar before he attempts to bend or break them.
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Determiners with countable and uncountable nouns (SOME, ANY, NO, MANY, MUCH, FEW, LITTLE etc.)
Modals to express obligation: SHOULD, OUGHT TO
Verb + TO-infinitive
Ruth E. Renkl
You live longer once you realize that any time spent being unhappy is wasted.
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Form: passive voice
Participle clauses
Participles in non-finite relative clauses
SPEND, WASTE + object + present participle
Samuel Levenson
You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.