ESSENTIAL SENTENCE STRUCTURES

SENTENCE BUILDING / WRITING
MODEL 1:
TOO + ADJ + (for smb)+ to-INFINITIVE
 … - SO + ADJ + THAT …...
… - SUCH (A/AN) ADJ + N + THAt ...
Example :
- The box is too heavy for a child to carry.
- The box is so heavy that the child can’t carry it.
- It is such a heavy box that the child can’t carry it.

MODEL 2:
TOO + ADJ + ….. to – INFINITIVE
 NOT + ADJ + ENOUGH + (for smb)
+ to – INFINITIVE
Example :
- He is too young to understand the question.
- He is not old enough to understand the
question.
- The book is too difficult for the child to read .
- The book is not easy enough for the child to
read.
- The child is not good/mature enough to read the
book.

MODEL 3:
ADJ + ENOUGH + (for )+ to INFINITIVE… –
 SO + ADJ + THAT .. … … …
SUCH (A/AN) ADJ + N + THAT .… …
Example :
- The sea water is warm enough for us to

have a swim.
- The sea water is so warm that we can
have a swim.
- It is such warm sea water that we can
have a swim.

MODEL 4 :
… SO + ADJ + THAT
 SUCH (A/AN/ ADJ ) + N + THAT
Example :
a. - The film was so good that I saw it three
times.
- It was such a good film that I saw it
three times.
b. - It is such a poor book that nobody
reads it.
- The book is so poor that nobody reads
it.

MODEL 5 :
… SO + ADJ + THAT …..…
… SUCH (A/AN) ADJ + N + THAT ….
 TOO + ADJ + FOR … to - INFINITIVE
ADJ + ENOUGH + FOR … to - INFINITIVE
Example :
a. - This blouse is so small that she can’t wear it.
- This blouse
is too small for her to wear.
b.

- It was such an interesting film that we
watched it many times.
The film was interesting enough for us to watch
many times.

MODEL 6 :
… TO - INFINITIVE + BE + ADJ
 - IT + BE + ADJ + TO - INFINITIVE
- IT + BE + ADJ + GERUND
- HOW + ADJ + (IT + BE ) + TO - INFINITIVE
Example :
- To smoke cigarettes is dangerous.
- It is dangerous to smoke cigarettes .
- It is dangerous smoking cigarettes .
- How dangerous (it is ) to smoke cigarettes.

MODEL 7 :
… TO - INFINITIVE + BE + ADJ/ NOUN
 S + V (think,find, ...)+ IT + ADJ/N + TO -
INFINITIVE
Example :
a) – To know foreign languages is important.
- I find it important to know foreign languages .
b) – To be punctual is a good thing.
- I think it a good thing to be punctual.
b) – It’s necessary to practise English every day.
- I think it necessary to practise English every
day.

MODEL 8 :

S + V (Present Perfect) …. FOR (time)
 IT IS + time ……… + SINCE … + V (past)
Example :
a) – Tom and Mary have been married for
five years.
- It is five years since Tom and Mary got
married..
- Tom and Mary got married 5 years ago/ since
2001.
b) – I haven’t visited him for a year .
- It ‘s one year since I last visited him.

MODEL 9 :
S + HAVE/ HAS NOT + VERB (PP2)
 …. FIRST TIME + S + HAVE/HAS + V (PP2)
Example :
a) – I haven’t seen that film before.
- It is the first time I have seen that film.
b) – I have never been to Phu Quoc before.
- It ‘s the first time I have been to Phu Quoc.