📍 In the event that 📍


♦️”In the event that” is used to talk about things we should do in order to be prepared for possible future situations.


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✨Examples :


➕I will take an umbrella in the event that it snows.


➕I will wait at home all day long in the event that you call me.


➕He always take a small bottle of water in the event that he should get thirsty.



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🔶 REPORTED SPEECH 🔶


Present simple, present continuous and present perfect


♦️ When we backshift, present simple changes to past simple, present continuous changes to past continuous and present perfect changes to past perfect.

✨ I travel a lot in my job.
‘Jamila said that she travelled a lot in her job.’

✨ The baby is sleeping .
‘He told me the baby was sleeping.’

✨ I have hurt my leg.
‘She said she had hurt her leg.’



♦️ Pronouns, demonstratives and adverbs of time and place if they are no longer accurate, change in indirect speech.


🔹these changes to those,

🔸now changes to then,

🔹yesterday changes to the day before,

🔸tomorrow changes to the next/following day,

🔹ago changes to before.


✨ This is my house
➖He said this was his house. [You are currently in front of the house.]
➖He said that was his house. [You are not currently in front of the house.]



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📍So as to 📍


♦️So as to is used to express the purpose of an action. It can be used at the beginning of a sentence.
We generally use “so as to” before stative verbs.


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✨Examples :


➕You must have a reason so as to learn English!!

➕So as to solve the problem, I must understand the question.

➕We must burn more wood so as not to be cold.

➕I will do my best so as to teach you French.



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🔶Would you mind + -ing form🔶


♦️This is a way to politely ask for something that isn't too much trouble for the other person.


✨ Would you mind passing me that bottle over there?

✨ Would you mind watching my bag for a few minutes?

✨ Would you mind sending me a list of everyone who's coming?


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📍 CONDITIONALS 📍


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How about + (verb-ing)

You're asking someone their opinion on something or if they would like to do something.

✍ Here are some examples:

▪️”How about singing?"
▫️”How about hanging out tonight?"
▪️”How about folding the laundry for me?"
▫️”How about helping us out?"
▪️”How about describing to me what happened?"
▫️”How about exploring new ideas?"
▪️”How about comparing prices before we buy it?"
▫️”How about considering it?"
▪️”How about following me to their house?"
▫️”How about feeding the dogs?"

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