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Emphasis!: Advanced Grammar

This document contains instructions and examples for 8 exercises on using emphatic grammar. The exercises focus on using words and phrases like "all", "least", "what", "did", "do", "searched", "own", and "where" as well as emphatic phrases, fronting and inversion, adverbs, question words, negative terms, and combinations of words like "what", prepositions, adverbs and adjectives to add emphasis. Students are to complete example sentences using these emphatic techniques and then discuss in groups. The goal is to practice applying a variety of emphatic structures to create stronger emphasis.

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Emphasis!: Advanced Grammar

This document contains instructions and examples for 8 exercises on using emphatic grammar. The exercises focus on using words and phrases like "all", "least", "what", "did", "do", "searched", "own", and "where" as well as emphatic phrases, fronting and inversion, adverbs, question words, negative terms, and combinations of words like "what", prepositions, adverbs and adjectives to add emphasis. Students are to complete example sentences using these emphatic techniques and then discuss in groups. The goal is to practice applying a variety of emphatic structures to create stronger emphasis.

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Advanced Grammar – Emphasis!

Exercise 1 is using a mix of different emphatic grammar. To get you started, here are the missing
words to fill the gaps. Which word will you allocate to each sentence?

all – means – least – what – did – do – searched – own – where – so

Exercise 2 also uses a variety of different emphatic phrases.

Complete these sentences so they are true for you. Then share with your group.

1. What I can’t stand is / are …..........


2. All the world needs is …................
3. I’m not in the least bit worried about.............
4. I felt very tired indeed when...........
5. ….............. was the one who taught me most about money.
6. …........... has the very same …...... as me.
7. I do love to …......... on a Sunday afternoon.
8. The …....... was just awful!
9. I have no doubt whatsoever that..............

Exercise 3 also used a mix of emphatic phrases.

Exercise 4 focuses on fronting and inversion. Before you try it, complete these sentences so they are
true for you, then share them in your group.

1. Who is going to …............. I don’t know.


2. Expensive though …................................... may seem, it’s good value for money.
3. I had a dispute about an online purchase. What happened in the end was...........
4. Day in day out I …..................................
5. It must have been …........ that …..................
6. Mine was the ….......... least expected to …................................
7. It was years when ….............. finally .................................
8. Why ever would anyone ….......................................?
9. It was because I …...................... that …................................
Exercise 5 focuses on creating emphasis using adverbs. Before you try it, complete these sentences
so they are true for you and share in your group. Stress the bold words when speaking.

1. I have no interest whatsoever in.........................


2. After a challenging day, I simply have to …........................
3. …................ was the very thing I was I was looking for!
4. ….................. is a sheer waste of time!
5. I just love …...................
6. …........................ was not at all what I expected!
7. Whatever did I think I was doing when I …....................................?!
8. I actually thought …................ might win, but they didn’t.
9. I can’t speak Italian. I can’t even say …...............................
10. I couldn’t keep …......... a secret. I just had to tell someone!
Exercise 6 is mainly focusing on using question words and ‘it was’ to create specific emphasis.

This task requires scanning for correlating vocabulary and matching via context.
Exercise 7 focuses on negative emphatic terms.

Before you try it, complete these sentences so they are true for you and share with your group.

Stress the bold words when speaking.

1. I know it was their birthday but I do think they could have ….......................
2. It’s by no means certain that …................................
3. There may be lots of ….............. in …................... but there are none at all in ….................
4. I have told …........... again and again to …........... but they won't listen.
5. …...................... doesn’t seem the slightest bit interested in …..............................
6. Strange as it seems, ….........................................
7. I couldn’t find ….................. so in the end, what I did was …....................................
8. I searched and searched for …......................... but I couldn’t find it.
9. …........... was not at all surprised that …........................
10. It can’t have been …................. who …...................... because ….........................
Exercise 8 focuses on a mixture of ‘what’, prepositional phrases, adverbs and adjectives to create
specific emphasis.

If you need to, refer to the explanations at the beginning of the document to help you answer the
questions.

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