Language in use 4 It's time we all started to work.(get) More uses of down got down The computer system is 5 For centuries these stories have been down again. Everything had been transmitted from one generation to the carefully planned,down next.(hand) to the last detail. Demand for heating handed down energy last winter was down by about ten per cent. 6 The government lowered interest rates It's down to the prime in order to tackle inflation.(bring) minister to find out what went wrong. brought down All these problems are getting me down. 7 She started crying when she heard the We were down to our last news.(break) traveller's cheque when we got back to the airport. broke down END
4 It’s time we all started to work. (get) got down 5 For centuries these stories have been transmitted from one generation to the next. (hand) handed down 6 The government lowered interest rates in order to tackle inflation. (bring) brought down 7 She started crying when she heard the news. (break) broke down Language in use
Language in use So +inversion that When adjectives or adverbial phrases starting with so,the subject and the auxiliary verb are inverted.We often do this for emphasis and to express the extreme degree of what is being described. 3 Look at the sentence. The news was so striking that years after the event,many people can still remember exactly what they were doing when they first heard it. You can rewrite it like this: So striking was the news that,years after the event,many people can still remember exactly what they were doing when they first heard it. more
So + inversion + that When adjectives or adverbial phrases starting with so, the subject and the auxiliary verb are inverted. We often do this for emphasis and to express the extreme degree of what is being described. 3 Look at the sentence. The news was so striking that years after the event, many people can still remember exactly what they were doing when they first heard it. You can rewrite it like this: So striking was the news that, years after the event, many people can still remember exactly what they were doing when they first heard it. Language in use