HW ex. 75 p. 289

On Formal Subjects IT & THERE:

1. ajanilmaisut
What time is it?
It's five to six.
It is Monday.
It is the 27th of October.
It will soon be winter.
It is evening.
It is time to go.
It was August when that happened.

2. säätilat
It has been raining cats and dogs.
It was rainy and foggy when I got uo.
It is + 10 centigrade(s).
It was freezing cold.
It was snowing in Lapland.

3. välimatkat
"It is a long way to Tipperary..."
How far is it from Helsinki to Moscow?
It is 606 kilometres from Helsinki to Oulu.

4. it + adjektiivi
It is difficult for me to study Physics.
It was easy for her to understand me.

5. it + substantiivi
fun / a pity / a shame / a pleasure / a wonder
It is fun to study English.
It was a pleasure to get to know.
It was a shame that he didn't come.

6. cleft sentence l. LOHKOLAUSE; korostetaan ensimmäisessä lauseessa olevaa asiaa
William & Kate
William met Kate in London many years ago.
It was Kate that William met in London many years ago. (and not Sarah or Linda)
It was in London that William met Kate many years ago. (and not in Paris or in Rome)


lend, lent, lent = antaa lainaksi
borrow, -ed, -ed = ottaa lainaksi

never = kieltosana
hardly = rajoittava määre
He never comes late.
Never does he come late.
She hardly smiled at us.
Hardly did she smile at us.
Jos lauseen alussa on kieltosana (never, not only, ...no...) tai rajoittava määre (hardly = barely = scarcely; only, seldom = rarely) lauseeseen tulee TÄYDELLINEN SUORAN KYSYMYSLAUSEEN sanajärjestys