Giving Reasons and Opinions

• A: - Why are you going to Puerto Rico?
  B: - To see my parents.
  
  The person B is...

• Giving an opinion

• Giving a reason

• talking about the weather

• expressing a dream

A: Is it expensive to fly?
B: No, it's not to expensive.

Person A is asking for:

• Future Plans

• Greed

• Reason

• Opinion

Answer explanation

Person A is asking about the prices. How expensive a flight can be is a matter of opinion!

"It's not so easy to do that"

• Reason

• Opinion

Answer explanation

We can use its+adjective to express opinion. Besides, something being easy or not is certainly a matter of opinion!

I'd love to go to Brazil, to see the Carnival in Rio

• Reason

• Opinion

Answer explanation

The person is expressing the reason they want to go to Rio de Janeiro: To see the carnival (to+infinitive)

"I'm going to Tokyo...."
Fill the sentence with a phrase expressing reason:

• for visit my family

• it's very nice

• its see the city

• to study Japanese

Answer explanation

don't forget, we use to+infinitive to give reasons!

we only use "for" to show purpose if the verb is +ing
These boots are made for walking

Wow! So _________ (necessary/ learn Japanese) before you go?

• So, is it necessary to learn Japanese before you go?

• So, it is necessary to learn Japanese before you go?

• So, is it necessary learn Japanese before you go?

Answer explanation

Affirmative mode:

it is necessary
interrogative mode:

is it necessary?

"Well, yeah, it is important to know some Japanese in Japan, so I want to get a phrase book..."

select the reason:

• to read for fun

• to learn some expressions.

• to go to Vietnam

• its learn some expressions

"I need .... (buy a guidebook/get some ideas) for sightseeing too."

The correct sentence is:

• I need its buy a guidebook its get some ideas for sightseeing too.

• I need to buy a guidebook to get some ideas for sightseeing too.

• I need to buy a guidebook its get some ideas for sightseeing too.

• I need buy a guidebook get some ideas for sightseeing too.

I need ... (go to the bank/change some money) too.

The correct sentence is:

• I need go to the bank to change some money too.

• I need to go to the bank its change some money too.

• I need to go to the bank to change some money too.

• I need to go to the bank change some money too.

I've heard its not hard to use the subway in Japan.

The part showing an opinion is:

• its not hard to use the subway

• to use the subway

• I've heard

• to use the subway in Japan