Crime and Justice

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Crime and Justice

Wish/If Only

  • To talk about things you want to be different in the past or present.
  • Present wishes = Wish/If only + past simple/past continuous
  • Past regrets = Wish/If only + past perfect
  • Ability/possibility = Wish/If only + could

Participle Clauses

  • Used to reduce the length of sentences and add information
  • Present participle – Start with verb ending in -ing. To give reasons or describe active actions.
  • Past participle – Start with Past verb and has a passive meaning.
  • Perfect participle – Start with having and use past verb in second clause. To show an action finished before the past verb.

Persuasive Writing

  • Start with introducing the topic
  • Give 2 or 3 reasons – topic sentence, explanation and example – separate into different paragraphs
  • Sum up in a conclusion

Examples

Having given my speech in court, I went home.
If only I had visited her earlier.
He wishes he hadn't stolen the jewellery.

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