With different partners have these fun 2-minute debates. Your teacher will time you and tell you to change partners

a. Children should exercise for 6 hours a day. vs. That’s too long.

b. Children should not be allowed to have a TV in their bedrooms. vs. Bad idea.

c. TV is educational. vs. TV damages young minds.

V. Grammar Focus: Complex Subject

1. Remember what you know about Complex Subject

2. Translate the following sentence paying attention to the infinitives used with the Complex Subject construction. Note that there are sentences without Complex Subject

a. It is said that he works 16 hours a day.

b. You are not supposed to park here. It’s for private parking only.

c. The company is known to have lost a lot of money due to the crisis.

d. The weather is expected to become better on Monday.

e. I expect my friends to make a surprise on my birthday.

f. Ivan is having a blind date. The girl is believed to be wearing jeans and a white T-shirt.

g. This door is a fire exit. It’s supposed not to be blocked.

h. Heavy rains are reported to have caused a flood.

i. Peter the Great is known for his progressive policy.

j. It is said that there is a secret tunnel between these two houses.

k. Angelina Jolly is known to have several adopted children.

l. I know Arthur to take part in street racings.

3. Write the sentences in another way, beginning as shown

a. The new shoes will reduce how much TV kids watch. (to expect)

New shoes are expected to reduce how much TV kids watch.

b. A British student has made an amazing invention. (to report)

A British student ____________________________________________

c. The technology will mean healthier lifestyles for children. (to suppose)

The technology ____________________________________________

d. Children have to wear television shoes all day long. (to expect)

Chidren ___________________________________________________

e. Modern Britains suffer from weight problems. (to know)

__________________________________________________________

f. She has included a lot of exercise in her daily routine. (to say)

_________________________________________________________

4. Make up your own sentences to illustrate the Complex Subject construction