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Distancing: Advanced Unit 5A

The document contains examples of sentences using the phrase "it seems that" followed by a clause in the present tense and then changing that clause to the past tense. The summaries are: 1. The document provides examples of rewriting sentences that use "it seems that" followed by a present tense clause by changing the clause to past tense. 2. Various scenarios are described and then rewritten by changing the verb tenses from present to past. 3. The sentences reference topics like parents, reading novels, saving time by taking motorways, spending time with children, killing time with puzzles, having fun at a party, making up for lost time, and more.

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Distancing: Advanced Unit 5A

The document contains examples of sentences using the phrase "it seems that" followed by a clause in the present tense and then changing that clause to the past tense. The summaries are: 1. The document provides examples of rewriting sentences that use "it seems that" followed by a present tense clause by changing the clause to past tense. 2. Various scenarios are described and then rewritten by changing the verb tenses from present to past. 3. The sentences reference topics like parents, reading novels, saving time by taking motorways, spending time with children, killing time with puzzles, having fun at a party, making up for lost time, and more.

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Distancing

Advanced
Unit 5A
It seems that Dad…
… will give him a hard time if … gave him a hard time
he is late again. because he was late again.

• Dad seems to give • Dad seems to have


him a hard time if he given him a hard
is late again. time because he was
late again.
It seems that this novel…
… will take me a long time to … took me a long time to
read. read.

• This novel seems to • This novel seems to


take me a long time have taken me a long
to read. time to read.
It seems that taking a motorway…

… will save our time. … have saved our time.

• Taking a motorway • Taking a motorway


seems to save our seems to have saved
time. our time.
It seems that our children…
… take all our time. … took all our time.

• Our children seem to • Our children seem to


take all our time. have taken all our
time.
It seems that doing Sudoku puzzles …
… was a good way to kill
… is a good way to kill time. time.

• Doing Sudoku puzzles • Doing Sudoku puzzles


seems to be a good seems to have been a
way to kill time . good time to kill
time.
It seems that I …
… will have the time of my … had the time of my life at
life at this party. that party.

• I seem to have the • I seem to have had


time of my life at this the time of my life at
party. that party.
It seems that she …
… wants to make up for lost time … wanted to make up for lost
because she’s booked a trip time when she booked a trip
around the world. around the world.

• She seems to want to • She seems to have


make up for lost time wanted to make up for
because she’s booked lost time when she
a trip around the world booked a trip around the
.
world .
It seems that we …
… are running out of time. … have run out of time.

• We seem to be • We seem to have run


running out of time out of time.
.
It seems that there …
… is not much time left because … was not much time left
the referee is looking at his because the referee was looking
watch. at his watch.

• There seems to be • There seems to have


not much time left been not much time left
because the referee is because the referee was
looking at his watch.
looking at his watch .
It seems that you …
… are spending too long doing … spent too long doing your
your paperwork. paperwork.

• You seem to be • You seem to have


spending too long spent too long doing
doing your paperwork. your paperwork.
Distancing
Impersonal Passive
People say that …
…he is behind the times. …he was behind the times.
People say that …
…I have time on my hands since I
retired. …I had time on my hands since I retired.
People say that …
…looking for a job is incredibly tedious …looking for a job was incredibly
and time-consuming. tedious and time-consuming.
People say that …
… she spends the whole time talking on …she spent the whole time talking on the
the phone. phone.
People say that …
…doing one thing at a time is better than …doing one thing at a time was better before they
multitasking. discovered some techniques how to learn to multitask.

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