Change

Ways of talking about change

• Small changes

• I made a few adjustments to the gears and my bike works much better now.
• We’ve had to make a slight alteration to our plans for the evening.
• We’ve made a few modifications to the software so that it suits our systems better.
• We’ve decided to adopt a new approach to the parking problem.
• I’ve lost some weight – I need to have some of my clothes altered.

• Major changes

• It is often much more difficult than you’d expect to break a habit.
• The organisation helps smokers who want to kick the habit. [informal]
• The internet has revolutionised the way people do research.
• Her grandparents converted to Christianity in the last century.
• Yoga has the power to transform the way we feel. [make a positive change]