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In an English literature class, a student argues that Romeo and Juliet's love is just a teenage crush, and a classmate strongly disagrees.
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The structures this recording uses most, with the exact words you will hear:
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| Present perfectIntermediatehave/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now |
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| Passive voiceIntermediatebe + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it |
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| Deduction: must / can'tIntermediatemust be / can't be — being sure something is or is not true |
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| Superlative + ever / in / ofIntermediatethe best … I've ever…, the biggest in the world, the most … of all |
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| SuperlativesBeginnerthe -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group |
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| “Make / let” someone doIntermediatemake/let + person + verb — causing or allowing someone to do something |
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| Spoken sentence framesIntermediateThe thing is…, What I mean is…, It's worth -ing — set phrases that frame a sentence |
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| Phrasal verbsIntermediategive up, find out, end up, come up with — a verb + particle with its own meaning |
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| Present continuousBeginneram/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now |
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| Future with “going to”Beginnerbe going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming |
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| Future with “will”Beginnerwill + verb — a decision, promise or prediction |
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| Obligation: must / have to / need toBeginnersaying that something is necessary |
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| “Would like” for polite wishesBeginnerwould like / 'd like + to-verb — a polite way to say what you want |
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| Preposition + -ingIntermediateby / without / before / after + -ing — a verb after a preposition takes -ing |
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| “So do I” / “I think so”BeginnerSo do I, Neither can I, I think so, I hope not — short replies with an auxiliary or so/not |
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| By vs untilIntermediateby + time (no later than), until + time (all the time up to), by the time… |
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| Ability with “can / could”Beginnercan/could + verb — what someone is able to do, or could do in the past |
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| Reflexive pronounsBeginnermyself, yourself, themselves, by myself, each other — the same person as the subject |
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| Prepositions of time: at / on / inBeginnerat 7 o'clock, on Monday, in the morning / in 2020 — which word goes with which time |
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