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A nervous high school student presents both sides of lowering the voting age to sixteen, while a sceptical classmate pushes back.
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The structures this recording uses most, with the exact words you will hear:
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| Passive voiceIntermediatebe + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it |
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| Relative clausesIntermediatewho / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing |
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| Advice with “should”Beginnershould + verb — saying what is a good idea |
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| Verb + -ingIntermediateenjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form |
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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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| SuggestionsBeginnerShall we…? Why don't we…? How about -ing? — suggesting what to do |
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| Verb + to-infinitiveIntermediatedecide / manage / seem / try + to-verb — verbs followed by to |
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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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| Future with “going to”Beginnerbe going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming |
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| Comparing with “as … as”Beginneras + adj + as — saying two things are equal |
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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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| QuantifiersBeginnera few / a little, much / many, a lot of, plenty of, none of — saying how much or how many |
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| Imperatives: Let's / Don'tBeginnerLet's + verb, Don't + verb — suggesting or telling someone what to do |
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| There is / there areBeginnerthere is/are + noun — saying that something exists or is somewhere |
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| Questions with do / does / didBeginnerdo/does/did + subject + verb — asking a question in the simple tenses |
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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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| Verb + prepositionIntermediatedepend on, listen to, wait for, deal with — verbs with a fixed preposition |
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