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A nervous mature student presents Animal Farm in a seminar, tracing how the pigs bend the rules, while a classmate asks if it's only about Russia.
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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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| Past perfectIntermediatehad + past participle — an action finished before another past moment |
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| Indirect questionsIntermediateDo you know where … is? I wonder what … — a question inside a sentence keeps statement word order |
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| Although / though / despiteIntermediatealthough/even though + clause, despite/in spite of + noun or -ing — a contrast |
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| ComparativesBeginner-er than / more … than — comparing two things |
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| SuperlativesBeginnerthe -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group |
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| Requests, offers and permissionBeginnerCould you…? Would you mind…? Can I…? Would you like…? — asking politely |
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| Future with “will”Beginnerwill + verb — a decision, promise or prediction |
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| Future with “going to”Beginnerbe going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming |
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| Noun + prepositionIntermediatethe reason for, a solution to, an increase in — nouns with a fixed preposition |
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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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| Ability with “can / could”Beginnercan/could + verb — what someone is able to do, or could do in the past |
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| Verb + prepositionIntermediatedepend on, listen to, wait for, deal with — verbs with a fixed preposition |
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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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| Past simple (irregular verbs)Beginnerwent, saw, took… — a finished action in the past, with an irregular verb |
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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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