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A university student presents his survey on social media and friendship in a seminar, and a classmate argues that online friends are real friends.
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The structures this recording uses most, with the exact words you will hear:
| Structure | In the recording |
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| Present perfect with just / already / yet / everIntermediatehave just / already / never + V3, haven't … yet — how recent a finished action is, or whether it has happened at all |
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| Present perfectIntermediatehave/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now |
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| Relative clausesIntermediatewho / which + clause — extra information about a person or thing |
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| Reported speechIntermediatesaid / told sb (that) + clause, asked if — repeating what someone said |
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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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| 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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| “Make / let” someone doIntermediatemake/let + person + verb — causing or allowing someone to do something |
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| Both / either / neitherIntermediateboth … and, either … or, neither … nor, both/either/neither of — two things together |
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| Comparative + much / a bit / farIntermediatemuch better, a bit cheaper, far more expensive — how big the difference is |
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| Preposition + -ingIntermediateby / without / before / after + -ing — a verb after a preposition takes -ing |
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| Present continuousBeginneram/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now |
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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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| Question tagsIntermediate…, isn't it? / …, don't you? — a short question at the end to check or agree |
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| Adjective + to-infinitiveIntermediateit's hard to…, I'm happy to…, nice to meet you — an adjective 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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| Ability with “can / could”Beginnercan/could + verb — what someone is able to do, or could do in the past |
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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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| Imperatives: Let's / Don'tBeginnerLet's + verb, Don't + verb — suggesting or telling someone what to do |
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| Verb + prepositionIntermediatedepend on, listen to, wait for, deal with — verbs with a fixed preposition |
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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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