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A CET-4 style long conversation: a manager interviews a university student for a summer job as a tour guide.
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The structures this recording uses most, with the exact words you will hear:
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| Second conditionalAdvancedif + past, would + verb — an imagined situation now or in the future |
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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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| Passive voiceIntermediatebe + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it |
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| Future continuousIntermediatewill be + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the future |
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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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| Verb + person + to-infinitiveIntermediatewant/ask/tell + person + to-verb — what you want someone to do |
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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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| 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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| Preposition + -ingIntermediateby / without / before / after + -ing — a verb after a preposition takes -ing |
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| During vs whileIntermediateduring + noun, while + clause — at the same time as |
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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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| For / since / agoBeginnerfor + a period, since + a starting point, a time + ago — how long, from when, how long before now |
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| Adjective + prepositionIntermediategood at, interested in, afraid of, worried about — adjectives 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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| Questions with do / does / didBeginnerdo/does/did + subject + verb — asking a question in the simple tenses |
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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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| Past simple (irregular verbs)Beginnerwent, saw, took… — a finished action in the past, with an irregular verb |
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