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Two university students plan a summer trip, but sold-out train tickets and high prices make them rethink where to go and how to get there.
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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 continuousAdvancedhave/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on |
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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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| Passive voiceIntermediatebe + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it |
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| Present perfectIntermediatehave/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now |
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| Deduction: must / can'tIntermediatemust be / can't be — being sure something is or is not true |
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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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| Past continuousIntermediatewas/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past |
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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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| Requests, offers and permissionBeginnerCould you…? Would you mind…? Can I…? Would you like…? — asking politely |
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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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| Future with “will”Beginnerwill + verb — a decision, promise or prediction |
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| Present continuousBeginneram/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now |
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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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| Verb + to-infinitiveIntermediatedecide / manage / seem / try + to-verb — verbs followed by to |
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| Adjectives ending in -ed and -ingIntermediatebored vs boring, interested vs interesting — how you feel vs what causes it |
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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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| 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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| QuantifiersBeginnera few / a little, much / many, a lot of, plenty of, none of — saying how much or how many |
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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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