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A black rock smashes through a garden shed roof at dawn, and a sceptical museum geologist comes round to test whether it fell from space.
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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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| Indirect questionsIntermediateDo you know where … is? I wonder what … — a question inside a sentence keeps statement word order |
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| Possibility with “might / may”Intermediatemight/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain |
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| “Make / let” someone doIntermediatemake/let + person + verb — causing or allowing someone to do something |
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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 “will”Beginnerwill + verb — a decision, promise or prediction |
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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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| Preposition + -ingIntermediateby / without / before / after + -ing — a verb after a preposition takes -ing |
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| “Have got”Beginnerhave/has got + noun — having or owning something |
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| Adjective + prepositionIntermediategood at, interested in, afraid of, worried about — adjectives with a fixed preposition |
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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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| 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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