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Emma takes Lucas on his first five-kilometer run in the park. Then someone from the office runs past them.
Write the whole sentence you hear.
Names in this sentence:Lucas
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The structures this recording uses most, with the exact words you will hear:
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| Present perfect continuousAdvancedhave/has been + -ing — an action that started earlier and is still going on |
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| ComparativesBeginner-er than / more … than — comparing two things |
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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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| 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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| “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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| Adjectives ending in -ed and -ingIntermediatebored vs boring, interested vs interesting — how you feel vs what causes it |
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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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| Ability with “can / could”Beginnercan/could + verb — what someone is able to do, or could do in the past |
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| Questions with do / does / didBeginnerdo/does/did + subject + verb — asking a question in the simple tenses |
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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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| 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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