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Two friends at a café share some exciting gossip about their friend Jess, who was seen looking at engagement rings.
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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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| Reported speechIntermediatesaid / told sb (that) + clause, asked if — repeating what someone said |
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| “Unless / in case / as long as”Intermediateunless, in case, as long as, provided that, even if — other ways to state a condition |
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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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| “Make / let” someone doIntermediatemake/let + person + verb — causing or allowing someone to do something |
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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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| For / since / agoBeginnerfor + a period, since + a starting point, a time + ago — how long, from when, how long before now |
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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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| Past simple (irregular verbs)Beginnerwent, saw, took… — a finished action in the past, with an irregular verb |
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| Questions with do / does / didBeginnerdo/does/did + subject + verb — asking a question in the simple tenses |
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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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| Verb + prepositionIntermediatedepend on, listen to, wait for, deal with — verbs with a fixed preposition |
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