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Thirty minutes before curtain, the lead actor loses his voice, and a terrified understudy has to step into the spotlight.
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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 perfectIntermediatehave/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now |
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| “Would rather” / “had better”Intermediatewould rather + verb, had better + verb — preference and strong advice |
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| ComparativesBeginner-er than / more … than — comparing two things |
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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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| Present continuousBeginneram/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around 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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| 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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| Past simple (irregular verbs)Beginnerwent, saw, took… — a finished action in the past, with an irregular verb |
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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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| 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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