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Josh admits to his best friend that he still lives with his parents at twenty-eight, and she helps him see it differently.
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The structures this recording uses most, with the exact words you will hear:
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| Present perfectIntermediatehave/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now |
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| Although / though / despiteIntermediatealthough/even though + clause, despite/in spite of + noun or -ing — a contrast |
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| Past continuousIntermediatewas/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past |
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| Present continuous for future plansBeginneram/is/are + -ing + a future time — something already arranged |
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| Present continuousBeginneram/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now |
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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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| By vs untilIntermediateby + time (no later than), until + time (all the time up to), by the time… |
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| Adjective + prepositionIntermediategood at, interested in, afraid of, worried about — adjectives with a fixed preposition |
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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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| QuantifiersBeginnera few / a little, much / many, a lot of, plenty of, none of — saying how much or how many |
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| There is / there areBeginnerthere is/are + noun — saying that something exists or is somewhere |
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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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| Verb + prepositionIntermediatedepend on, listen to, wait for, deal with — verbs with a fixed preposition |
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