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A teenager interviews her grandpa about the generation gap, and they discover each generation struggles in its own way.
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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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| Past perfectIntermediatehad + past participle — an action finished before another past moment |
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| Past continuousIntermediatewas/were + -ing — an action in progress at a moment in the past |
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| Possibility with “might / may”Intermediatemight/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain |
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| ComparativesBeginner-er than / more … than — comparing two things |
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| “Make / let” someone doIntermediatemake/let + person + verb — causing or allowing someone to do something |
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| Spoken sentence framesIntermediateThe thing is…, What I mean is…, It's worth -ing — set phrases that frame a sentence |
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| Requests, offers and permissionBeginnerCould you…? Would you mind…? Can I…? Would you like…? — asking politely |
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| Comparative + much / a bit / farIntermediatemuch better, a bit cheaper, far more expensive — how big the difference is |
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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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| Adjectives ending in -ed and -ingIntermediatebored vs boring, interested vs interesting — how you feel vs what causes it |
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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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| Past simple (irregular verbs)Beginnerwent, saw, took… — a finished action in the past, with an irregular verb |
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| Reflexive pronounsBeginnermyself, yourself, themselves, by myself, each other — the same person as the subject |
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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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