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A candidate answers IELTS Part 1 questions about his lazy cat, his favourite colour and why he needs two alarms every morning.
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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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| Although / though / despiteIntermediatealthough/even though + clause, despite/in spite of + noun or -ing — a contrast |
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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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| Phrasal verbsIntermediategive up, find out, end up, come up with — a verb + particle with its own meaning |
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| “Would like” for polite wishesBeginnerwould like / 'd like + to-verb — a polite way to say what you want |
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| Preposition + -ingIntermediateby / without / before / after + -ing — a verb after a preposition takes -ing |
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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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| 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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| There is / there areBeginnerthere is/are + noun — saying that something exists or is somewhere |
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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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| 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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| Verb + prepositionIntermediatedepend on, listen to, wait for, deal with — verbs with a fixed preposition |
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