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A student answers IELTS Part 1 questions about rainy days, how the weather affects his mood and childhood puddles.
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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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| “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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| Although / though / despiteIntermediatealthough/even though + clause, despite/in spite of + noun or -ing — a contrast |
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| Verb + -ingIntermediateenjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form |
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| Requests, offers and permissionBeginnerCould you…? Would you mind…? Can I…? Would you like…? — asking politely |
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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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| Obligation: must / have to / need toBeginnersaying that something is necessary |
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| “Too … to” / “enough to”Beginnertoo + adj + to-verb, adj + enough + to-verb — more or less than what is needed |
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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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| Questions with do / does / didBeginnerdo/does/did + subject + verb — asking a question in the simple tenses |
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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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