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A candidate gives a fluent IELTS Part 2 talk about a hard choice he made about his university studies.
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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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| Reported speechIntermediatesaid / told sb (that) + clause, asked if — repeating what someone said |
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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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| Verb + person + to-infinitiveIntermediatewant/ask/tell + person + to-verb — what you want someone to do |
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| Future with “going to”Beginnerbe going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming |
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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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| Adjectives ending in -ed and -ingIntermediatebored vs boring, interested vs interesting — how you feel vs what causes it |
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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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| Adjective + prepositionIntermediategood at, interested in, afraid of, worried about — adjectives with a fixed preposition |
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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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| Ability with “can / could”Beginnercan/could + verb — what someone is able to do, or could do in the past |
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| Reflexive pronounsBeginnermyself, yourself, themselves, by myself, each other — the same person as the subject |
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