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A candidate gives a fluent IELTS Part 2 talk about a snowy mountain train journey that turned into an unforgettable night.
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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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| 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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| SuperlativesBeginnerthe -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group |
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| Verb + -ingIntermediateenjoy, keep, stop… + -ing — verbs that are followed by the -ing form |
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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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| For / since / agoBeginnerfor + a period, since + a starting point, a time + ago — how long, from when, how long before now |
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| Future with “going to”Beginnerbe going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming |
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| “Have got”Beginnerhave/has got + noun — having or owning something |
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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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| Past simple (irregular verbs)Beginnerwent, saw, took… — a finished action in the past, with an irregular verb |
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| Questions with do / does / didBeginnerdo/does/did + subject + verb — asking a question in the simple tenses |
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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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| 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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