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A young man describes the small seaside town where he grew up, what has changed and why he still loves it.
Write the whole sentence you hear.
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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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| SuperlativesBeginnerthe -est / the most … — the top or bottom of a group |
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| Future with “going to”Beginnerbe going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming |
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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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| QuantifiersBeginnera few / a little, much / many, a lot of, plenty of, none of — saying how much or how many |
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| There is / there areBeginnerthere is/are + noun — saying that something exists or is somewhere |
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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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