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A nervous student gives a class presentation on whether homework should be banned, until a classmate asks a tough question.
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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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| Passive voiceIntermediatebe + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it |
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| Advice with “should”Beginnershould + verb — saying what is a good idea |
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| Requests, offers and permissionBeginnerCould you…? Would you mind…? Can I…? Would you like…? — asking politely |
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| Future with “going to”Beginnerbe going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming |
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| Present continuousBeginneram/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now |
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| Preposition + -ingIntermediateby / without / before / after + -ing — a verb after a preposition takes -ing |
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| Verb + to-infinitiveIntermediatedecide / manage / seem / try + to-verb — verbs followed by to |
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| Adjective + to-infinitiveIntermediateit's hard to…, I'm happy to…, nice to meet you — an adjective followed by to |
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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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| Ability with “can / could”Beginnercan/could + verb — what someone is able to do, or could do in the past |
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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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| Questions with do / does / didBeginnerdo/does/did + subject + verb — asking a question in the simple tenses |
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