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A shy student explains why the sky is blue with a simple experiment, until a classmate asks about red sunsets.
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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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| Although / though / despiteIntermediatealthough/even though + clause, despite/in spite of + noun or -ing — a contrast |
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| Comparative + much / a bit / farIntermediatemuch better, a bit cheaper, far more expensive — how big the difference is |
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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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| ComparativesBeginner-er than / more … than — comparing two things |
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| “Make / let” someone doIntermediatemake/let + person + verb — causing or allowing someone to do something |
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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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| Question tagsIntermediate…, isn't it? / …, don't you? — a short question at the end to check or agree |
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| Preposition + -ingIntermediateby / without / before / after + -ing — a verb after a preposition takes -ing |
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| “Have got”Beginnerhave/has got + noun — having or owning something |
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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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| 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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