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A young man's card is declined at the supermarket, so he calls his bank and finds out something worrying.
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The structures this recording uses most, with the exact words you will hear:
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| Conditional sentencesAdvancedif + clause, will/would + verb — a condition and its result |
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| Present perfect with just / already / yet / everIntermediatehave just / already / never + V3, haven't … yet — how recent a finished action is, or whether it has happened at all |
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| Present perfectIntermediatehave/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now |
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| Passive voiceIntermediatebe + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it |
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| Although / though / despiteIntermediatealthough/even though + clause, despite/in spite of + noun or -ing — a contrast |
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| Requests, offers and permissionBeginnerCould you…? Would you mind…? Can I…? Would you like…? — asking politely |
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| SuggestionsBeginnerShall we…? Why don't we…? How about -ing? — suggesting what to do |
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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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| Future with “will”Beginnerwill + verb — a decision, promise or prediction |
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| Future with “going to”Beginnerbe going to + verb — a plan or something you can see coming |
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| Preposition + -ingIntermediateby / without / before / after + -ing — a verb after a preposition takes -ing |
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| Obligation: must / have to / need toBeginnersaying that something is necessary |
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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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| By vs untilIntermediateby + time (no later than), until + time (all the time up to), by the time… |
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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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| There is / there areBeginnerthere is/are + noun — saying that something exists or is somewhere |
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| Questions with do / does / didBeginnerdo/does/did + subject + verb — asking a question in the simple tenses |
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| Verb + prepositionIntermediatedepend on, listen to, wait for, deal with — verbs with a fixed preposition |
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| Imperatives: Let's / Don'tBeginnerLet's + verb, Don't + verb — suggesting or telling someone what to do |
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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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| Reflexive pronounsBeginnermyself, yourself, themselves, by myself, each other — the same person as the subject |
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