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Two university roommates record the first episode of their student food podcast, but one tiny mistake ruins twenty great minutes.
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The structures this recording uses most, with the exact words you will hear:
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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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| Past perfectIntermediatehad + past participle — an action finished before another past moment |
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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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| Indirect questionsIntermediateDo you know where … is? I wonder what … — a question inside a sentence keeps statement word order |
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| Superlative + ever / in / ofIntermediatethe best … I've ever…, the biggest in the world, the most … of all |
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| SuggestionsBeginnerShall we…? Why don't we…? How about -ing? — suggesting what to do |
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| Advice with “should”Beginnershould + verb — saying what is a good idea |
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| Possibility with “might / may”Intermediatemight/may + verb — something that is possible but not certain |
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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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| “Make / let” someone doIntermediatemake/let + person + verb — causing or allowing someone to do something |
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| “Be supposed to / about to / likely to”Intermediatebe supposed/about/likely to + verb — expectation, the near future, or probability |
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| Present continuousBeginneram/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now |
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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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| For / since / agoBeginnerfor + a period, since + a starting point, a time + ago — how long, from when, how long before now |
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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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| Ability with “can / could”Beginnercan/could + verb — what someone is able to do, or could do in the past |
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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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| Questions with do / does / didBeginnerdo/does/did + subject + verb — asking a question in the simple tenses |
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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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