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The structures this recording uses most, with the exact words you will hear:
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| Passive voiceIntermediatebe + past participle — the focus is on what happens, not who does it |
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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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| Future with “will”Beginnerwill + verb — a decision, promise or prediction |
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| Verb + to-infinitiveIntermediatedecide / manage / seem / try + to-verb — verbs followed by to |
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| Obligation: must / have to / need toBeginnersaying that something is necessary |
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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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| Adjective + prepositionIntermediategood at, interested in, afraid of, worried about — adjectives with a fixed preposition |
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| There is / there areBeginnerthere is/are + noun — saying that something exists or is somewhere |
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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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| Verb + prepositionIntermediatedepend on, listen to, wait for, deal with — verbs with a fixed preposition |
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