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On a long-haul flight to Singapore, a first-time traveler and a chatty retired British woman swap stories, survive turbulence and share travel tips.
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The structures this recording uses most, with the exact words you will hear:
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| Present perfectIntermediatehave/has + past participle — a past action that still matters now |
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| Although / though / despiteIntermediatealthough/even though + clause, despite/in spite of + noun or -ing — a contrast |
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| “Unless / in case / as long as”Intermediateunless, in case, as long as, provided that, even if — other ways to state a condition |
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| “Make / let” someone doIntermediatemake/let + person + verb — causing or allowing someone to do something |
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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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| Comparative + much / a bit / farIntermediatemuch better, a bit cheaper, far more expensive — how big the difference is |
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| Future with “will”Beginnerwill + verb — a decision, promise or prediction |
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| Obligation: must / have to / need toBeginnersaying that something is necessary |
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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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| Present continuousBeginneram/is/are + -ing — something happening right now or around now |
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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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| For / since / agoBeginnerfor + a period, since + a starting point, a time + ago — how long, from when, how long before now |
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| Adjective + prepositionIntermediategood at, interested in, afraid of, worried about — adjectives with a fixed preposition |
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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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| Ability with “can / could”Beginnercan/could + verb — what someone is able to do, or could do in the past |
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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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