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Back to Search236. Complex sentences B1, B2 (4 funny jokes)
Season 4 Episode 236
Structure Summary
Would like / want / ask
I would like you to come to a party on Saturday
Object Clause (noun clause): you to come to a party on Saturda…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
235. Future Perfect B2 (short story)
Season 4 Episode 235
LOOKING BACK FROM A POINT IN THE FUTURE - FUTURE PERFECT
I have studied / I have been studying English for/since...
(from the past to the present)
Next …
9 months ago
234. B2 Time Adverbs
Season 4 Episode 234
These are the B2 time adverbs you should learn for the speaking and writing of the Cambridge FCE exam. Listen for them in the podcast, and decide whi…
9 months, 1 week ago
233. Uses of 'rather' (with dialogue)
Season 4 Episode 233
'Rather' and its uses
FORM/USE: 'RATHER THAN' + PHRASE
B1
Use a specialist book rather than the Internet. A book is more reliable.
Take the stairs rather…
9 months, 2 weeks ago
232. Would and used to with short story
Season 4 Episode 232
Stative verbs
Thoughts and opinions
believe
know
understand
suppose
think
(I would sit and think about her every day.)
(People used to think that smoking was…
9 months, 3 weeks ago
231. B1 Do for emphasis (with dialogue)
Season 4 Episode 231
Emphasis is used with lots of auxiliary verbs:
- I MUST get to the shop before it closes.
- You SHOULD try and finish the painting today. I'm fed up wi…
10 months ago
230. B2 story The Visitors (complete version)
Season 230 Episode 4
The Visitors
This is the full version of my story The Visitors recorded in October of last year. The level is B2, but my B1 students are also invited,…
10 months, 1 week ago
229. B1 adjectives with hyphens (with dialogue)
Season 4 Episode 229
Adjectives with hyphen at B1 level
good-looking (only with hyphen) - attractive (for people, often men)
well-known - a lot of people have heard of it a…
10 months, 2 weeks ago
228. The Medical check-up (expressions for emphasis)
Season 4 Episode 228
Words and expressions for emphasis
- The reason is I like working with people, I have experience of looking after elderly people and I enjoy volunteer…
10 months, 3 weeks ago
227. Talking about the Future (with dialogue)
Season 4 Episode 227
Future Forms in English
I'm not going to talk about future tense and predictions, but other uses of future tense.Going to and present continuous for f…
11 months ago