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Back to Search238. If so, if not, B1 level with dialogue
Season 4 Episode 238
How to use 'if so' and 'if not' in dialogue.
A conditional clause to refer a previous direct or indirect 'yes-no' question where the answer might be ‘…
1 year ago
237. Candle Burning - B1 short story (complete version)
Season 4 Episode 237
These are the four comprehension questions to read before you listen to the story.
1) What was the first thing Nigel did when he went into the shower?…
1 year ago
236. 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…
1 year 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 …
1 year 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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,…
1 year, 2 months 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…
1 year, 2 months ago