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Intermediate Course – A=activity, L=listening, R=reading
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Grammar
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Vocabulary
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Drama
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Unit 1 – Pop-ups
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L Present tenses
6 Minute Grammar
R Present tense review
R The present simple, present continuous and present perfect tenses
Grammar reference
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L Hyphenation
6 Minute Vocabulary
A Numbers and hyphens
A Two-word adjectives with hyphens
R The pop-up phenomenon
Vocabulary relating to pop-up businesses
L How to haggle
Fucntional language
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L Jamaica Inn – Part 1
Mixed tenses: present simple, present continuous, present perfect
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Unit 2 – Hidden talents
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L Present perfect continuous
6 Minute Grammar
A Making the present perfect continuous
L Song Stars UK
Present perfect continuous in context
R Present perfect continuous
Grammar reference
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L In, at, on with time expressions
6 Minute Vocabulary
A Which preposition?
Time expressions
R Talent shows: from human judges to computers
Vocabulary relating to fame
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L Jamaica Inn – Part 2
Present perfect continuous
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Unit 3 – Can’t buy me love
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L Quantifiers
6 Minute Grammar
A All, each, every, both, either and neither
Quantifiers
R Quantifiers
Grammar reference
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L Uncountable nouns
6 Minute Vocabulary
A How uncountable nouns work
R More money might not mean more happiness
Vocabulary relating to wealth and lifestyle
L Are we ‘stuffocating’?
Materialism and minimalism
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L Jamaica Inn – Part 3
Quantifiers: all, each, every, either, neither
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Unit 4 – Travellers’ tales
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L Phrasal verbs and prepositional verbs
6 Minute Grammar
R Multi-word verbs with break
R Multi-word verbs
Grammar reference
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L Spoken short forms: gonna, wanna, dunno, whatcha
6 Minute Vocabulary
L Spot the short forms
Whatcha, gonna, gimme, lemme
L Pronunciation practice of short forms
R The man who got dumped just before his honeymoon
Phrasal verbs relating to travel and relationships
L Making complaints
Functional language
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L Jamaica Inn – Part 4
Phrasal verbs
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Unit 5 – The colleague from hell
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L Zero conditional and first conditional
6 Minute Grammar
A Zero conditional and first conditional
R Zero conditional and first conditional
Grammar reference
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L Ordinal numbers
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Writing ordinal numbers
R Dates and ordinal numbers
L English at Work
Asking someone to do something
R Dealing with difficult people
Vocabulary relating to working together
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L Jamaica Inn – Part 5
Zero conditional, first conditional, second conditional
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Unit 6 – Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
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L Modals of deduction and speculation
6 Minute Grammar
R Modal verbs
Might, may, could, might not, may not, couldn’t, must, can’t
R Might, may, could, must and can’t
Grammar reference
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L Prefixes de-, dys- and dis-
6 Minute Vocabulary
R The little prefixes
Dys-, dis- and de-
A Prefixes
Re-, pre-, pro-, in-, un-, mis-
R Three million-year-old technology
Vocabulary relating to an archaeological discovery
L Double contractions
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L Jamaica Inn – Part 6
Modals of speculation and deduction in the present
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Unit 7 – Career changes
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L Past perfect
6 Minute Grammar
R Two events in the past
Past perfect
R Past perfect
Grammar reference
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L Suffixes: -less and –free
6 Minute Vocabulary
R More suffixes
-ee, -able, -ible, -ness and job suffixes
L The ‘Awesome Apple’
Functional language to prepare someone for disappointment
R Finding a career that’s right for you
Vocabulary relating to work and careers
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L Jamaica Inn – Part 7
Past perfect
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Unit 8 – Art
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L Adjectives and adverbs
6 Minute Grammar
R Adjectives and adverbs review
R Adjectives and adverbs
Grammar reference
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L Easily confused words
6 Minute Vocabulary
L Easily confused words
R Who decides what 'art' is?
L An interview with an artist
Adjectives to describe style, colour, atmosphere and characters in a story
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L Jamaica Inn – Part 8
Adjectives and adverbs
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Unit 9 – Project management
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L Third conditional
6 Minute Grammar
R Imagined past events
Third conditional
R Third conditional
Grammar reference
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L Words with 'ough'
6 Minute Vocabulary
L A bad day at the office
Vocabulary relating to project management
R The principles of project management
Vocabulary relating to project management
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L Jamaica Inn – Part 9
Third conditional
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Unit 10 – The dog ate my homework!
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L Linking devices: cause and effect
6 Minute Grammar
R Cause and effect: how to link them
R Linking devices of cause and effect
Grammar reference
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L False friends
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Loanwords, cognates and false friends
L English at Work
Giving the background to a situation
R Terrible excuses
Vocabulary relating to making excuses
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L Jamaica Inn – Part 10
Linking devices of cause and effect: due to, owing to, because, because of, consequently, as a result, result in, as a result of, thus, therefore
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Unit 11 – The diary of a double agent
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L Reported speech
6 Minute Grammar
R The grammar of reporting verbs
R Direct speech and reported speech
A Reported questions
L How to stop Dr XYZ
Reported speech in context
R Reported speech
Grammar reference
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L Reporting verbs
6 Minute Vocabulary
A Reporting verbs
Say, tell, deny, admit, apologise, insist, suggest, advise, demand and offer.
R Can you spot a big lie?
Reading about people telling lies
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L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 1
Reported speech
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Unit 12 – Fashion forward
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L Active voice and passive voice
6 Minute Grammar
R Using and making the passive
R Active voice and passive voice
Grammar reference
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L Irregular verbs
6 Minute Vocabulary
A Do you know the correct form?
Irregular verbs
R How high is too high?
Reading about fashion
L Where do your old clothes go?
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L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 2
Passive voice
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Unit 13 – Flat pack skyscrapers
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L Comparatives and superlatives
6 Minute Grammar
A These boots are made for comparing
Comparative adjective forms
R Comparative and superlative adjectives
Grammar reference
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L Someone, nothing, anywhere
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Pronouns with some and any
R Mini Sky City
Reading about a record-breaking tower
L How to chat someone up
Functional language for flirting
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L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 3
Comparatives and superlatives
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Unit 14 – Extreme sports
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L Past perfect continuous
6 Minute Grammar
R Past perfect continuous and past simple
R Past perfect simple or past perfect continuous
R Past perfect continuous
Grammar reference
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L Suffixes: -ment, -ance, -ence
6 Minute Vocabulary
A Do you know your suffixes?
-ence, -ance, -ment
R Root words and suffixes
L English at Work
Functional language to tell people it’s the end of the working day
R Love the fear
Vocabulary relating to extreme sports and thrill-seeking
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L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 4
Past perfect continuous
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Unit 15 – Food fads
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L Adverb position 1
6 Minute Grammar
R Adverbs and verbs
Adverb position
R Adverbs and auxiliary verbs
R Ands and buts
Conjunctions
R Adverb position 1
Grammar reference
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L Discourse markers: showing your attitude towards something
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Discourse markers: like and you know
R Hungry for the new
Vocabulary relating to food fads
L Rob’s full English breakfast
Onomatopoeia
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L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 5
Adverbs
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Unit 16 – Me, my selfie and I
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L Definite article and abstract uncountable nouns
6 Minute Grammar
R Countable and uncountable nouns
R Abstract uncountable nouns
R The definite article with abstract uncountable nouns
Grammar reference
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L Suffixes: -ness and –ity
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Same word, different meanings
Building vocabulary with suffixes
R The suffix –ish
A suffix with many meanings and uses
R Are you selfie obsessed?
Reading about photography, social media, celebrity and privacy
L Sounds great!
Functional language for responding using link verbs
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L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 6
The definite article with abstract uncountable nouns
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Unit 17 – Endangered animals
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L Talking about the future
6 Minute Grammar
R The future is now
Six ways to talk about the future
A Helga hits the road
Making sentences to talk about the future
R Ways of talking about the future
Grammar reference
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L Antonyms
6 Minute Vocabulary
A The long and short of it
Identifying antonyms
A Who is who in the animal world?
A quiz
R Five of the world's most endangered animals
Vocabulary relating to animals, natural habitats and conservation
L How can a zoologist save the future?
Vocabulary relating to conservation and the impact of humans on the natural world
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L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 7
Talking about the future: about to, going to, will, intend to,
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Unit 18 – A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
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L Defining and non-defining relative clauses
6 Minute Grammar
R Identifying relative clauses
R Relative pronouns
Who, that, which, whose, where, when
R Relative clauses
Grammar reference
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L Acronyms
6 Minute Vocabulary
A Is that a word?
How to say acronyms: as a word or as letters
R Getting a new face
Vocabulary relating to cosmetic surgery
L At what price?
Discussing cosmetic surgery
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L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 8
Defining and non-defining relative clauses
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Unit 19 – I'm really sorry…
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L Adverb position 2
6 Minute Grammar
R Adverbs with adjectives
R Adverb position 2
Grammar reference
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L Words with more than one spelling
6 Minute Vocabulary
A British or American
Check your spelling
R The migrant who wasn't
Reading about a fictional account of migration
L How to say sorry
Functional language
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L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 9
Adverbs 2
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Unit 20 – Telling stories
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L Narrative tenses
6 Minute Grammar
R It’s all in the past
Past verb forms for narratives
R A horse walks into a bar…
Using present verb forms to narrate past events
L Who do you believe?
Three narratives told by BBC Learning English
R Narrative tenses
Grammar reference
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L Linking words
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Linking words to talk about the order that something happens
R Stating the obvious
Linking words and phrases for saying something we think is easily understood
L Brian’s incredible life
Words and phrases for expressing disbelief
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L The Importance of Being Earnest – Part 10
Narrative tenses: past simple, past continuous, past perfect, present simple
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Unit 21 – Fakes and phrasals
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L The grammar of multi-word verbs
6 Minute Grammar
R What is a multi-word verb?
R Multi-word verbs / Phrasal verbs type 1, 2, 3 and 4
Grammar reference
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L Commonly misspelled words
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Some simple spelling rules
R Same sound, different spelling
Homophones
R Getting forgery down to a fine art
Vocabulary relating to art forgery and crime
L Marcus the centurion goes on holiday
Using phrasal verbs to sound natural
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L Gulliver's Travels – Part 1
Phrasal verbs
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Unit 22 – Looking to the future
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L Future continuous and be + infinitive
6 Minute Grammar
R This time next week
The future continuous
L Excuses, excuses
The future continuous in context
R Future continuous and be + infinitive with future sense
Grammar reference
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L Discourse markers: interjections
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Yuck!
Discourse markers for expressing likes and dislikes
R Running against the Olympic clock
Reading about preparations for the 2016 Olympic Games
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L Gulliver's Travels – Part 2
Future continuous
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Unit 23 – Becoming familiar with things
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L Used to, be used and get used to
6 Minute Grammar
R Used to
Talking about the past
R Our guide to life away from home
Be used to and get used to in context
R Used to and be/get used to
Grammar reference
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L Synonyms
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Synonyms and collocations
R Are you an early bird or a night owl?
Be used to something and get used to something
L English at Work
Functional language for when you can’t understand something
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L Gulliver's Travels – Part 3
Used to
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Unit 24 – From rags to riches
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L Review of conditionals
6 Minute Grammar
R What is a conditional sentence?
R Conditionals review
Grammar reference
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L Suffixes: -tian, -sion, -tion
6 Minute Vocabulary
L The disappearing spy
Words with suffixes that end in 'shun' or 'jhun'
R The music icon that never was
A second chance at fame
L How to make polite requests
Functional language for being polite
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L Gulliver's Travels – Part 4
Conditionals
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Unit 25 – Against the odds
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L Linking devices of contrast
6 Minute Grammar
R Brave or foolish?
Linking devices of contrast: even though, although, despite, in spite of, however, but
R Linking devices of contrast
Grammar reference
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L Large numbers
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Thousands and millions
R The appeal of the underdog
Vocabulary for talking about succeeding against the odds
L How to disagree
Functional language
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L Gulliver's Travels – Part 5
Linking devices of contrast
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Unit 26 – Our future on Mars?
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L The future perfect
6 Minute Grammar
R What will the future bring and when?
The future perfect form
R One-way ticket to Mars
The future perfect in context
L By this time next week…
The future perfect in context
R The future perfect
Grammar reference
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L Adjectives from names
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Artistic eponymous adjectives
-esque adjectives
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L Gulliver's Travels – Part 6
Future perfect
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Unit 27 – Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
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L -ing and -ed clauses (participle clauses)
6 Minute Grammar
R A business trip
Present participle clauses
R Public notices: Are you talking to me?
Participle clauses in context
R Participle (-ing and –ed) clauses
Grammar reference
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L Eponyms as nouns and verbs
6 Minute Vocabulary
R New language of technology
L Did you know: Crazy laws?
Listening to some descriptions of some unusual laws
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L Gulliver's Travels – Part 7
Participle clauses
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Unit 28 – Dodgy dating
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L So, such, enough, too
6 Minute Grammar
R Intensifiers
So, such, too, enough
R Intensifiers: so, such, enough, too
Grammar reference
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L Irregular verbs
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Do you want to get a date?
Vocabulary relating to online dating, apps and relationships
L The Dodgy Dating Agency
Intensifiers in action
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L Gulliver's Travels – Part 8
So, such, enough, too
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Unit 29 – Annoying advice
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L Verb patterns
6 Minute Grammar
R What comes after a verb?
Verb patterns, verb + infinitive, verb + gerund
L Babysitting advice
Verb + infinitive, verb + gerund, verb + (that) clause in context
R Verb patterns
Grammar reference
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L Talk like Shakespeare
6 Minute Vocabulary
R Annoying advice for new parents
Vocabulary relating to advice about parenting
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L Gulliver's Travels – Part 9
Verb patterns
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Unit 30 – I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks
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L Future perfect continuous
6 Minute Grammar
R Looking back from the future
The future perfect continuous
L 24-hour BBC Learning English-athon
Future perfect continuous in context
R Future perfect continuous
Grammar reference
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L Academic English
6 Minute Vocabulary
R General v Academic English
Differences between general and academic English
R Giving a presentation
Top tips for presentations
R Going ape for charity!
Vocabulary relating to fund-raising and charity
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L Gulliver's Travels – Part 10
Future perfect continuous
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