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Great Course!

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The first conditional listening exercise is a song by the Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes. The lyrics have several examples of the first conditional.

The first conditional is also called the future conditional because it is for events in the future. The structure looks like this:

If + Subject + Verb(present) + Subject + Verb(future)

If you go to the party, you will meet my boyfriend.

If she arrives on time, we will start at 9:00 am.

If they work tomorrow, we won't go to the park.

Here is the music video and lyrics. Look at them and find the examples of the first conditional.

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First Conditional Listening Exercise - If You Don't Know Me - learnEnglish-online

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The first conditional listening exercise is a song by the Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes. The lyrics have several examples of the first conditional. The first conditional is also called the future conditional because it is for events in the future.

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Welcome to BBC Learning English. I'm Sam and today we're talking about the third conditional.

The third conditional is a little strange because we're talking about something that didn't happen in the past. Why would we do that? Well, because sometimes we want to imagine a different outcome.

A friend of mine came to visit me yesterday. It was a surprise, so when I opened my front door, I said:

" If I'd known you were coming, I would have baked a cake!"

Did I know she was coming? No. Did I bake a cake? No.

So I'm imagining a different result.

Because we're talking about an imaginary past, we use:
If + the subject + the past perfect, the subject + would have + past participle

And you can also swap those round: What would you have done if you'd known your friend was coming?

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BBC Learning English - Course: English In A Minute / Unit 1 / Session 62 / Activity 1

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Welcome to BBC Learning English. I'm Sam and today we're talking about the third conditional. The third conditional is a little strange because we're talking about something that didn't happen in the past. Why would we do that? Well, because sometimes we want to imagine a different outcome.

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A review of conditionals: BBC English Class

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The Missing Piece

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A Short Shakespeare Quiz!

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Mind Map

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Gramma Worksheet

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Chocolate Quiz!

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A response to a complaint..

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Unit 4 Activity C

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after you have read the article ------->

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CONVERSATION- SPEAK FOR 25 MINUTES!!!!!  MAKE CONVERSATION, HAVE A CHAT...GOSSIP IF YOU WANT..BUT SPEAK SPEAK SPEAK

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CONVERSATION- SPEAK FOR 25 MINUTES!!!!!  MAKE CONVERSATION, HAVE A CHAT...GOSSIP IF YOU WANT..BUT SPEAK SPEAK SPEAK

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unit 2 lesson 3

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unit 2 lesson 3

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How to use USED TO | WOULD | GET USED TO & BE USED TO in English

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Watch the video and answer the questions as they appear.  Click on the round blue arrow icon to continue with the video after answering each question

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The story of Frida Kahlo + Advanced Tense Review

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Get your students interested in the life and work of Frida Kahlo and let them check their grammar knowledge. This video is just a part of a whole lesson plan. Want to see more? Go to https://eslbrains.com/the-story-of-frida-kahlo-advanced-tense-review/

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page 134? textbook

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Kate Fuscoe, Barbara Garside, Luke Prodromou - att 4 cd 2

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Kate Fuscoe, Barbara Garside, Luke Prodromou

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Money collocations - click on the post below and answer the questions.

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Money collocations - click on the post below and answer the questions.

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Lesson 2

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Reported Speech - reporting verbs

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Do you know how to tell someone what another person said using reporting verbs? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

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Reported Speech - questions

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Look at these examples to see how we can tell someone what another person asked.

direct speech: 'Do you work from home?' he said.
indirect speech:He asked me if I worked from home.

direct speech:'Who did you see?' she asked.
indirect speech:She asked me who I'd seen.

direct speech:'Could you write that down for me?' she asked.
indirect speech:She asked me to write it down.

Try this exercise to test your grammar.

Read the explanation to learn more.

Grammar explanation

A reported question is when we tell someone what another person asked. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech.

direct speech: 'Do you like working in sales?' he asked.
indirect speech: He asked me if I liked working in sales.

In indirect speech, we change the question structure (e.g. Do you like) to a statement structure (e.g. I like).

We also often make changes to the tenses and other words in the same way as for reported statements (e.g. have done → had done, today → that day). You can learn about these changes on the Reported speech 1 - statements page.

In yes/ no questions, we use if or whether to report the question. If is more common.

'Are you going to the Helsinki conference?'
He asked me if I was going to the Helsinki conference.
'Have you finished the project yet?'
She asked us whether we'd finished the project yet.

Questions with a question word

In what, where, why, who, when or how questions, we use the question word to report the question.

'What time does the train leave?'
He asked me what time the train left.
'Where did he go?'

Reporting verbs

The most common reporting verb for questions is ask, but we can also use verbs like enquire, want to know or wonder.

'Did you bring your passports?'
She wanted to know if they'd brought their passports.
'When could you get this done by?'
He wondered when we could get it done by.

Offers, requests and suggestions

If the question is making an offer, request or suggestion, we can use a specific verb pattern instead, for example offer + infinitive, ask + infinitive or suggest + ing.

'Would you like me to help you?' 'Can you hold this for me, please?' 'Why don't we check with Joel?'
She suggested checking with Joel.

Do this exercise to test your grammar again.

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Look at these examples to see how we can tell someone what another person asked. direct speech: 'Do you work from home?' he said. indirect speech:He asked me if I worked from home. direct speech:'Who did you see?' she asked. indirect speech:She asked me who I'd seen.

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Reported Speech - statements

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Look at these examples to see how we can tell someone what another person said.

direct speech: 'I love the Toy Story films,' she said.
indirect speech: She said she loved the Toy Story films.

direct speech:'I worked as a waiter before becoming a chef,' he said.
indirect speech: He said he'd worked as a waiter before becoming a chef.

direct speech:'I'll phone you tomorrow,' he said.
indirect speech: He said he'd phone me the next day.

Try this exercise to test your grammar.

Read the explanation to learn more.

Grammar explanation

Reported speech is when we tell someone what another person said. To do this, we can use direct speech or indirect speech.

direct speech: 'I work in a bank,' said Daniel.
indirect speech:Daniel said that he worked in a bank.

In indirect speech, we often use a tense which is 'further back' in the past (e.g. worked) than the tense originally used (e.g. work). This is called 'backshift'. We also may need to change other words that were used, for example pronouns.

Present simple, present continuous and present perfect

When we backshift, present simple changes to past simple, present continuous changes to past continuous and present perfect changes to past perfect.

'I travel a lot in my job.'
Jamila said that she travelled a lot in her job.
'The baby's sleeping!'
He told me the baby was sleeping.
'I've hurt my leg.'
She said she'd hurt her leg.

Past simple and past continuous

When we backshift, past simple usually changes to past perfect simple, and past continuous usually changes to past perfect continuous.

'We lived in China for five years.'
She told me they'd lived in China for five years.
'It was raining all day.'
He told me it had been raining all day.

Past perfect

The past perfect doesn't change.

'I'd tried everything without success, but this new medicine is great.'
He said he'd tried everything without success, but the new medicine was great.

No backshift

If what the speaker has said is still true or relevant, it's not always necessary to change the tense. This might happen when the speaker has used a present tense.

'I go to the gym next to your house.'
Jenny told me that she goes to the gym next to my house. I'm thinking about going with her.
'I'm working in Italy for the next six months.'
He told me he's working in Italy for the next six months. Maybe I should visit him!
'I've broken my arm!'
She said she's broken her arm, so she won't be at work this week.

Pronouns, demonstratives and adverbs of time and place

Pronouns also usually change in indirect speech.

'I enjoy working in my garden,' said Bob.
Bob said that he enjoyed working in his garden.
'We played tennis for our school,' said Alina.
Alina told me they'd played tennis for their school.

However, if you are the person or one of the people who spoke, then the pronouns don't change.

'I'm working on my thesis,' I said.
I told her that I was working on my thesis.
'We want our jobs back!' we said.
We said that we wanted our jobs back.

We also change demonstratives and adverbs of time and place if they are no longer accurate.

'This is my house.'

He said this was his house. [You are currently in front of the house.]

He said that was his house. [You are not currently in front of the house.]

'We like it here.'

She told me they like it here. [You are currently in the place they like.]

She told me they like it there. [You are not in the place they like.]

'I'm planning to do it today.'

She told me she's planning to do it today. [It is currently still the same day.]

She told me she was planning to do it that day. [It is not the same day any more.]

In the same way, these changes to those, now changes to then, yesterday changes to the day before, tomorrow changes to the next/following day and ago changes to before.

Do this exercise to test your grammar again.

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Do you know how to report what somebody else said? Test what you know with interactive exercises and read the explanation to help you.

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Past Perfect

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Look at these examples to see how the past perfect is used. He couldn't make a sandwich because he'd forgotten to buy bread. The hotel was full, so I was glad that we'd booked in advance. My new job wasn't exactly what I'd expected. Try this exercise to test your grammar.

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Passives

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Look at these examples to see how the passive voice is used.

A lot of olive oil is produced in Italy.
This book was written by Angela Davis.
The suspect will be released tomorrow.
This product has not been tested on animals.

Try this exercise to test your grammar.

Read the explanation to learn more.

Grammar explanation

We use the passive voice to change the focus of the sentence.

My bike was stolen. (passive - focus on my bike)
Someone stole my bike. (active - focus on someone)

We often use the passive:

when we prefer not to mention who or what does the action (for example, it's not known, it's obvious or we don't want to say)

so that we can start a sentence with the most important or most logical information

in more formal or scientific writing.

How we make the passive

We make the passive using the verb be + past participle. We start the sentence with the object.

It is not always necessary to add who or what did the action.

Only the form of be changes to make the tense. The past participle stays the same. Here are examples of the passive in its most common tenses.

Do this exercise to test your grammar again.

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Conditionals

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Look at these examples to see how zero, first and second conditionals are used.

If you freeze water, it becomes solid.
If it rains tomorrow, I'll take the car.
If I lived closer to the cinema, I would go more often.

Try this exercise to test your grammar.

Read the explanation to learn more.

Grammar explanation

Conditionals describe the result of a certain condition. The if clause tells you the condition ( If you study hard) and the main clause tells you the result ( you will pass your exams). The order of the clauses does not change the meaning.

If you study hard, you will pass your exams.
You will pass your exams if you study hard.

Conditional sentences are often divided into different types.

Zero conditional

We use the zero conditional to talk about things that are generally true, especially for laws and rules.

If I drink too much coffee, I can't sleep at night.
Ice melts if you heat it.
When the sun goes down, it gets dark.

The structure is: if/w hen + present simple >> present simple.

First conditional

We use the first conditional when we talk about future situations we believe are real or possible.

If it doesn't rain tomorrow, we'll go to the beach.
Arsenal will be top of the league if they win.
When I finish work, I'll call you.

In first conditional sentences, the structure is usually: if/ when + present simple >> will + infinitive.

It is also common to use this structure with unless, as long as, as soon as or in case instead of if.

I'll leave as soon as the babysitter arrives.
I don't want to stay in London unless I get a well-paid job.
I'll give you a key in case I'm not at home.
You can go to the party, as long as you're back by midnight.

Second conditional

The second conditional is used to imagine present or future situations that are impossible or unlikely in reality.

If we had a garden, we could have a cat.
If I won a lot of money, I'd buy a big house in the country.
I wouldn't worry if I were you.

The structure is usually: if + past simple >> + would + infinitive.

When if is followed by the verb be, it is grammatically correct to say if I were, if he were, if she were and if it were. However, it is also common to hear these structures with was, especially in the he/ she form.

If I were you, I wouldn't mention it.
If she was prime minister, she would invest more money in schools.
He would travel more if he was younger.

Do this exercise to test your grammar again.

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Activity 10 - Wish I could Fly by Roxette

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Activity 10 - Wish I could Fly by Roxette

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boardgame_second conditional-one per 2 students

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Activity 9 - First and Second conditional- Exercise 2

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First and second conditional _Exercise 2-one per student

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Activity 8 - Second Conditional

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First, second (and third) conditionals - speaking activity

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First, second (and third) conditionals - speaking activity

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Use the 1st and the 2nd sheets to make sentences using the first/second conditionals.

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British Council - LearnEnglish Teens - Improve your listening

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LearnEnglish Teens - Improve your listening

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Do the preparation activity first, then do the listening which you can find next to this one. After the listening, you have other activities in this sheet.

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Activity 7 - Grammar

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Activity 5

I wish the Corona Virus didn`t exist!  (I'm talking about now!!!!)

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Listen and Read Along then answer these Questions..

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pg16-17- The Taxi Driver - Reading

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Pg 14-15 - Pearson's Map

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Pg 12-13- The Missing Box - Reading

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Chapter 4- Boat to Beirut - Audio

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Chapter 3- The Taxi Driver - Audio