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Practice English Listening Tests for B2 with answer and audioscript

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Have something done

Have something done active and passive

Verb patterns

Ellipsis and substitution

Cleft sentences

Level Test Lower Advanced C1

Unreal past sentence transformation

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Past simple

We use the past simple to talk about past events in chronological order; i.e. the main events of a story.

We also use the past simple to talk about past habits or past states.

Past continuous

We use the past continuous the set the scene in a story.

We use the past continuous for actions in progress in the past or longer actions interrupted by shorter actions in past simple.

Past perfect simple

We use the past perfect simple to talk about an earlier past: events which happened before the main event.

Earlier single events

We use the past perfect simple to talk about earlier events and experiences, or single actions completed earlier in the past.

We also use the past perfect simple (and not continuous) to say how much or how many we had done of something earlier in the past.

Duration from earlier in the past (stative verbs)

We use the past perfect simple with stative verbs to talk about states or situations that had started earlier in the past. We often use how long, for or since, always, etc.

Past perfect continuous

Duration from earlier in the past (dynamic verbs)

We use the past perfect continuous with dynamic verbs to talk about longer continuous actions that started earlier in the past than the main events of the story.

Repeated actions from earlier in the past (dynamic verbs)

We use the past perfect continuous with dynamic verbs to talk about repeated actions from earlier in the past.

Used to + infinitive

Repeated actions in the past

We can use used to + infinitive to talk about things that we did repeatedly in the past.

Situations or states that are no longer true

We can use used to + infinitive to talk about situations or states (stative verbs) which were true in the past, but they are no longer true.

Would + infinitive

Repeated actions in the past

We can use would + infinitive to talk about things that we repeatedly did in the past.

Situations or states that are no longer true

We cannot use would to talk about situations or states (stative verbs) which are no longer true.

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Narrative tenses, used to, would. Past simple, past continuous, past perfect, past perfect continuous. Past habitual events. Advanced grammar exercises.

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YES, it's possible - Food & Drink at C1/C2 (Advanced) Level of English!

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How to order fast food at C1 (Advanced) Level of English! 🍟

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https://www.espressoenglish.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Collocations-Lesson1.mp3

Let's begin our study of collocations by learning some common expressions about the family. Your parents and siblings (brothers and sisters) are your immediate family - and your extended family includes all your relatives - uncles, cousins, great-aunts, etc.

You can use a family tree to diagram the relationships among your family members. A person who is related to you by a long series of connections can be called a distant relative.

If you're lucky, you have a loving family or a close-knit family - these expressions refer to a family that has good relationships, where everyone loves each other and helps each other. If you were raised in a loving family, then you probably had a carefree childhood - that means you had nothing to worry about when you were young.

On the other hand, a family in which the relationships are bad or unhealthy can be called a dysfunctional family. If the children experience abuse, poverty, or problems with the law, we can say they had a troubled childhood.

Perhaps the parents went through a bitter divorce - that means a separation in which there were bad/angry feelings between the husband and wife. It's also possible to have a messy divorce, with a prolonged legal battle involving lots of conflicts about the separation of the former couple's assets (money and possessions). The decisions about the separation of assets are made in the divorce settlement. A family in which there are divorces or separations is sometimes called a broken home.

Sometimes the mother and father fight over custody of the children - that refers to who has the primary responsibility of caring for the kids. A judge can grant joint custody - that means the ex-husband and ex-wife share the responsibility - or sole custody to only one parent. For example, a judge might award sole custody to the mother, and the father has to pay child support - regular payments to help with expenses for the kids.

If it was a mutual divorce/separation - that means the ex-husband and ex-wife agreed to separate without fighting - then they will probably stay on good terms with each other (meaning to have a polite relationship without conflicts).

If a woman gets pregnant without being married or in a relationship, then she will become a single mother. Some women in this situation choose to have an abortion, and others prefer to give the baby up for adoption. The time when the baby is planned to arrive is called the due date - you can also say the baby is due in mid-October, for example.

After the woman has the baby (or gives birth to the baby), the baby is given to the adoptive parents, who will raise the child or bring up the child as if it was their own. Sometimes, when the adopted child is older, he or she tries to find their birth mother (biological mother).

English Collocations for Talking about Your Family

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32 English Collocations for Talking About Your Family

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This is a free sample lesson from the e-book 1000 English Collocations in 10 Minutes a Day Click here for more information! Let's begin our study of collocations by learning some common expressions about the family. Your parents and siblings (brothers and sisters) are your immediate fam

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I say this EVERY day! Daily British English (through story!)