Unit 17: Word stress
Learn about participle clauses... and word stress!
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- 1Go beyond intermediate with our new video course
- 2Reported speech in 90 seconds!
- 3If or whether?
- 45 ways to use 'would'
- 5Let and allow
- 6Passive voice
- 7Unless
- 8Mixed conditionals
- 9The zero article - in 90 seconds
- 10The indefinite article - in 90 seconds
- 11The. That's right - the! Learn all about it in 90 seconds
- 12The continuous passive
- 13Future perfect
- 14Need + verb-ing
- 15Have something done
- 16Wish
- 17Word stress
- 18Different ways of saying 'if'
- 19Passive reporting structures
- 20The subjunctive
- 21When and if
- 22Inversion
- 23Phrasal verbs
- 24The future
- 25Modals in the past
- 26Narrative tenses
- 27Phrasal verb myths
- 28Conditionals review
- 29Used to - review
- 30Linking words of contrast
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Session 1
1 ActivityBBC English Class
28 Mar 2016Participle clauses are ways of linking ideas together to make more complex sentences. Dan explains more with the help of some coffee, which, to say the least, is not the nicest!
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Session 2
1 ActivityNews Review
29 Mar 2016The Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia is under severe threat from a rise in water temperature. Neil and Finn look at how the world's media are covering the story and give you the words and phrases you need to talk about it.
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Session 4
1 ActivityStop Saying!
31 Mar 2016It's often difficult with long words in English to know which syllable is stressed. Tim answers a question on this topic and gives some tips and advice for learning the stress patterns of certain suffixes.
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Session 5
1 ActivityDrama: The White Elephant
01 Apr 2016Gordon's preparing something special in the kitchen but unfortunately there's one ingredient he's had too much of. What will the customers make of his new dish? Learn some phrases related to timing.