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Unit 4: The daily grind
Adverbs of frequency
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- 1Nice to meet you!
- 2What to wear
- 3Like this, like that
- 4The daily grind
- 5Christmas every day
- 6Great achievers
- 7The Titanic
- 8Travel
- 9The big wedding
- 10Sunny's job hunt
- 11The bucket list
- 12Moving and migration
- 13Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14New Year, New Project
- 15From Handel to Hendrix
- 16What's the weather like?
- 17The Digital Revolution
- 18A detective story
- 19A place to live
- 20The Cult of Celebrity
- 21Welcome to your new job
- 22Beyond the planets
- 23Great expectations!
- 24Eco-tourism
- 25Moving house
- 26It must be love
- 27Job hunting success... and failure
- 28Speeding into the future
- 29Lost arts
- 30Tales of survival
Session 1
Love it or hate it, most of us have to get to work, school or university every day. In this session, Emma and Rob tell us about their journeys to work. You'll learn some travel vocabulary and take a look at some useful language for talking about how often things happen.
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Activity 4
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Think about where you might need to get to.Gargaarsa
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What's a means of getting to work?Gargaarsa
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Think about eating something before doing physical activity.Gargaarsa
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What's the time of day when lots of people are travelling to and from work?Gargaarsa
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Complete the sentence with a means of transport.Gargaarsa
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What do you need when you're travelling?Help
Can you tell me the way to the
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U29ycnksIHlvdSBuZWVkIHRvIHRvIG1ha2UgYSBxdWVzdGlvbiBoZXJlLg==
full English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
I always use my
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Tm8sIHRoZXJlIGlzIGEgc3BlY2lhbCB0aGluZyB5b3UgbmVlZCB3aGVuIHlvdSB0cmF2ZWwgaW4gdGhlIGNhcGl0YWwgY2l0eSBvZiBFbmdsYW5kLg==
tube station, please?
I hate travelling by
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Tm8sIHlvdSBuZWVkIGEgbWVhbnMgb2YgdHJhbnNwb3J0IGhlcmUsIGJ1dCBub3Qgb25lIHdpdGggb25seSB0d28gd2hlZWxzLg==
Oyster card when I'm travelling in London.
If you leave work early, you'll miss the
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WW91IG5lZWQgdGhlIHBocmFzZSBmb3IgYSBwYXJ0aWN1bGFyIHRpbWUgb2YgZGF5IGhlcmUsIHdoZW4gbG90cyBvZiBwZW9wbGUgYXJlIHRyYXZlbGxpbmcu
rush hour and get a good seat on the train.
When the weather's fine, I go to work on my
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tube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
I always go running on a
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Tm8sIHlvdSBuZWVkIHRvIGNvbXBsZXRlIHRoZSBzZW50ZW5jZSB3aXRoIGEgZm9vZC1yZWxhdGVkIHBocmFzZSBoZXJlLg==
folding bike.
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Can you tell me the way to the
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I always use my
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I hate travelling by
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If you leave work early, you'll miss the
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When the weather's fine, I go to work on my
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I always go running on a
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6 Questions
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What do you need when you're travelling?Question 1 of 6
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I always go running on aVGhhdCdzIHJpZ2h0Lg==Tm8sIHlvdSBuZWVkIHRvIGNvbXBsZXRlIHRoZSBzZW50ZW5jZSB3aXRoIGEgZm9vZC1yZWxhdGVkIHBocmFzZSBoZXJlLg==
atube station, please?
btube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
cOyster card when I'm travelling in London.
dfull English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
erush hour and get a good seat on the train.
ffolding bike.
That's right.
No, you need to complete the sentence with a food-related phrase here.
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What do you need when you're travelling?Question 2 of 6
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Can you tell me the way to theVGhhdCdzIHJpZ2h0Lg==U29ycnksIHlvdSBuZWVkIHRvIHRvIG1ha2UgYSBxdWVzdGlvbiBoZXJlLg==
atube station, please?
btube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
cOyster card when I'm travelling in London.
dfull English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
erush hour and get a good seat on the train.
ffolding bike.
That's right.
Sorry, you need to to make a question here.
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What do you need when you're travelling?Question 3 of 6
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When the weather's fine, I go to work on myVGhhdCdzIHJpZ2h0Lg==Tm8uIFlvdSBuZWVkIHRvIGNvbXBsZXRlIHRoZSBzZW50ZW5jZSB3aXRoIGEgbWVhbnMgb2YgdHJhbnNwb3J0IHdpdGggdHdvIHdoZWVscy4=
atube station, please?
btube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
cOyster card when I'm travelling in London.
dfull English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
erush hour and get a good seat on the train.
ffolding bike.
That's right.
No. You need to complete the sentence with a means of transport with two wheels.
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What do you need when you're travelling?Question 4 of 6
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If you leave work early, you'll miss theVGhhdCdzIHJpZ2h0Lg==WW91IG5lZWQgdGhlIHBocmFzZSBmb3IgYSBwYXJ0aWN1bGFyIHRpbWUgb2YgZGF5IGhlcmUsIHdoZW4gbG90cyBvZiBwZW9wbGUgYXJlIHRyYXZlbGxpbmcu
atube station, please?
btube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
cOyster card when I'm travelling in London.
dfull English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
erush hour and get a good seat on the train.
ffolding bike.
That's right.
You need the phrase for a particular time of day here, when lots of people are travelling.
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What do you need when you're travelling?Question 5 of 6
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I hate travelling byVGhhdCdzIHJpZ2h0Lg==Tm8sIHlvdSBuZWVkIGEgbWVhbnMgb2YgdHJhbnNwb3J0IGhlcmUsIGJ1dCBub3Qgb25lIHdpdGggb25seSB0d28gd2hlZWxzLg==
atube station, please?
btube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
cOyster card when I'm travelling in London.
dfull English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
erush hour and get a good seat on the train.
ffolding bike.
That's right.
No, you need a means of transport here, but not one with only two wheels.
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What do you need when you're travelling?Question 6 of 6
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I always use myVGhhdCdzIHJpZ2h0Lg==Tm8sIHRoZXJlIGlzIGEgc3BlY2lhbCB0aGluZyB5b3UgbmVlZCB3aGVuIHlvdSB0cmF2ZWwgaW4gdGhlIGNhcGl0YWwgY2l0eSBvZiBFbmdsYW5kLg==
atube station, please?
btube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
cOyster card when I'm travelling in London.
dfull English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
erush hour and get a good seat on the train.
ffolding bike.
That's right.
No, there is a special thing you need when you travel in the capital city of England.
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I always go running on a
Sirrii miti
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Can you tell me the way to the
Sirrii miti
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When the weather's fine, I go to work on my
Sirrii miti
4
If you leave work early, you'll miss the
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I hate travelling by
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I always use my
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Well done! Now to finish the session, listen to the next 6 Minute Vocabulary. Join Finn and Alice as they discuss a useful way to learn vocabulary by looking at chunks of language.
