Unit 10: The indefinite article - in 90 seconds
Learn the most common sound in English to improve your pronunciation!
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- 1 Go beyond intermediate with our new video course
- 2 Reported speech in 90 seconds!
- 3 If or whether?
- 4 5 ways to use 'would'
- 5 Let and allow
- 6 Passive voice
- 7 Unless
- 8 Mixed conditionals
- 9 The zero article - in 90 seconds
- 10 The indefinite article - in 90 seconds
- 11 The. That's right - the! Learn all about it in 90 seconds
- 12 The continuous passive
- 13 Future perfect
- 14 Need + verb-ing
- 15 Have something done
- 16 Wish
- 17 Word stress
- 18 Different ways of saying 'if'
- 19 Passive reporting structures
- 20 The subjunctive
- 21 When and if
- 22 Inversion
- 23 Phrasal verbs
- 24 The future
- 25 Modals in the past
- 26 Narrative tenses
- 27 Phrasal verb myths
- 28 Conditionals review
- 29 Used to - review
- 30 Linking words of contrast
Session 3
Get up-to-date with the latest news and understand it too with Lingohack. Listen to and watch authentic BBC World News bulletins and learn key words and phrases that help you make sense of the news.
Activity 1
Lingohack
Today's Headlines
Trump and Sanders win New Hampshire
Zuma in court for home improvement
Horses don't like 'long faces'
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The second vote of the US presidential election season, New Hampshire primaries – they've given victories to the outsider candidates the Republican Party battle won by Donald Trump, the Democrat's contest by Bernie Sanders.
South Africa’s Constitutional Court's considering whether the president Jacob Zuma should pay back some of the $23m of taxpayers’ money spent on refurbishing his private home. His lawyers say he will repay all improvements to his ranch that were not security related.
One particular animal species holds the title of man’s best friend but horses… they’ve been living alongside humans for 6,000 years. A new study shows that adapting to our world has changed the way they think because British scientists have discovered that domestic horses can recognise our facial expressions. The animals were measurably more stressed by angry faces.
To do
Try these questions to test your ability to use the words from this Lingohack video.
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3 Questions
Use one of the words or phrases from this Lingohack to complete the sentences. You may have to change the form of the word.
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Activity
Use one of the words or phrases from this Lingohack to complete the sentences. You may have to change the form of the word.
Hint
make changes to a building to improve itQuestion 1 of 3
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Activity
Use one of the words or phrases from this Lingohack to complete the sentences. You may have to change the form of the word.
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a competitor with little chance of winningQuestion 2 of 3
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Use one of the words or phrases from this Lingohack to complete the sentences. You may have to change the form of the word.
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change behaviour to suit a new situationQuestion 3 of 3
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End of Session 3
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Session Vocabulary
outsider
(here) a competitor with little chance of winningrefurbishing
making changes to a building to improve itadapting
changing behaviour to suit a new situation