Unit 2: Reported speech in 90 seconds!
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- 2 Reported speech in 90 seconds!
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- 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
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- 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:
Syrian rebels leave Homs
Paris: Missed warnings
Lions poisoned
Watch the video and complete the activity
Syrian rebels have begun leaving the last areas they've been holding in the city of Homs. A local ceasefire agreed with the government is allowing them to leave. It's a deal which means that the entire city is now back in government hands.
An opportunity to arrest the suspected ringleader of last month's attacks in Paris may have been missed. Abdelhamid Abaaoud slipped through an international operation to capture him in January, while he was in the Greek capital, Athens.
Two Maasai farmers have been charged after allegations that they poisoned a famous pride of lions in Kenya. Eight lions from the Marsh Pride in the Maasai Mara National Reserve are being treated for poisoning. Two others have been found dead. It's thought that the lions had killed three of the farmers' cows.
To do
Try these questions to test your ability to use the words from this Lingohack.
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3 Questions
Use one of the words or phrases from this Lingohack to complete the sentences
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Activity
Use one of the words or phrases from this Lingohack to complete the sentences
Hint
What word means statements that haven't been confirmed?Question 1 of 3
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Activity
Use one of the words or phrases from this Lingohack to complete the sentences
Hint
This word means an agreement to stop fighting.Question 2 of 3
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Activity
Use one of the words or phrases from this Lingohack to complete the sentences
Hint
This word means the leader of a criminal group.Question 3 of 3
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Session Vocabulary
ceasefire
agreement to stop fightingringleader
leader of a criminal groupallegations
statements that haven't been confirmed