Unit 23: Phrasal verbs
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- 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:
Obama to visit Hiroshima but no apology
Canada wildfire aftermath
NASA discovers new planets
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The White House is saying President Obama will not apologise for the American atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima when he visits later this month. It will be highly symbolic – the first time a serving American president has been to the Japanese city since it was obliterated in August 1945.
Nearly a week after a massive wildfire first took hold in the Canadian province of Alberta, officials have had their first look at the damage inflicted on the city of Fort McMurray. Thousands of homes were burnt to the ground but authorities say the damage is far less than first feared. They're now working on producing a re-entry plan within two weeks.
NASA has discovered nearly 1300 new planets outside the Solar System. The exoplanets were found with the Kepler space telescope. NASA says the discovery increases the chance of finding at least one other planet like Earth that might support life.
To do
Try these questions to test your ability to use the words from this Lingohack video.
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4 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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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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completely destroyedQuestion 1 of 4
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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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something unpleasant or harmful being forced on someone or somethingQuestion 2 of 4
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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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showing or representing something that is extremely importantQuestion 3 of 4
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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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planet outside the Earth's solar systemQuestion 4 of 4
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Session Vocabulary
highly symbolic
showing or representing something that is extremely importantobliterated
completely destroyedinflicted
something unpleasant or harmful forced on someone or somethingexoplanets
planets outside the Earth's solar system