Unit 29: Used to - review
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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
- 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:
A dangerous route to Europe
Safety concerns for Mumbai's sewer workers
Bad news for some British school pupils
Watch the video and complete the activity
To the deserts of North Africa now where many start their journey to Europe in search of a better life. As the EU cracks down on people arriving in Greece from Turkey more and more people are risking their lives on the merciless route across the Sahara to Libya. Then over the Mediterranean to reach Europe. The International Office for Migration estimates 100,000 people pass through there last year alone.
In India it's sewers – they run beneath the streets and they are an essential part of infrastructure. Keeping them free from blockages is not just a hard and unpleasant job but it can also be dangerous because workers are employed on a day-by-day basis, often without safety gear.
The children of white British parents do worse in their GCSEs [exams] than those who speak English as a second language. This is according to an education think tank. It's The Centre Forum, which also says many primary school pupils are falling behind the world's leading countries in education such as Finland and Canada.
To do
Try these questions to test your ability to use the words from this Lingohack video.
Use the words from Lingohack
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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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
starting to deal with a situation in a more severe wayQuestion 1 of 4
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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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group of experts who together develop ideas on a certain subjectQuestion 2 of 4
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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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system that enables something to run smoothlyQuestion 3 of 4
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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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unforgiving / very hardQuestion 4 of 4
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End of Session 3
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Session Vocabulary
cracks down
starts to deal with a situation in a more severe waymerciless
unforgiving / very hardinfrastructure
system that enables something to run smoothlythink tank
group of experts who together develop ideas on a certain subject