Unit 8: Mixed conditionals
Stop using the present perfect too much!
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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
A million migrants and refugees in Europe
Ebola outbreak over
High-tech device detects brain injuries
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The United Nations says the total number of migrants and other refugees crossing by sea to Europe in 2015 has now reached over a million – with most of them arriving in Greece.
The World Health Organisation says the Ebola outbreak in Guinea is officially over, two years after it first emerged there. More than 11,000 people have died of the disease. Most of them have been in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone. Health officials though still warning there could be sporadic outbreaks of Ebola.
A good news story now about a medical advance. London's air ambulance is trialling a handheld scanner - called the Infrascanner - that can detect potentially life-threatening brain injuries. The device can spot clots on the surface of the brain which, left untreated, could lead to disability or death.
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.
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happening at irregular intervalsQuestion 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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notice something that is difficult to find or seeQuestion 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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move from one side to the other.Question 3 of 3
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End of Session 3
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Session Vocabulary
crossing
moving from one side to the othersporadic
happening at irregular intervalsspot
notice something that is difficult to find or see