Stories/Dates. The Mirabals & Nov 25 + Pron. Pasts!

Listen to this adaptation of an original advanced text on the Mirabal Sisters to the pre-intermediate level. It’s a mediation project by A2 (pre-intermediate students). I’ve recorded it to help them with the second part, and with the pronunciation of the pasts in the active and the passive!

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Elementary. Irregular verbs and some tips for the Past simple!

Elementary

This recording has no transcript because textbooks include a list of irregular verbs at the end of the textbook, so check yours!

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Elementary/Pre-intermediate. Today! (2) My Day Today 2.2

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Elementary/Pre-intermediate. Today! (2) My Day Today 2.1

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Elementary/Pre-intermediate. Today! (1) – Pres. Perf. or Past Simple? + Dialog

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Elementary. Writing Holiday Postcards. Part 2

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Elementary. Writing Holiday Postcards. Part 1

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Elementary. Past. Questions & Answers 2 (with “be”, other verbs, “have + Who/What as subject)

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Elementary. Past. Talking about your winter holidays

This audio includes some language tips, too: on the uses of “will” and the good context for practicing comparatives here, the use of the present perfect + “ever” in the UK and of the past simple + “ever” in the USA, plus a language note, on the use of How …? &What … like?

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