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Hello and welcome back to English with Lucy.

- This is day two of my five -day shadowing challenge.

Today's focus is grammar, and in under 30 minutes, you'll strengthen some structures that make your English sound clear and natural.

If this is your first day joining the challenge, make sure you start with day one so that you can follow the story from the beginning.

There's a link in the description that takes you to the full five day shadowing challenge playlist.

where you can watch all the lessons in order and track your progress as you go.

And I have some great news.

Day two of your free consolidation course is now unlocked.

I've prepared some interactive grammar exercises with instant feedback, so there's no guessing and no waiting.

These activities go even deeper than today's lesson, giving you more examples, more contexts,

and more chances to see how the grammar structures work in real life.

If this is your first day here, welcome.

The consolidation course is completely free, and you'll get immediate access to days one and two.

You'll find the link to join for free in the description, or you can scan the QR code on screen now.

Once you're in, everything unlocks automatically.

I think you're going to love it.

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Right, let's start today's grammar lesson.

We will start with B1, the intermediate level.

"Shadow me" or "Listen, pause and repeat after me".

I've been trying to take the train more often recently.

So, I booked a ticket from London to Inverness.

When the day finally arrived, I boarded at King's Cross.

And as we picked up speed, I watched London disappear behind me.

Okay, what tense can you see in the first clause?

It's the present perfect continuous.

The structure is subject plus have been plus ing verb.

We can use this tense to talk about an action that began in the past and continues up to now.

The focus is on the ongoing, unfinished nature of the action.

In fast speech, we tend to contract 'I have' to I've.

and pronounce 'been' then I've been.

I've been trying.

In your Day 2 consolidation course exercises,

You'll practice the difference between present perfect simple and present perfect continuous with interactive activities.

I've designed these activities to help you really understand when to use each tense, so that you stop second guessing yourself.

Okay, here's the next part of our story.

Shadow or repeat.

If I'd known the route was so beautiful, I'd have booked a window seat.

the journey which took around eight hours, passed surprisingly quickly.

Before I knew it.

I was in Inverness.

Okay, which conditional structure is in the first sentence?

It is the third conditional.

The basic structure is 'if' + 'subject' + 'past perfect',

comma, subject plus would have plus past participle.

The past perfect tense is 'had' plus past participle.

So it's, if I had known, I would have booked.

We use the third conditional to imagine a different past.

often to express regrets in the listening passage i had was contracted to eyed And then there was a double contraction.

'I would have' is contracted to 'I'd have'.

Did you notice that both had and would are contracted to apostrophe D.

When you want to say or write the full form, be careful to use the correct word.

The next structure is a relative clause in this second sentence.

"Which took around eight hours" is a non -defining relative clause.

It gives extra but non -essential information about the journey.

We can remove the clause and the sentence still makes perfect sense.

The clause starts with the relative pronoun 'which' and is separated from the rest of the sentence with commas.

When speaking, I pause slightly before and after saying this clause.

"Shadow me" or "Listen, pause and repeat after me".

If I'd known the route was so beautiful, I'd have booked a window seat.

the journey which took around eight hours, passed surprisingly quickly.

Before I knew it, I was in Inverness.

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Okay, let's move on to B2, the upper intermediate level of English.

Shadow me now if you can.

But the adventure was far from over.

All I could think was: "By the time I reach my cottage,

'I'll have been travelling for more than 13 hours.' I picked up my rental car and I was off.

Okay, we have a beautiful B2 level structure to focus on here.

The future perfect continuous.

The basic structure is 'subject' plus 'will have been' plus 'ing verb'.

I will have been travelling.

We use this tense to talk about an action in progress that will continue to a specific point in the future.

The continuous tense emphasises the duration.

Thirteen hours is a long time.

And did you notice another double contraction?

I will have became I love two syllables with a schwa in the second.

I love.

And again, in fast speech we usually say: bin.

I'll have been rather than been.

In your day two consolidation course, You'll work through exercises comparing the future perfect simple and future perfect continuous.

These can be tricky tenses, but the interactive format makes them so much clearer.

You'll get instant feedback on every answer.

Shadow me again now and give that double contraction a go.

But the adventure was far from over.

all I could think was: "By the time I reach my cottage,

'I'll have been travelling for more than 13 hours.' "I picked up my rental car." And I was off.

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Okay, here's the next part of our story at B2 level.

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I'm so used to endless traffic jams in London that I couldn't believe how quickly I got out into the country.

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And "The further I drove, the more beautiful it got.

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Okay, first, a structure that confuses even my advanced students.

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To be used to.

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If you are used to something, it is normal for you.

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"Be used to" is followed by a noun or a gerund.

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I'm used to traffic jams.

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or I'm used to sitting in traffic.

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The next sentence contained an interesting comparative structure.

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we can see the plus comparative comma the plus comparative further and more beautiful are the comparatives.

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This structure shows a cause and effect.

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One thing happens, I drive further, and something changes in response.

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It gets more beautiful.

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The two clauses are separated by a comma, so when speaking, we pause slightly between them.

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Shadow me again now.

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I'm so used to endless traffic jams in London that I couldn't believe how quickly I got out into the country.

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And, "The further I drove, the more beautiful it got.

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So, do you think you're ready for B2?

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Question tags, relative and participle clauses, the passive voice, cleft sentences, and so much more.

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you'll get hundreds of targeted exercises with downloadable PDFs that break down exactly how these structures work.

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Follow Ryan as he adapts to British life and you'll see the future perfect continuous,

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Okay, we're moving on to C1 now, the advanced level of English.

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Shadow me if you can.

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'What struck me as I drove along was how changeable the weather is there.' One moment it was really dull.

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And the next, it was bright sunshine.

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The drive wound past glens and locks, On and on.

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Okay, there's a lovely structure at the start of that passage, a cleft sentence.

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It starts with 'what' followed by a clause.

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Then we have the linking verb 'to be', 'was'.

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and another clause.

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We tend to use cleft structures for emphasis, and in this case, the focus is on the information in the second half of the sentence,

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which is often new or interesting.

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In your Day 2 consolidation course materials, we dive deeper into cleft structures with clear examples and practice exercises.

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This is advanced grammar that makes you sound sophisticated and natural.

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The exercises help you better understand these structures so they become instinctive.

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Shout in me again now.

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'What struck me as I drove along was how changeable the weather is there.' One moment it was really dull.

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And the next, it was bright sunshine.

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The drive wound past glens and locks, On and on.

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We'll listen to the final part of our story now.

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Just as I was on the verge of giving up ever finding it,

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"The cottage came into view." Little did I realise how far it was from civilisation.

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And, of course, I'd forgotten to buy any food.

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I wolfed down a bag of crisps and tumbled into bed.

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Okay, first, let's look at to be on the verge of.

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This means to be very close to experiencing or doing something.

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We often say someone is on the verge of tears, meaning about to cry.

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At C1 level, you move beyond simply using tenses to discuss time and add in other advanced structures.

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Next, we have a super advanced grammar point.

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In the phrase 'little did I realize', What do you notice about the word order?

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Well, the subject -verb order of an affirmative sentence is inverted like in a question.

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When we use negative or limiting adverbs like little at the beginning of a sentence, we invert the word order.

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Inversion is used for emphasis.

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When there's no auxiliary verb, we use do or did, like in our example.

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Another sentence like this: Never had I eaten anything so delicious.

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Shadow me again now, just as I was on the verge of giving up ever finding it.

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"The cottage came into view." Little did I realise how far it was from civilisation.

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And, of course, I'd forgotten to buy any food.

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I wolfed down a bag of crisps.

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and tumbled into bed.

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Brilliant work today.

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You've just wrapped up day two and your grammar is shaping up nicely.

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Our day three lesson is going to be practical.

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It's all about pronunciation and trust me, It's going to be a lot of fun.

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Don't forget to do your day two consolidation course exercises.

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Those interactive grammar tasks will really make everything stick.

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I can't wait to see you for day three.

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Bye!

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Deze video bevat 188 zinnen en 2118 woorden om na te spreken. Het gesproken deel duurt 15:53. De spreker praat in een gelijkmatig tempo van ongeveer 133 woorden per minuut, prettig om te shadowen. Slechts 78% van de woorden hoort bij de 3.000 meest gebruikte Engelse woorden, dus de woordenschat is pittig.

Belangrijke woorden in deze video

15 minder gangbare woorden uit de video, met uitspraak en betekenis:

grammar /ˈɡɹæm.ə(ɹ)/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — spraakkunst, grammatica. A system of rules and principles for the structure of a language, or of languages in general.
clause /klɔːz/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — nevenschikking, bijzin. A group of words that contains a subject and a verb; it may be part of a sentence or may constitute the whole sentence, depending on the syntax in each…
shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — schaduw. A dark image projected onto a surface where light (or other radiation) is blocked by the shade of an object.
lesson /ˈlɛs.ən/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — les. A section of learning or teaching into which a wider learning content is divided.
tense /tɛns/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — tijd, tempus. The property of indicating the point in time at which an action or state of being occurs or exists.
continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — continu, voortdurend. Without stopping; without a break, cessation, or interruption.
verb /vɝb/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — werkwoord. A word that indicates an action, event, or state of being.
relative /ˈɹɛl.ə.tɪv/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — familielid, bloedverwant. Someone connected by blood, marriage, or adoption; someone in the same family.
conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — voorwaardelijke wijs. A conditional sentence; a statement that depends on a condition being true or false.
feedback /ˈfiːdˌbæk/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — terugkoppeling. Critical assessment of a process or activity or of their results.
pause /pɔːz/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — pauze. A temporary stop or rest; an intermission of action; interruption; suspension; cessation.
comparative /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/ (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) — vergelijkend. Of or relating to comparison.
verge /vɜːd͡ʒ/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — roede, staf. A rod or staff of office, e.g. of a verger.
naturally /ˈnæt͡ʃ.(ə.)ɹə.li/ (bijwoord) — natuurlijk. In a natural manner.
bonus /ˈbəʊ.nəs/ (zelfstandig naamwoord) — bonus, extraatje. Something extra that is good; an added benefit.

Phrasal verbs die je zult horen

pick up (werkwoord) — oppakken, optillen. To lift; to grasp and raise.
give up (werkwoord) — zich overgeven. To surrender (someone or something); to inform on (someone).
break down (werkwoord) — stukgaan, kapot gaan. To stop functioning.
wrap up (werkwoord) — inpakken, omhullen. To cover or enclose (something) by folding and securing a covering entirely around it.

Uitspraak om op te letten

De spreker gebruikt 50 samentrekkingen en verkorte vormen, zoals you'll, I'd, I've. Spreek ze kort uit, zoals je ze hoort.

De “th”-klanken: strengthen /ˈstɹɛŋ(k)θən/, thirteen /ˌθɝtˈtin/
De klanken “sh” en “zh”: shadow /ˈʃædəʊ̯/, consolidation /kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/, conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/, sunshine /ˈsʌnʃaɪn/, friendship /ˈfɹɛn(d)ʃɪp/
Lange woorden — let op de klemtoon: continuous /kənˈtɪn.juː.əs/, consolidation /kənˌsɑləˈdeɪʃən/, interactive /ˌɪn.tɚˈæk.tɪv/, conditional /kənˈdɪʃ.ə.nəl/, comparative /kəmˈpæɹətɪv/

Zo oefen je met deze video

Luister de hele video één keer zonder te spreken en noteer de woorden die je niet kent.
Spreek zin voor zin na op normale snelheid en herhaal elke zin tot je ritme gelijk is aan dat van de spreker.
Neem jezelf op en vergelijk met het origineel; let daarbij op woorden als grammar, clause, shadow.

Grammatica in deze video

De structuren die de spreker het meest gebruikt, met de exacte woorden uit de video:

Structuur	In de video
Present perfect continuous have/has been + -ing — iets dat eerder begon en nog bezig is	you've been waiting · I've been trying
Lijdende vorm be + voltooid deelwoord — het gaat om wat er gebeurt, niet om wie het doet	is now unlocked · had was contracted · is contracted
Present perfect have/has + voltooid deelwoord — iets uit het verleden dat nu nog telt	I've prepared · have been · I've been

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Uitspraak om op te letten

Zo oefen je met deze video

Grammatica in deze video

Wat is de Shadowing-techniek?