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Unit 4: The daily grind
Adverbs of frequency
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- 9 The big wedding
- 10 Sunny's job hunt
- 11 The bucket list
- 12 Moving and migration
- 13 Welcome to BBC Broadcasting House
- 14 New Year, New Project
- 15 From Handel to Hendrix
- 16 What's the weather like?
- 17 The Digital Revolution
- 18 A detective story
- 19 A place to live
- 20 The Cult of Celebrity
- 21 Welcome to your new job
- 22 Beyond the planets
- 23 Great expectations!
- 24 Eco-tourism
- 25 Moving house
- 26 It must be love
- 27 Job hunting success... and failure
- 28 Speeding into the future
- 29 Lost arts
- 30 Tales of survival
Session 1
Love it or hate it, most of us have to get to work, school or university every day. In this session, Emma and Rob tell us about their journeys to work. You'll learn some travel vocabulary and take a look at some useful language for talking about how often things happen.
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Activity 4
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Think about where you might need to get to.Help
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What's a means of getting to work?Help
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Think about eating something before doing physical activity.Help
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What's the time of day when lots of people are travelling to and from work?Help
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Complete the sentence with a means of transport.Help
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What do you need when you're travelling?Help
Can you tell me the way to the
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tube station, please?
I hate travelling by
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rush hour and get a good seat on the train.
I always go running on a
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folding bike.
If you leave work early, you'll miss the
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Oyster card when I'm travelling in London.
When the weather's fine, I go to work on my
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tube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
I always use my
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full English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
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What do you need when you're travelling?Question 1 of 6
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tube station, please?
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rush hour and get a good seat on the train.
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folding bike.
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tube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
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full English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
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Oyster card when I'm travelling in London.
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a
tube station, please?
b
rush hour and get a good seat on the train.
c
folding bike.
d
tube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
e
full English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
f
Oyster card when I'm travelling in London.
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You need the phrase for a particular time of day here, when lots of people are travelling.
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What do you need when you're travelling?Question 3 of 6
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I hate travelling by
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a
tube station, please?
b
rush hour and get a good seat on the train.
c
folding bike.
d
tube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
e
full English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
f
Oyster card when I'm travelling in London.
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No, you need a means of transport here, but not one with only two wheels.
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I always go running on a
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a
tube station, please?
b
rush hour and get a good seat on the train.
c
folding bike.
d
tube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
e
full English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
f
Oyster card when I'm travelling in London.
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No, you need to complete the sentence with a food-related phrase here.
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When the weather's fine, I go to work on my
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a
tube station, please?
b
rush hour and get a good seat on the train.
c
folding bike.
d
tube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
e
full English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
f
Oyster card when I'm travelling in London.
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No. You need to complete the sentence with a means of transport with two wheels.
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I always use my
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a
tube station, please?
b
rush hour and get a good seat on the train.
c
folding bike.
d
tube. It's too crowded down in those tunnels.
e
full English breakfast. I hate exercising when I'm hungry.
f
Oyster card when I'm travelling in London.
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No, there is a special thing you need when you travel in the capital city of England.
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Well done! Now to finish the session, listen to the next 6 Minute Vocabulary. Join Finn and Alice as they discuss a useful way to learn vocabulary by looking at chunks of language.