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Speculate About The Past

18 August 2014 by Marc

Sometimes you need to give ideas about what you think happened in a past event, including the reasons why. In this post, I’m going to give you some help to speculate about the past.

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Posted in: Output, Speaking, Writing Tagged: b1, hedging, opinion, opinions, past, presentperfect, speculation

Hedging: Podcast

16 April 2014 by Marc

Today’s podcast is about hedging. Sometimes you want to make your opinion sound weaker than it really is. Listen for some examples of how to do it. 20140416 Hedging The podcast is also available in the iTunes Store by searching for Get Great English or clicking here.

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Posted in: Podcast Tagged: conversation, hedging, opinion

Think ‘3’ When Writing Opinion-Based Test Essays

10 February 2014 by Marc

When you write opinion-based essays for TOEFL or IELTS, you need to keep thinking about organising your thoughts in threes. This helps you to structure your writing more effectively. When you have three thoughts to organise each part of your writing it is much easier to stay with your plan. Plan in Three Parts You … [Read more…]

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Posted in: Writing Tagged: 3, ielts, opinion, tests, toefl, video, writing, youtube

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