This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common modals of obligation, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. Vocabulary: Should, Ought to, Had better, Have to, Need to, Be supposed to ..read more

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the third conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.  Vocabulary: tough, workout, out of shape, argue, get in shape, get rid of, junk food, pantry, diabetes, realize, health, salesman, negotiate, break down, fix, accident, catch on fire, fall asleep, run into, pole, firefighter, rescue, sprain, ankle, instead, prevent ..read more

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the passive voice in the past tense, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. Vocabulary: destroy, rescue, see, inundate, injure, damage, kill, give, list, post, add, arrest, chase, investigate, catch, show, take, know, offer, bless, tell, provide, hit, ruin ..read more

 This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the second conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. Vocabulary: save money, lose money, easy to say, vet/veterinarian, search, recommend, who knows, waste away, lonely, spouse, rattlesnake, poisonous, tail, warn, touch, bite, leave alone, go away ..read more

This episode has three conversations. Each conversation uses common past tense verbs that are irregular, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at normal speed with some words reduced and strung together. Vocabulary: be, swim, tell, choose, decide, practice, begin, drink, run, run into, build, have, cut, see, fall, hurt, put, hold, wrap, meet, ride, forget, bring, give, start, speak ..read more

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the first conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.  Vocabulary: you’ll be sorry, don’t have time, definitely, confident, preparation, team, game, practice, win, tough, recover, injury, get used to, throw a party, sweet, news, hurricane, hit, evacuate, protect, worry, keep an eye on, bug, close, be able to, box, unless, move, unpack, relax ..read more

 This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the zero conditional, so that you can practice hearing it in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. Vocabulary: documentary, elephant, sleep, mention, die, mourn, use, have to, sink, put, hamper, don’t get to, don’t get, ruin, the rest of, up all night, help, become, dedicated, provide, customer service, come back, extra, feel, loyal, company, hear, motivate, whenever, doctor, bad news, healt ..read more

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common superlative adjectives, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. For full transcript, click here. Vocabulary: good (best), tough, bad (worst), difficult, sad, strange, dark, humid, quiet, scary, beautiful, fast, strong, graceful, skillful, high, long, amazing, far (furthest), gorgeous, hot ..read more

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common future perfect tense verbs, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together. For full transcript, click here. Vocabulary: learn, study, decide, complete, accomplish, begin, start, develop, discover, change, spend, figure out, grow, do, renovate, paint, die down, lose  ..read more

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common present tense verbs in the passive voice, so that you can practice hearing them in a conversation. The conversations are played twice. The first time is at a comfortable speed, and the second time at a faster speed with some words reduced and strung together.  For full transcript, click here.  Vocabulary: make, mix, bake, add, put on, spread, build, design, construct, buy, raise, repair, engineer, sacrifice, fix, made of, reinforce, register, take, give, send, plan, do, finish, process ..read more