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 This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common present 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.

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Vocabulary: be, go, visit, leave, do, take out, change, finish, wash, study, cut, apply, accomplish, have, work, get, enjoy, settle, make, motivate, want, impress, cost, break, cause, forget, find, spend, get, hear

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common comparative 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.

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Vocabulary: be, am, are, is, what kind of, married, father, uncle, children, teenagers, wife, get well soon

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses the words "some" and "any," 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.

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Vocabulary: thirsty, some, don’t have any, do we have any, we have some, is there any, do you have any, I’m looking for some, are there any, you’re looking for, it doesn’t have any, get some, do you think they have any, I don’t think they have any, anything else, I don’t have any time, some things, buy some groceries, do you have any money, I don’t have any cash, I have some money

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common comparative 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.

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Vocabulary: small, large, expensive, good (better), difficult, hard, late, early, fast, big, bad (worse), beautiful, ugly, comfortable, cheap, important, easy, small, light

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses didn't for past tense negative statements, 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.

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Vocabulary: do, have, understand, try, study, explain, tell, see, ask, go, want, realize, plan, think, answer, drink, take out, vacuum, sweep, remember, look, wake up, clean, feed, follow, make, cook, help, buy, get, know, say

This episode has three conversations. Each conversation uses common past 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 normal speed with some words reduced and strung together.

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Vocabulary: see, do, need, go, buy, come back, clean, sweep, mop, vacuum, spend, eat, watch, be, be able to, work, take, cook, need, relax, finish, look, listen, answer, study, speak, write, review

This episode has a story uses common past tense verbs that are irregular. The story is 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, want, understand, wake up, sing, become, go, let, get, see, take, hold, come, fly, hit, feel, put, leave, steal, freeze, remain, drop, catch, say, keep, read

This episode has four conversations. Each conversation uses common present 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 normal speed with some words reduced and strung together. 

Vocabulary: believe, do, go, take, work out, clean, take out, wash, look like, give, check, fill out, answer, help, make, order, have, pick up, finish, play, eat, take, drive, walk, sing, spend, love, enjoy

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

 This episode has six short conversations. Each conversation uses "is there" and "are there," 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 stuck together.

Vocabulary: are there any, pantry, don’t have any, we have some, is there any, fridge, behind, left, is there a, whose, yard, friendly, we don’t drink, decide, enroll, we have a, key, is there any way, it depends, how fast, objective, have in mind, to be able to, I am glad to help