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hello lovely students and welcome back

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to English with Lucy what is the

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ultimate goal in English for most it's

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this the C1 level why well it's the

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advanced level of English but C1 means

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having the freedom to express yourself

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it's the level where you can smoothly

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transition from giving an important

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presentation to cracking jokes with your

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friends we hear so much about C1 English

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but what does c one actually mean and

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what grammar do you need to know to

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reach an advanced level in English in

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this video I am going to teach you about

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all the grammar you need for C1 level

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English I've also created a free pdf

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guide It's got everything we cover in

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this lesson and it's your own guide to

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all of the grammar that you need to know

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to pass the C1 level of English I've

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also created a set of exercises to help

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you practice and test yourself if you'd

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like to download that just click on the

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okay before we get into the grammar we

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need to talk about what C1 means because

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a lot of people aren't sure so C1 is one

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of the six CFR levels that's the common

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European framework of reference they go

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from A1 to C2 with C2 being the highest

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at C1 you have an advanced level of

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English you're comfortable in a variety

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of Social and professional situations

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and lots of people who reach the SE one

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level use English at work or plan to in

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the future you can work in English at

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any level depending on the job

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requirements but you can pretty much

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take on any job you're qualified for at

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C1 without having to worry about your

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English skills if you're specifically

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aiming to thrive in a professional

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setting leading meetings negotiating

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deals or giving polished presentations

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my brand new C1 level business business

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English course is just about to launch

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and it will be just what you need it's

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called the professional English program

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level three it's opening soon you can

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join the wait list by clicking on the

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link in the description or scanning the

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QR code here if you join the wait list

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you'll be the first to know now at C1

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you can speak spontaneously even though

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you might still search for Expressions

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sometimes you can understand nuance and

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implicit meaning so you can make and

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understand jokes the first time I told a

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joke in Spanish and people actually

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laughed was one of my proudest moments

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and you also have a wide range of

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structures at your finger tips what

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structures I hear you ask well at C1 you

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need to use all of the grammar you've

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covered from A1 to B2 which is a lot but

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I have some great news at C1 there

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aren't actually that many entirely new

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grammatical structures to learn there

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are a few and they're my favorite to

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teach but more on that later at C1 you

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mostly need to add to the grammar you

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already know and you need to employ

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structures flexibly in a variety of

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contexts from chatting with your friends

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to Leading a meeting at work or writing

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a report so here is all the grammar you

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need for C1 we'll start with something

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that's usually new for C1 students

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participle Clauses we use participle

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Clauses to make sentences more concise

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they are also a great way to add some

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variation and complexity to your

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sentence structure which is important at

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C1 here are a few examples frustrated by

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the lack of progress the CEO called an

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emergency meeting a longer version could

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be because he was feeling frustrated by

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the lack of progress or having signed

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the contract contract we went out to

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celebrate a slightly longer version here

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could be after we had signed the

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contract you'll also need to look at

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some of the more advanced uses of

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relative clauses and how to use

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apposition at C1 what is apposition well

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it looks like this notice the two noun

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Clauses next to each other referring to

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the same thing the new training program

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a vital component of our employee

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development strategy will launch in

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April let's move on to the next topic

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conditional structures by the time you

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get to C1 you should be familiar with

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the0 to third conditionals you'll

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probably have already learned about

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mixed conditionals too although using

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those accurately usually takes practice

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at C1 you're ready to dive into more

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advanced structures like these were we

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to invest in the company we would be

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taking a huge risk C1 students will also

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know the subtle difference between were

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we invest and if we invested or another

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example suppose we were to expand into

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the Korean market how would that impact

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our operations notice the semicolon

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between the Clauses when we begin with

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suppose using punctuation accurately in

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more advanced structures will help you

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get to C1 moving along our next topic is

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the passive voice again you should

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already know about the basic rules but

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at C1 you'll learn how to use more

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advanced structures like using ing forms

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in the passive for example the issue

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lies in the funds not having been

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allocated correctly not having been

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allocated is a passive form and you'll

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be introduced to impersonal passive

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structures for example it is thought

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that the company will announce a new

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product line soon okay the next thing

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we're looking at is hedging nothing to

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do with gardening hedging is when you

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soften your message making it sound less

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forceful or less certain you might do

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this in order to be polite or to avoid

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being seen as arrogant or to express

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ideas that you're not sure are accurate

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very useful in addition to other

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structures we often use modal verbs like

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May might and could combined with

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hedging adverbs like potentially or

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conceivably this really takes your

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language to a C1 level like in this

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sentence opening an office in that

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region could potentially lead to

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lucrative

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Partnerships polite and

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professional at C1 you'll learn about

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some of the more advanced uses of moduls

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for example you'll learn the difference

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between you might have told me that the

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meeting had been cancelled and you might

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have told me that the meeting had been

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cancelled so the first one means maybe

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you did I can't remember and the second

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one means you should have told me the

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sentences are identical in speech the

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tone of voice would be different but in

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writing you'd have to work out the

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meaning from the context okay on to the

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next grammar points clefted sentences

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and inversion they're my favorites and

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my students love learning these

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structures too both are used for

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emphasis we'll start with cleft

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sentences with this structure we take

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one message Mage and we split it into

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two emphasizing a certain part by

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putting it in a separate Clause they

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often begin with it for example it's

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effective time management that sets top

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performing employees apart from the rest

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of the team you'll see similar

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structures beginning with what and all

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and now onto inversion you actually saw

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an example of this earlier in the video

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in the conditional section in the

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sentence were we to invest the normal

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subject verb order in a statement is

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inverted to were we at C1 you'll learn

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to use inversion in several ways for

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example after negative adverbials rarely

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does an opportunity like this arise in

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such a saturated Market sounds so fancy

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doesn't it and after other words and

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phrases like so and such so successful

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was the marketing campaign that sales

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doubled within a month I think those

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sentences just sound so beautiful and

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advanced okay we're moving on to the

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next point now linking words at C1 you

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need to be able to produce extended

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detailed texts that are well structured

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and easy to follow one way to do this is

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by using linking words you'll have

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learned a lot of the linking words you

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need by the time you reach B2 in English

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words like nevertheless and furthermore

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the key at C1 is revising linking words

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and ensuring you're using them

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effectively but there's always time to

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pick up some more advanced words and

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phrases like much as and not

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withstanding I put a couple of examples

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using those words in the PDF so don't

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forget to download that okay we have two

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more topics to go the next is

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comparative and superlative structures

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you'll already know a lot by the time

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you reach C1 but at an advanced level

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you'll add in structures the faster we

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finish the sooner we can leave we're on

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our last topic and we haven't talked

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about tenses yet and I haven't forgotten

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about them you should already be a

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fairly confident user of a variety of

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tenses by the time you reach C1 at the

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advanced level it's about practice and

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getting truly comfortable employing the

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right tense in different situations a C1

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course will also teach you some of the

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more advanced uses of tenses like using

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the present tense when narrating a story

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that happened in the past for example so

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I'm in the middle of preparing a big

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presentation and suddenly my laptop

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crashes it makes it sound more dramatic

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and you'll learn some Expressions that

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refer to the near future such as be on

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the verge of the company is on the verge

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of making a big announcement okay there

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you have it that is all of the grammar

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that you need for advanced C1 level

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English which of those structures do you

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need to consolidate to feel more

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comfortable using are there any that

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were new that you'd love to learn let me

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know in the comments and don't forget if

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your goal is to feel completely

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comfortable natural and confident using

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Advanced professional English at work

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join the waiting list for my

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professional English program level three

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it launches very soon and I want you to

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be the first to know the link is in the

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description I will see you in the next

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video

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bye

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