Building more advanced sentences

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followed by an ing

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verb and by the passive voice in this

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sentence. Remember that I go into a lot

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more detail on the grammar in the B1 to

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C1 ebook, and the link is down below if

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you fancy reading more in depth.

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Finally, I want to talk about

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adjectives. And you start using

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adjectives right from A1 level, the very

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first beginner level. But, as you move

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to higher levels in English, you are

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expected to move beyond flying is scary.

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So, let's talk about flying at B1, B2,

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and C1 levels. So, B1, flying is much

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less scary than I imagined. B2,

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the thought of it was utterly

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terrifying. And C1, for me, flying is

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not so much alarming as dull. So, at B1,

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we use words like much and slightly in

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addition to basic comparative adjectives

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to move beyond A2 level and show big and

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small differences. Much less scary. At

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B2 level, we use adverb adjective

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collocations to add some spice to our

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descriptions.

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Utterly terrifying, not bitterly or

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entirely