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Structure

Structure: ‘Used to’

Southwest passengers used to choose any free seat on board — not anymore. A B1 look at 'used to' for habits and states that were true…

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Structure: ‘Future in the past’

Learn the 'future in the past' (was/were going to, was/were to, would) through the FAA's emergency flight reductions during the 2025 US government shutdown, with an…

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Structure: ‘Zero conditional’

Learn the zero conditional (If + present simple, present simple) through new airline rules for lithium batteries and power banks, with a gap-fill practice and a…

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Structure: ‘Zero conditional’

If a passenger connects, they get online — the zero conditional explains general, always-true rules, contrasted with the first conditional's one-off future guesses.

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Structure: ‘Mixed conditionals’

Combine an unreal past condition with a present result (or the reverse) using mixed conditionals, grounded in this summer's transatlantic route cuts.