Three Step English - Practice #3 - How to Discuss Purpose in English - Practice

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🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Practice expressing purpose

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0:00.8	Do you know how to discuss purpose in English?
0:03.8	Welcome to Three Step English Practice by English Class 101.com.
0:08.8	In this lesson, you'll practice how to discuss purpose.
0:13.5	Let's look at the main dialogue.
0:15.8	Two people are having a conversation.
0:20.1	Back in China, I was studying to be a musician, but I gave up on that dream.
0:24.6	Now, I'm setting up an agency to represent American artists in China.
0:29.6	Is that so?
0:31.6	When I open up my restaurant, I want a big stage to book live shows.
0:36.6	Maybe you can help me with that.
0:38.3	Both of these characters express something they did or want to do to accomplish a goal.
0:44.3	The first does so by saying that they studied to be a musician.
0:48.3	Then she says she's setting up an agency to represent artists.
0:53.3	The second does this by saying they want a big stage to book live says she's setting up an agency to represent artists.
0:54.2	The second does this by saying they want a big stage
0:57.4	to book live shows.
0:59.5	In both cases, the characters use two,
1:02.4	followed by a bare infinitive, to explain their purpose.
1:06.1	Let's practice with this grammar more in this lesson.
1:10.0	Choose the best answer to complete the sentence.
1:13.1	Ready?
1:15.3	I'll go early a table.
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