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LINC Video Conversation Lessons

Lesson 01: Greetings - Sunny Day
Lesson 02: Greetings - Rainy Day
Lesson 03: Small Business Licence
Lesson 04: Train Station - Greetings - Weather
Lesson 05: Post Office - Possessive Pronouns
Lesson 06: Telephone - Will
Lesson 06A: Delivery
Lesson 07: Favour - Requests
Lesson 08: Favour 2 - Requests
Lesson 09: Answering Machine - Pronouns
Lesson 10: Answering Machine Messages
Lesson 11: Haircut
Lesson 12: Reception Desk
Lesson 13: Reception Desk Messages
Lesson 14: At the Park
Lesson 15: Telephone Invite
Lesson 16: Directions
Lesson 17: Directions 2
Lesson 18: Driving Directions
Lesson 19: At a Cafe
Lesson 20: Making Breakfast
Lesson 21: Hiking Directions
Lesson 22: Hiking - Distance
Lesson 22: Hiking Distance
Lesson 23: Airport Welcome
Lesson 24: Shopping List
Lesson 25: Neighbours
Lesson 26: Phoning for Repairs
Lesson 27: Potluck Meal
Lesson 28: Pregnant - Doctor
Lesson 29: Drycleaners
Lesson 30: Buying Paint Supplies
Lesson 31: Party Directions - Invitation
Lesson 32: Helping a Friend
Lesson 33: Learning about a Car
Lesson 34: Renting
Lesson 35: Changing Shifts
Lesson 36: Bad Service - Restaurant
Lesson 37: Phoning 911
Lesson 38: 911 Emergency
Lesson 39: Medical Clinic
Lesson 40: Travelling Plans
Lesson 41: New Patient
Lesson 42: Buying a Used Bike
Lesson 43: Describing Jobs
Lesson 44: Camping
Lesson 45: Injured Worker
Lesson 46: Prescriptions - Time Expressions
Lesson 47: Shoe Repairs
Lesson 48: Buying Plants
Lesson 49: Bank Machine
Lesson 50: Long-distance Call
Lesson 51: Skating Lessons
Lesson 52: Spring Weather Report
Lesson 53: Buying a Stove
Lesson 54: Community Centre

LINC 3 Conversation Videos

L3 - Lesson 01: Reporting a Stolen Bike
L3 - Lesson 02: Returning a Faulty Product
L3 - Lesson 03: Buying Airline Tickets
L3 - Lesson 04: Invitation to a Party
L3 - Lesson 05: Community Volunteers
L3 - Lesson 06: Opening a Bank Account
L3 - Lesson 07: Planning a Camping Trip
L3 - Lesson 08: At the Travel Agent
L3 - Lesson 09: Employee Records
L3 - Lesson 10: Hospital Trainee
L3 - Lesson 12: Reporting a Break-in
L3 - Lesson 13: Travelling to Lima
L3 - Lesson 14: Talking about Children
L3 - Lesson 15: Parent-Teacher Meeting
L3 - Lesson 16: Plumbing Problem
L3 - Lesson 17 - Employment Office
L3 - Lesson 18: Car Accident
L3 - Lesson 19: Winter Weather Report
L3 - Lesson 20: Credit Card Problem
L3 - Lesson 21: NSF Cheque
L3 - Lesson 22: Job Interview

Funny Lessons

Funny Lesson 01 - Restaurant

Easy Lessons

EZ Lesson 01 - Restaurants
EZ Lesson 02 - Invitations
EZ Lesson 03: Airport - Airplane
EZ Lesson 04: Customs
EZ Lesson 05: Borrow Your Pen?
EZ Lesson 06: Shopping for Clothes
EZ Lesson 07: Shopping for Men's and Women's Clothes
EZ Lesson 08: Shopping for Pants
EZ Lesson 09: Shopping for Gifts
EZ Lesson 10: Shopping for Food

Mr. Bean Lessons

Bean in Love
Mr Bean: Baby
Mr. Bean
Mr. Bean - Driving
Mr. Bean - Library
Mr. Bean: Airplane
Mr. Bean: Environment
Mr. Bean: Hotel
Mr. Bean: Judo Class
Mr. Bean: Restaurant
Mr. Bean: Sandwich
Mr. Bean: Shopping

Themes

Directions
Driving
Environment
Family
Health
Home
Love
School
Shopping
Small Talk
Songs
Telephone
Travel
Work

Grammar

Adverbs
Articles
Be
Can
Can - Permission
Can - Ability
Can-Requests
Comparatives
Could
Could - Possibility
Could-Requests
Count and Non-count
Direct and Indirect Objects
Gerund or Infinitive
Going to - Future
Gonna
Have To
Himself- herself
In - On - At
Inseparable Two-word Verbs
Irregular Past
Like - Would Like
Must
Partitives
Possessive Adjectives
Prepositions
Present Simple
Present Tenses for Future
Pronouns
Question Words
Sentence Structure
Simple Past vs. Past Continuous
So - Too - Either - Neither
So Do I - I Do Too
Some-Any
Superlatives
Tag Questions
There is-There are
This - These
Too - Enough
Two-word Verbs
Verb + Infinitive
Verb Review
Want + Infinitive
adjectives
past tense
possessive pronouns
present perfect
should
will

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