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Lesson title: DailyStep-3_student-exam-003_01

Linda: I hear you are taking some exams this week.

John: Yes, I am. I have three of them this week.
Linda:
John:

I really hope they go well for you.

Thank you, so do I. Ive been studying really hard but I still dont

feel as if I have done enough work!

Linda:

Im sure youll be fine. Just stay calm and focussed.

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Situation: John and Linda discuss Johns week of examinations.
Style: general
.
Notes:
1. taking some exams = doing some examinations / sitting some exams (note:
there is a difference between passing an exam and taking an exam. If you pass
an exam, you are successful in it, and you get a good enough grade not to fail it.
If you take an exam, or sit an exam, it just means that you do the exam, and
then you have to wait for the results.)
2. Yes, I am. (using only the auxiliary) = Yes, I am taking some exams
3. three of them = three exams
4. I really hope = I very much hope (more formal)
5. they go well for you = they are successful for you (more formal)
6. so do I (using only the auxiliary) = I hope so too
7. Ive been studying really hard (note: here we use the present perfect continuous
tense I have been studying, instead of the present perfect simple I have
studied in order to emphasise the continuous nature of my study, and also the
fact that I am still studying now. If we say I have studied it sounds more as if
the action of studying is complete.) = recently, I have studied a lot and on many
occasions
8. I still dont feel = nevertheless, I dont feel / even so, I dont feel
9. as if = as though
10. I have done enough work = I have worked hard enough
11. youll be fine = you will be OK

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12. Just stay = The important thing to do is to stay (more emphatic)

13. calm and focussed = unworried and with concentration
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