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VOCABULARY
Body Art and Decoration
- body painting: pintura corporal
- face paint: pintura facial
- pale: pálido/a
- mask: máscara
- hairstyles: peinados
- wig: peluca
- mohican: cresta
- make-up: maquillaje
- eyeliner: raya de ojos
- eye shadow: sombra de ojos
- lipstick: pintalabios
- nail varnish: pintauñas
- tattoo: tatuaje
- piercings: piercings
- nose stud: piercing de la nariz
- navel ring: piercing del ombligo
- earrings: pendientes
- necklace: collar
- jewellery: joyería, joyas
- fashionable: a la moda
Reading vocabulary
- forehead: frente
- tribes: tribus
- headscarf: pañuelo para la cabeza
- beauty standards: estándares de belleza
- pattern: patrón
- coming-of-age ritual: ritual de crecimiento
- cosmetic surgery: cirugía estética
- be keen on: gustar
- reckon: pensar, opinar
- prefer, like best: preferir
- audio guide: audioguía
- tickets: entradas
- leaplings: nacidos el 29/2
- leap day: 29 of February
- leap year: año bisiesto (cuando febrero tiene 29 días)
- siblings: hermanos/as
- actually: de hecho
Life habits
- be born: nacer
- grow up: crecer
- leave school: abandonar el colegio
- get a school diploma: graduarse del colegio
- go to university: ir a la universidad
- get a degree: licenciarse / graduarse de la universidad
- get a job: conseguir un trabajo
- learn to drive: aprender a conducir
- get the driving license: conseguir el carnet de conducir
- fall in love: enamorarse
- leave home: irse de casa
- buy a house: comprar una casa
- get engaged: comprometerse
- get married: casarse
- have children: tener hijos
- get divorced: divorciarse
- get old: envejecer
- retire: jubilarse
- die: morir
Uses of get
- get = obtain: get a driving license
- get = buy: get a house
- get = receive: get a present
- get = become: get older
- get = arrive: get home
- get = bring: get me a drink
Communication verbs
- talk: hablar, conversar
- tell: contar (*tell stories/trues)
- say: decir
- speak: hablar
- call: llamar
- text: mandar un mensaje de texto
- listen: escuchar
- phone: llamar por teléfono
- wave: saludar con la mano
- kiss: besar
- smile: sonreír
- laugh: reír
- cry: llorar
- nod: asentir con la cabeza
- shake your head: negar con la cabeza
- shake hands: dar la mano como saludo
- bow: hacer una reverencia
Technology
- take photos: fotografiar
- surf the Internet: navegar por Internet
- search information: buscar información
- do homework: hacer deberes
- play videogames: jugar videojuegos
- chat with other players: hablar con otros jugadores
- count your steps: contar tus pasos
- control your heart rate: controlar tu frecuencia cardíaca
- read your messages: leer tus mensajes
- pull the plug: desenchufar
- mobile phone: móvil
- gadget: artilugio, dispositivo
- laptop: portátil
- computer (pc): ordenador (sobremesa)
- smartwatch: reloj inteligente
- television (TV): televisión
- tablet: tableta
- e-reader / e-book: libro electrónico
- projector: proyector
- headphones / earphones: auriculares
- charger: cargador
- remote control: mando
- landline phone: teléfono fijo
- social networking site: redes sociales
- applications (apps): aplicaciones
- instant messaging: mensajería instantánea
- cloud computing: la nube
Oliver twist
- stealing: robo, robando
- rob / lash out: atacar
- pickpocket: carterista
- starving: muerto de hambre
- kill: matar
- peer pressured: presión de grupo
- victim: víctima
- kidnapping: secuestrar, raptar
- purse: monedero / bolsito
- bully: acosar, acosador
- aunty: tía (cariñosamente)
- coffin: ataúd
- punish: castigar
- duties: tareas, obligaciones
- blame: culpa
- kick out: echar
- therefore: por lo tanto
- whilst: mientras (que)
- homeless: sin hogar
- wealthy: rico/a (dinero)
- attempts: intentos
- rise: elevar
- upset: mal (hungry, sad, angry, uncomfortable… for many reasons)
Adventure sports
- base jumping: salto base
- bungee jumping: puénting
- inline skating: patinaje en línea
- rollerblading: patinaje sobre ruedas
- kayaking: practicar kayak
- rafting: rafting
- skydiving: paracaidismo
- bicicle motocross (BMX): ciclocross
- motocros: motocross
- rock climbing: escalada en roca
- surfing: surfear
- waterskiing: esquí acuático
- skiing: esquí en la nieve
- snowboarding: tabla de nieve
- snowmobile: moto de nieve
- skateboarding: deslizarse con skate
- rally-car racing: carrera de coches
- adrenaline rush: subidón de adrenalina
- train: entrenar
Visual art
- drawing – drawer: dibujo (lápiz)
- sculpture – sculptor: escultura
- graffiti – graffiti artist: grafiti
- pottery – potter: alfarería
- portait – painter: retrato
- photograph – photographer: frotografía
- landscape: paisaje
- installation: instalación
- still life: bodegón (objetos inanimados)
- print: impreso, grabado, estampado
Phrasal verbs
- find out: averiguar, descubrir
- set up: fundar, iniciar
- log on: iniciar sesión, conectarse
- look up: buscar (diccionario, lista)
- look for: buscar
- turn off: apagar
- turn on: encender
- turn up: subir
- turn down: bajar
- give back: dar de vuelta
- call back: devolver llamada
- catch up: ponerse al día
- give up: rendirse
- get used to: acostumbrarse a
-ed & -ing adjectives
Los verbos que acaban en -ed son los que sufren la acción del verbo.
En cambio, si acaben en -ing, son los que producen la acción del verbo.
Entonces:
- to embarass:
- embarassed: avergonzado
- embarassing: vergonzoso
- to bore:
- bored: aburrido
- boring: que aburre
- to worry:
- worried: preocupado
- worrying: preocupante
- to tire:
- tired: cansado
- tiring: que cansa
- to relax:
- relaxed: relajado
- relaxing: relajante
- to surprise:
- surprised: sorprendido
- surprising: sorprendente
- to excite:
- excited: emocionado
- exciting: emocionante
- to frighten:
- frightened: asustado
- frightening: aterrador
- to disappoint:
- disappointed: decepcionado
- disappointing: decepcionante
- to amuse:
- amused: divertido
- amusing: que divierte
GRAMMAR
Verbs combination
- VERBS + GERUND (-ing):
- likes and dislikes: like, prefer, love, hate, enjoy, don’t mind…
-I like cooking. - go + sport/hobbies: shopping, swimming, camping, dancing…
-She goes swimming in the summer. - after preposition: before, after, for, at, in…
–Before going to school, I have a shower. - end or repetition of an action: finish, stop, give up, begin, start, keep, go on…
-Have you finished eating? - verb as the subject:
-Reading is amazing.
- likes and dislikes: like, prefer, love, hate, enjoy, don’t mind…
- VERBS + INFINITIVE (to ____):
- after some adjectives: difficult, easy, lucky, happy…
-It’s difficult to paint a portrait. - as an explanation of an action: to = para
-We went to Paris to visit the Louvre - after some words: want, decide, agree, forget, promise, plan, hope, arrange, try, offer, would like…
-I would like to buy a house.
- after some adjectives: difficult, easy, lucky, happy…
- VERBS + BASE INFINITIVE (
to):- modal verbs: might, may, can, could, will, should, must…
-It might rain tomorrow.
- modal verbs: might, may, can, could, will, should, must…
Future tenses
- WILL (future simple): SUBJ + WILL/WON’T + VERB + COM.
- FUTURE PREDICTIONS (suppose):
-You will study medicine. - PROMISES:
-I’ll never cheat you . - SPONTANEOUS DECISIONS:
-I’ll answer!
- FUTURE PREDICTIONS (suppose):
- BE GOING TO (voy a…): SUBJ + AM/IS/ARE GOING TO + V + COMP.
- CERTAIN PREDICTIONS:
-The teacher is going to tell him off. - PLANS AND INTENTIONS:
-We are going to study biology.
- CERTAIN PREDICTIONS:
- PRESENT CONTINUOUS: SUBJ + AM/IS/ARE + V-ING + COMP.
- PLANS AND INTENTIONS:
-I am going to Bonaire.
- PLANS AND INTENTIONS:
POSSIBILITY & PROBABILITY
- ADVERBS:
- DEFINITELY = Seguro
-She will definitely pass her exams –> SUBJECT + WILL + DEFINITELY + V + COMP.
-I definitely won’t invite him to my party –> SUBJECT + DEFINITELY + WON’T + V + COMP. - PROBABLY = Probablemente
-He will probably have 2 children –> SUBJECT + WILL + PROBABLY + V + COMP.
-I probably won’t adopt any pets –> SUBJECT + PROBABLY + WON’T + V + COMP. - MAYBE/PERHAPS = Quizá, a lo mejor
–Maybe cars will fly in the future –> MAYBE/PERHAPS + SUBJECT + WILL/WON’T + V + COMP.
–Perhaps she won’t become a celebrity.
- DEFINITELY = Seguro
- EXPRESSIONS (+SUBJ + WILL + V + COMP.)
- It’s (very) likely that… = Es (muy) probable que…
- It’s not (very) likely that… = No es (muy) probable que…
- It’s unlikely that… = Es improbable que…
- There’s no chance that… = No hay posibilidad de que…
- MODAL VERB:
- MIGHT = Puede que
-It might rain tomorrow –> SUBJECT + MIGHT + V + COMP.
- MIGHT = Puede que
Ability and permission
- COULD: Ability and permission in the past
- SUBJECT + COULD + V + COMP
-My parents could leave school soon. - SUBJECT + COULDN’T + V + COMP.
-My parents couldn’t leave school soon. - COULD + SUBJECT + V + COMP?
–Could you speak Valencian? - YES, SUBJECT COULD / NO, SUBJECT COULDN’T
-Yes, I could
–No, I couldn’t
- SUBJECT + COULD + V + COMP
- WAS/WERE ABLE TO: Ability and permission in the past
- SUBJECT + WAS/WERE ABLE TO + V + COMP.
-I was able to leave school. - SUBJECT + WASN’T/WEREN’T ABLE TO + V + COMP.
-We weren’t able to drive a car. - WAS/WERE + SUBJECT + ABLE TO + V + COMP?
–Were you able to come later? - YES, SUBJECT WAS/WERE // NO, SUBJECT WASN’T/WEREN’T
-Yes, I was.
–No, they weren’t.
- SUBJECT + WAS/WERE ABLE TO + V + COMP.
- CAN: Ability and permission in the present
- SUBJECT + CAN + V + COMP.
-I can speak French. - SUBJECT + CANNOT (can’t) + V + COMP.
-He can’t ride a bike. - CAN + SUBJECT + V + COMP?
–Can I go to the toilet? - YES, SUBJECT CAN // NO, SUBJECT CAN’T
-Yes, you can
-No, you can’t
- SUBJECT + CAN + V + COMP.
- BE ABLE TO: Ability and permission in the present
- SUBJECT + BE ABLE TO + V + COMP.
-I am able to speak French. - SUBJECT + BE NOT ABLE TO + V + COMP.
-We aren’t able to ride a bike. - BE + SUBJECT + ABLE TO + V + COM?
–Am I able to go to the toilet? - YES, SUBJECT BE // NO, SUBJECT BE NOT
-Yes, you are
-No, you aren’t
- SUBJECT + BE ABLE TO + V + COMP.
- WILL BE ABLE TO: Ability and permission in the future
- SUBJECT + WILL BE ABLE TO + V + COMP.
-I will be able to leave school soon. - SUBJECT + WON’T BE ABLE TO + V + COMP.
-We won’t be able to drive a car. - WILL + SUBJECT + BE ABLE TO + V + COMP?
–Will you be able to come later? - YES, SUBJECT WILL // NO, SUBJECT WON’T
-Yes, I will
-No, I won’t
- SUBJECT + WILL BE ABLE TO + V + COMP.
Present simple
Talk about routines & habits.
- AFFIRMATIVE:
- I / YOU / WE / THEY + V+ COMP.
- HE / SHE / IT + V-S + COMP.
- NEGATIVE:
- I / YOU / WE / THEY + DON’T + V+ COMP.
- HE / SHE / IT + DOESN’T + V + COMP.
- INTERROGATIVE:
- DO + I / YOU / WE / THEY + V + COMP. ?
- Yes, I / YOU / WE / THEY DO
- No, I / YOU / WE / THEY DON’T
- DOES + HE / SHE / IT + V + COMP. ?
- Yes, HE / SHE / IT DOES
- No, HE / SHE / IT DOESN’T
- DO + I / YOU / WE / THEY + V + COMP. ?
Present simple time expressions
- always: siempre
- usually: normalmente
- often: a menudo
- sometimes: a veces
- rarely / hardly ever: difícilmente, raramente
- never: nunca
SUBJECT + TIME EXPRESSION + VERB + COMP. (I always do my homework)
SUBJECT + VERB BE + TIME EXPRESSION + COMP. (I am always here)
Present continuous
Talk about something is happening now, in progress, puntually
- AFFIRMATIVE: SUBJECT + BE V-ING + COMP.
- NEGATIVE: SUBJECT + BE NOT V-ING + COMP.
- INTERROGATIVE: BE + SUBJECT + V-ING + COMP. ?
- Yes, SUBJECT BE
- No, SUBJECT BE NOT
Verb be can be: I am, He/She/It is, We/You/They are
Present continuous time expressions
- now
- at the moment
- right now
- tonight
- tomorrow
- later
- this week / month / year
SUBJECT + BE V-ING + COMP. + TIME EXPRESSIONS (I am listening to music now)
Past simple
To talk about single completed actions
- AFFIRMATIVE:
- SUBJECT + V-ED + COMP.
- SUBJECT + IRREGULAR PAST SIMPLE VERB + COMP.
- NEGATIVE:
- SUBJECT + DIDN’T V + COMP.
- INTERROGATIVE:
- DID + SUBJECT + V + COMP. ?
- Yes, SUBJECT DID
- No, SUBJECT DIDN’T
- DID + SUBJECT + V + COMP. ?
Past continuous
To talk about actions in progress in the past
- AFFIRMATIVE:
- I / He / She / It + WAS V-ING + COMP.
- We / You / They + WERE V-ING + COMP.
- NEGATIVE:
- I / He / She / It + WASN’T V-ING + COMP.
- We / You / They + WEREN’T V-ING + COMP.
- INTERROGATIVE:
- WAS + I / he / she / it + V-ING + COMP. ?
- Yes, I / he / she / it WAS
- No, I / he / she / it WASN’T
- WERE + we / you / they + V-ING + COMP. ?
- Yes, we / you / they WERE
- No, we / you / theye WEREN’T
- WAS + I / he / she / it + V-ING + COMP. ?
Past simple vs past continuous
- PAST SIMPLE + WHILE + PAST CONTINUOUS = WHILE + PAST CONTINUOUS, PAST SIMPLE
- I heard a noise while I was doing my homework = While I was doing my homework, I heard a noise
- PAST CONTINUOUS + WHEN + PAST SIMPLE = WHEN + PAST SIMPLE, PAST CONTINUOUS
- I was doing my homework when I heard a noise = When I heard a noise, I was doing mi homework.
Present perfect
To talk about actions in the past that are still relevant or experiences of the life
- AFFIRMATIVE:
- I / We / You / They + HAVE PARTICIPLE V + COMP.
- He / She / It + HAS PARTICIPLE V. + COMP.
- NEGATIVE:
- I / We / You / They + HAVEN’T PARTICIPLE V. + COMP.
- He / She / It + HASN’T PARTICIPLE V. + COMP.
- INTERROGATIVE:
- HAVE + I / we / you / they + PARTICIPLE VERB + COMP. ?
- Yes, I / we / you / they HAVE
- No, I / we / you / they HAVEN’T
- HAS + he / she / it + PARTICIPLE VERB + COMP. ?
- Yes, he / she / it HAS
- No, he / she / it HASN’T
- HAVE + I / we / you / they + PARTICIPLE VERB + COMP. ?
Present perfect time expressions
- for:
- Expresa una duración en el tiempo (DURANTE)
- Al final de la oración delante de la expresión de tiempo: Alejandra has been teacher for six years.
- since:
- Expresa el momento de inicio (DESDE)
- Al final de la oración y delante de la expresión de tiempo: Alejandra has been teacher since 2016.
- just:
- Expresa acciones acabadas recientemente (ACABAR DE)
- Entre el auxiliar (have / has) y el participio: I have just done my homework.
- already:
- Expresa acciones que han ocurrido antes de lo esperado (YA)
- Entre el auxiliar (have / has) y el participio: I have already done my homework.
- En oraciones afirmativas.
- yet:
- Expresa acciones esperadas que aún no han ocurrido (TODAVÍA / AÚN)
- Al final de la oración: I haven’t done my homework yet / Haven’t you done your homework yet?
- En oraciones negativas o interrogativas.
- ever:
- Pregunta experiencias del pasado (ALGUNA VEZ…)
- Entre el sujeto y el participio: Have you ever done your homework?
- En oraciones interrogativas y excepcionalmente negativas.
- never:
- Hablar de acciones que nunca han sucedido (NUNCA)
- Entre el auxiliar (have / has) y el participio: I have never done my homework.
Present perfect vs past simple
- PAST SIMPLE:
- En un momento concreto del pasado.
- Datos concretos del pasado.
- PRESENT PERFECT:
- Sin referencia temporal concreta.
- Acciones que han ocurrido varias veces.
- Experiencias de tu vida.
- Incluye sus expresiones de tiempo (for, since, just…).
Countable & Uncountable nouns
- COUNTABLE NOUNS: apple/s, child/children, person/people…
- We can count them.
- They can be singular or plural.
- UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS: rice, water, grape, bread, money…
- We need other units (litres, glass, bag, kilograms, coins…) to count them.
- They are always in singular.
- Liquid, grain, powder, abstract words…
A/an, some, any, (a) little, (a) few, (how) many/much, a lot of…
- A/AN: uno
- Singular countable nouns
- Positive, negative, interrogative
- SOME: algunos
- Plural countable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Positive
- ANY: ninguno/alguno
- Plural countable nouns
- Uncountables nouns
- Negative, interrogative
- A LOT OF: muchos
- Plural countable nouns
- Uncountable nouns
- Positive
- (HOW) MANY: muchos
- Plural countable nouns
- Negative, interrogative
- (HOW) MUCH: mucho
- Uncountable nouns
- Negative, interrogative
- (A) FEW: unos pocos / pocos
- Plural countable nouns
- Positive, negative, interrogative
- (A) LITTLE: un poco / poco
- Uncountable nouns
- Positive, negative, interrogative
Adverbs of degree
- really: realmente
- very: mucho
- quite: bastante
- a bit: un poco
- not very: no mucho
SUBJECT + V + ADVERB OF DEGREE + ADJECTIVE (comp.)
Comparative & superlative
- SHORT ADJECTIVES:
- 1 syll.
- COMPARATIVE: _____ER THAN (smaller than)
- SUPERLATIVE: THE _____EST (the smallest)
- 1 syll. -c/v/c
- COMPARATIVE: _____(C)ER THAN (fatter than)
- SUPERLATIVE: THE _____(C)EST (the fattest)
- 2 syll. -y
- COMPARATIVE: _____(I)ER THAN (easier than)
- SUPERLATIVE: THE ______(I)EST (the easiest)
- 1 syll.
- LONG ADJECTIVES:
- 2 syll.
-y& +2 syll.- COMPARATIVE: MORE ______ THAN (more beautiful than)
- SUPERLATIVE: THE MOST ______ (the most beautiful)
- 2 syll.
- IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES: don’t follow the rules!
EX:- GOOD:
- COMPARATIVE: better than
- SUPERLATIVE: the best
- BAD:
- COMPARATIVE: worse than
- SUPERLATIVE: the worst
- FAR:
- COMPARATIVE: further than
- SUPERLATIVE: the furthest
- GOOD:
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