Chuletas y apuntes de Inglés de Bachillerato y Selectividad

Unit 1

Idioms connected with ideas

1- A flash of inspiration → Un destello de inspiración

2- Capture people's imagination → Capturar la imaginación de la gente

3- Follow a train of thought → Seguir una línea de pensamiento

4- Think on your feet → Pensar rápido / improvisar

5- Think out loud → Pensar en voz alta

6- Think outside the box → Pensar fuera de lo común

Copying

1- Actual → Actual

2- Counterfeit → Falso

3- Genuine → Auténtico

4- Original → Original

5- Pretend → Fingir

6- Replica → Réplica

7- Resemble → Parecerse

8- Similarity → Similitud

Unit 2

Reading text vocabulary

1- Come about → Suceder

2- Come to light → Salir a la luz

3- Discomfort → Malestar

4- Distinguish → Diferenciar

5- Make out → Distinguir / entender

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Grammar

Unit 5 Grammar

Conditionals

0 conditional: express a fact. If you don't eat, you become hungry.

1 conditional: express a realistic future consequence. If we work hard, we will be prepared.

2 conditional: impossible or unlikely future consequence. If I were you, I would study more.

3 conditional: unrealistic past consequence. If you had called me, I would have told you about it.

Time Clauses

when, while, as soon as, after, before, until, whenever, once, as, since, by the time, till, every time.

Unit 6 Grammar

Passive Voice

Subject + verb to be + past participle.

Ex: My homework is / was / has been / had been / will be / will have been / is going to be finished.

Causative

• I'm having my house fumigated this week.
• I've had my bag repaired.

Unit 7 Grammar

Reported

Vocabulario de Relaciones Personales

BREAK UP - romper una relación (relaziora moztu) / CLOSE FRIEND - amigo íntimo (lagun minak) / DAMAGE - daño (kalte) / DATE - cita (zita) / DIVORCED - divorciado (dibortziatu) / ENGAGED - comprometido (konprometitu) / ENVY - envidiar / FALL IN LOVE - enamorarse (maitemindu) / FIANCÉ - prometido (emaztea) / FLOW - fluir / GET ALONG - llevarse bien / GET OVER - superarlo / GET TO KNOW - llegar a conocer / GROW APART - crecer separados / HAVE GOT A LOT IN COMMON - tener mucho en común / IGNORE - ignorar / LENGTH - longitud / duración / LIVE THROUGH - superar / MOVE ON - seguir adelante / POSSESSION - tenencia / RELATIVE - familiar / SHINE - brillar / SINGLE - soltero / STAND STILL - estarse quieto / TAKE

Sistemas Sensoriales del Cuerpo Humano

El Tacto

Touch: es la capacidad de percibir presión, vibración, temperatura, dolor y otros estímulos táctiles. Estos tipos de estímulos son detectados por mechanoreceptors (mecanorreceptores), thermoreceptors (termorreceptores) y nocirecptors (nociceptores) en todo el cuerpo, pero de manera más notable en la piel. Estos receptores están especialmente concentrados en la lengua (tongue), los labios, el rostro, las palmas de las manos y las plantas de los pies.

Tactile receptors in the skin: Cada tipo de receptor sensorial responde a un tipo diferente de estímulo táctil. Por ejemplo, las terminaciones nerviosas libres (free nerve endings) generalmente responden a las variaciones de dolor y temperatura,...

Grammar Reference: Present Simple vs. Present Continuous

Present Simple

• General truths: "The sun rises in the east."
• Habits: "She goes to the gym every day."
• Permanent situations: "He lives in New York."

Present Continuous

• Actions happening now: "She is reading a book now."
• Temporary situations: "They are staying at a hotel."
• Future plans: "I am meeting John tomorrow."
• Developing situations: "The weather is getting warmer."
• Annoying habits: "He is always leaving his clothes everywhere."

Formal Letter: Feedback on Maybelline Beauty Campaign

Dear [Maybelline’s Team],

I hope this letter...

READING 2022

T1 - It's Not Easy to Be Green

1-c) 2-b) 3-V ('plant based... taste and quality'). 4-F ('in December... down prices'). 5-F ('no ingredients... changed'). 6-V ('the vegan... difficulty'). 7-ensure / misconception. 8-invested / temp.

T2 - Men Earn More Money Than Women in Every Country

1-d) 2-a) 3-F ('in the first... conclusions'). 4-V ('the team... females'). 5-F (they found... nations). 6-F ('working... insecure jobs'). 7-narrow / brave. 8-stuck / reward.

T1 - José Adolfo Quisocala Is Changing the World

1-d) 2-b) 3-F ('all these... bank accounts'). 4-V ('the idea... litter'). 5-V ('Quisocala... education'). 6-V ('he intends... services'). 7-customer / reduce. 8-beg / stationery.

T2 - Garum in the 21st Century

1-c) 2-c) 3-F ('in modern....

Phrasal Verbs Esenciales

• Come up with: Presentar / Proposar una idea
• Get away with: Sortir-se’n amb la seva
• Put up with: Tolerar / Suportar
• Run out of (ran out of): Quedar-se sense
• Walk out of (walked out of): Sortir / Abandonar
• Cut down on: Reduir (el consum de)
• Catch up on: Posar-se al dia
• Look forward to: Esperar amb ganes / Il·lusionar-se per
• Give up: Rendir-se / Deixar de fer alguna cosa
• Give out (giving out): Distribuir / Repartir
• Stay over: Passar la nit
• Stay on: Quedar-se / Romandre
• Turn into: Convertir-se en
• Watch out for: Tenir cura de / Anar amb compte amb
• Turn away: Rebutjar / No deixar entrar
• Bring up: Treure un tema / Mencionar
• Bring back: Retornar / Portar de tornada
• Rely on: Confiar en / Dependre de
• Add up to: Suposar / Arribar a un total
• Look

1. Phrasal Verbs Esenciales

• How to... set up a new...
• like to take up tennis
• Don't give up now!
• going to run out of cash...

2. Expresiones y Combinaciones

• Will make up quite...
• can get together this...
• it turned out to be...
• telling me off because...

3. Vocabulario en Contexto

• Have you seasoned the stew...
• students were gossiping about...
• have to face the facts...
• olive oil has soared in recent...

4. Arte y Descripción

• Is a highly...
• paintings with vivid...
• successful visually-impaired...
• her most remarkable works...
• are her portraits...
• to produce thought-provoking...

5. Práctica de Estructuras Gramaticales

• When I go out with my friends, we prefer drinking.
• I hardly ever fall to the ground.
• I remember singing when I was a...
• My family matters a lot to me.
• It is hard

1. Complaint Letter: iPhone 13 (Amazon Purchase)

Subject: Formal Complaint Regarding Defective iPhone 13

I am writing to express my dissatisfaction with the mobile phone model iPhone 13 purchased from the Amazon website on April 28, 2024. Unfortunately, your product has not performed well.

• Camera performance: The camera of the phone takes blurry or out-of-focus photos. It consistently struggles to focus properly on the subject, resulting in unclear pictures.
• System stability: Occasional app crashes prevent me from accessing or using the camera application altogether.

I hope that this matter can be resolved promptly. I demand a full refund or an immediate replacement; otherwise, I will be forced to take further action. I look forward to hearing from...

English Grammar

Future Continuous

Future Continuous → will / won't + be + -ing

• Acción en el futuro que estará pasando.
• Especular sobre algo que está pasando.
• Preguntas formales.
• Hablar de un plan que es definitivo.

Future Perfect Simple

Future Perfect Simple → will / won't + have + past participle

• Hablar de una acción incompleta o completa en el futuro.
• Decir cuánto tiempo habrá existido una situación en el futuro.
• Especular sobre una acción completada en el presente.

Future Perfect Continuous

Future Perfect Continuous → will / won't + have been + -ing

• Decir cuánto tiempo habrá estado alguna acción en progreso (Este mes se cumplen 3 años desde que me cambié de cole).
• Hablar de una acción continuada en el futuro que explica una situación