Chuletas y apuntes de Inglés de Bachillerato y Selectividad

Discurso Indirecto (Reported Speech)

El discurso indirecto se utiliza para reportar lo que alguien dijo sin citar sus palabras exactas. Generalmente, los tiempos verbales retroceden un paso en el pasado.

Transformaciones de Tiempos Verbales

• Present Simple (I wait) → Past Simple (I waited)
• Present Continuous (I'm waiting) → Past Continuous (I was waiting)
• Present Perfect Simple (I have waited) → Past Perfect Simple (I had waited)
• Past Simple (I waited) → Past Perfect Simple (I had waited)
• Past Perfect Simple (I had waited) → Past Perfect Simple (I had waited)
• Will (I will wait) → Would (I would wait)
• Can (I can wait) → Could (I could wait)
• Must (I must wait) → Had to (I had to wait)

Preguntas Reportadas (Reported Questions)

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Sección 1: Expresiones Comunes

• Try to make ends meet: Llegar a fin de mes
• First rate: Primera clase
• The real thing: Ser lo auténtico
• On stage: En el escenario
• Convincingly: Convincentemente
• No such thing: No existe / No es así
• Came alive: Revivir / Despertarse
• All in all: En resumen
• Make a big thing about: Exagerar
• Pretty good: Bastante bien
• Rewarding: Gratificante
• Have a big thing about: Le gusta / Le atrae

Sección 2: Expresiones Relacionadas con Dinero y Éxito

• Stood in line: Hacer fila
• Profitable: Rentable
• Just the thing for: Lo que hay que hacer
• Were missing: Estar perdiéndose
• Hugely successful: Enormemente exitosa
• Afford: Permitirse
• Can afford: Permitírselo
• Go broke: Quedarse sin blanca

Sección 3: Otras Expresiones Útiles

• Outta-sight: Fuera de vista
• Witnessing:

Definiciones de Palabras en Inglés

• Until now: so far
• Affected: influenced
• Type: kind
• Pain: suffering
• Achievement: success/ you get after an effort
• Amazing: surprising
• Award: prizes
• Challenge: an aim you have to get
• Creative: somebody that makes something original
• Get mad: get angry
• Graceful: move yourself with style/in an attractive way
• Grow up: get old
• Make a name: become famous
• Remarkable: impressive
• Rewards: something that you get
• Succeed: manage to do something
• Unique: the only one
• Worthwhile: something that was useful at the end
• Checked: many cases
• Evidence: proof
• But: whereas
• Totally: completely
• Amuse: entertain
• Accurate: a true idea
• Character: a person who plays a role in a film or in a book
• Distort: make something appear different
• Event: something that happens
• Eyewitness:

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Junio 2005

Too much televisión

A new study suggests that the amount of televisión young children watch may be directly related to
attention problems later in school.

QUESTIONS
1.

Are the following statements TRUE or FALSE? Copy the evidence from the text. No marks are given
for only TRUE or FALSE.
a. It seems that the Attention Déficit Disorder appears when children's brains are not
stimulated.

FALSE

A.D.D. Experts say that A.D.D. Involves an over-stimulation of young developing brains
and teachers say many children in the United States are showing signs of the disorder.
b. The new study examined the effect of TV on attention problems in teenagers.

FALSE

This new study tested the idea that televisión watching by very young children is linked to
attention

English Grammar Practice

Tag Questions

Correct the tag questions:

1. She sleeps a lot: doesn't she?
2. They sent me the parcel: didn't they?
3. Your friends didn't find him: did they?
4. I can't ask you that: can you?
5. Tim doesn't get you: does he?
6. This house is small: isn't it?
7. His sister isn't sick: is she?
8. We won't leave you: will we?
9. Ben will check it: won't he?
10. He hasn't done it: has he?

Personal Questions (Using Conditionals)

Answer the following questions:

1. What would you do if you won a million dollars?
   If I won a million dollars, I would travel around the world.
2. Where would you travel if you were offered to visit any place in the world?
   If I were offered to visit any place in the world, I would travel to Miami.
3. Who would you meet if you could go to the Oscars?
   If I

Phrasal Verbs: Ampliando tu Vocabulario en Inglés

Los phrasal verbs son verbos que cambian de significado cuando se les añaden ciertas preposiciones o adverbios. Se clasifican en:

• Transitivos (con complemento directo)
• Intransitivos (sin complemento directo)

Dentro de los transitivos, encontramos:

• Separables: Se puede separar el verbo y la partícula.
• Inseparables: No se puede separar el verbo y la partícula.

Algunos phrasal verbs pueden ser tanto transitivos como intransitivos. Por ejemplo:

• Take off (transitivo): Significa quitar. Ejemplo: He took off his jacket.
• Take off (intransitivo): Significa despegar. Ejemplo: The plane took off at six o'clock.

Lista de Phrasal Verbs Comunes

Los verbos transitivos suelen ser separables con las preposiciones up,