Chuletas y apuntes de Inglés de Formación Profesional

Time for a Break? Essential English for Daily and Professional Use

➜ Verb Collocations for Activities

Understanding which verbs pair with specific activities is crucial for natural English. Here are common collocations:

• Go: bowling, dancing, jogging, horse-riding.
• Play: rugby, netball, tennis.
• Go to: the spa, the driving range.
• Join: a reading group.
• Play for: a local soccer team.
• Take: a computer course, pottery classes.
• Take part in: an athletics competition.
• Take up: a new hobby, t'ai chi.
• Go for: a run, a walk.

➜ Vocabulary: Active Workplace

Expand your professional vocabulary with these terms related to a dynamic work environment:

• Gathers: reuniones/encuentros
• To be about to: estar a punto de
• On-site runs: carreras en el lugar (or actividades en el

Reported Speech: Mastering Indirect Communication

Reported speech, also known as indirect speech, is used to convey what someone else said without directly quoting them. This section covers how to transform direct speech into reported speech for orders, commands, and questions.

Orders and Commands

When reporting orders or commands, we typically use a reporting verb followed by an infinitive construction.

Form:

• It tells you + to + infinitive
• It tells you + not to + infinitive

Examples:

• Direct: Computer: "Type 999."
  Reported: It tells you to type 999.
• Direct: Computer: "Don’t proceed."
  Reported: It tells you not to proceed.

Reported Questions

Unlike direct questions, reported questions do not use question marks and often follow a different word order. They... Continuar leyendo "Comprehensive English Grammar: Reported Speech, Perfect Tenses, Modals, and Conditionals Explained" »

be-was/were-been-ésser

beat-beat-beaten-pegar

become-became-become-tornar-se

begin-began-begun-començar

bend-bent-bent-tòrcer

bite-bit-bitten-mossegar

bleed-bled-bled-sagnar

blow-blew-blown-bufar

breake-broke-broken-trencar

bring-brought-brought-portar

build-built-built-construir

buy-bought-bought-comprar

catch-caught-caught-agafar

choose-chose-chosen-escollir

come-came-come-venir

cost-cost-cost-gastar

creep-crept-crept-arrosegar-se

cut-cut-cut-tallar

deal-dealt-dealt-tractar

dig-dug-dug-excavar

do-did-done-fer

draw-drew-drawn-dibuixar

drink-drank-drunk-beure

drive-drove-driven-conduir

eat-ate-eaten-menjar

fall-fell-fallen-caure

feed-fed-fed-alimentar

feel-felt-felt-experimentar

fight-fought-fought-lluitar

find-found-found-trobar

fly-flew-flown-volar

forget-forgot-forgotten-