Chuletas y apuntes de Inglés de Universidad

1 - Specific writing task

(200 words)

Design a new themed hotel and explain why it could be successful. Don't forget to mention what is included in the rates and what is not; the type of customers/guests it is aimed at; the destination(s); the activities, etc.

Hotel "Love is Here"

It's not an ordinary hotel. It has the uniqueness that customers or guests must be single and looking for love.
It was born with the aim of helping single people meet other single people.
For this, the hotel has a number of activities that will help people relate to each other, such as organising blind dates, love games, etc.

We also have a very nice disco where our DJ only plays slow songs.

Our restaurant offers delicious and aphrodisiac food, and our guests will dine and

UNIT 11: Describing Places, Body Parts, and Basic Grammar

Conjunctions

• and: adición.
• but: contraste positivo-negativo.
• though: aunque.
• however: sin embargo / no obstante.

Examples:

• It’s an exciting city, and the weather is nice.
• It’s a big city, but it’s not too big.
• It’s a big city. It’s not too big, though.
• It’s a big city. It’s not too big, however.

Adjectives (Opposites & Descriptors)

• Beautiful – Ugly
• Big – Small
• Cheap – Expensive
• Clean – Polluted
• Interesting – Exciting – Boring
• Quiet – Noisy
• Relaxing – Stressful
• Safe – Dangerous
• Spacious – Crowded

Adverbs of Degree

• Extremely: extremadamente.
• Very: muy.
• Really: verdaderamente / muy.
• Pretty: bastante / muy.
• Fairly: bastante.
• Somewhat: un poco / algo.

Articles: A / An

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1. Beautiful Three-Bedroom Flat in Ontinyent

The house is perfectly situated in the heart of Ontinyent’s San Rafael district. Ontinyent is a small city in the south of the province of Valencia.

It’s a spacious 105-square-metre house, newly refurbished. It has one large and luxurious living and dining room with a lovely terrace. There is a table with comfortable chairs where you can eat or just relax. There is a lemon tree and some plants. Also, it has three big double bedrooms with air conditioning and heating. The kitchen is well-equipped and modern. There is a microwave and a dishwasher. There are two bathrooms with a shower and a bath. Only the main bedroom has a small balcony with amazing views. The house has wooden floors and Wi-Fi internet....

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Tabla de Verbos Irregulares en Inglés

A continuación encontrarás una tabla de verbos irregulares en inglés con su forma en infinitivo, pasado simple, participio pasado y su traducción al español. Estudiar estos verbos es fundamental para dominar la gramática inglesa.

Vocabulario de Uso Frecuente

Casualty: victim of cause / damnificado

Awesome: amazing / impresionante

Tailored: customized / personalizado

To dilute: to diminish something / diluir

To cope with: to deal with / enfrentar

Culprit: a guilty person or thing / culpable

Junkie: addicted / drogadicto

Reportedly: according to what some say / según se informa

To shrink: to become smaller / encogerse

Traceable: subject to continuous monitoring of a product / rastreable

Ejercicio 1: Completa la oración con la forma correcta de walk in the rain

A) I love walking in the rain.

B) We shouldn't walk in the rain.

C) They want to walk in the rain.

D) It's no good walking in the rain.

E) She decided to walk in the rain.

F) We won't walk in the rain.

G) I'm thinking about walking

The Role of Drilling and Habit Formation in Language Learning

Drilling: It is not hard to see that if food is always placed on the right-hand side of the maze, the rat will learn after a series of runs (or "trials") to turn right when it is released from its cage. We can say that a habit is being formed. Habit formation is the basis of learning.

When we drill in class, we are also creating a speech habit so that, after a series of practice trials using the same form, it will be thoroughly learned.

Perhaps the main argument in favor of using drills is that they help students acquire fluency in the target language by training them to produce language patterns automatically and without conscious effort. If drills are well constructed, they will consist...

Vocabulario Esencial en Inglés de la A a la Z

• action-packed: lleno de acción
• adjust: ajustar
• a matter of life and death: cuestión de vida o muerte
• annoying: molesto
• appeal to: atraer a
• applicant: solicitante
• ash: ceniza
• awesome: impresionante
• average: promedio
• behind bars: tras las rejas
• behind the scenes: detrás de cámaras
• bizarre: extraño/a
• boom: auge
• box-office hit: éxito de taquilla
• breathtaking: impresionante
• bring about: provocar
• budget airline: aerolínea económica
• burglary: allanamiento de morada
• bypass: evitar
• cast: elenco
• carbon footprint: huella de carbono
• cell: celda
• cheer (someone) up: animar a alguien
• character: personaje
• charge with: acusar de
• clerk: dependiente/a
• comply: cumplir
• concerned: preocupado/a
• convict: convicto/a
• countryside: campo
• court:

History of the English Language

A short history of the origins and development of English

Introducción

¿Qué es el inglés? El inglés es una lengua germánica de la familia indoeuropea (un grupo de cientos de lenguas y dialectos relacionados, que incluye la mayoría de las lenguas actuales de Europa, la meseta iraní y el sur de Asia). Es la segunda lengua más hablada del mundo. Un cálculo aproximado indica que existen 300 millones de hablantes nativos, 300 millones de personas que lo hablan como segunda lengua y 100 millones que lo aprenden como lengua extranjera.

Orígenes: el inglés antiguo

La historia de la lengua inglesa comenzó realmente con la llegada de tres tribus germánicas que invadieron Britania durante el siglo V d. C. Estas...

1. Modal Verbs and Sentence Completion

Complete these sentences with answer a), b) or c).

• 1. They __________ be really happy with us if they’re offering more work.

  a) must      b) might      c) could

• 2. With only a few more decades before fossil fuels run out, we _________ have to find new sources of renewable energy.

  a) must      b) should      c) are going to

• 3. We believe that this strategy _______________ generate in the region of a thousand new jobs.

  a) ought      b) should      c) mustn’t

• 4. Twenty years ago, no one ______________ imagine the threat their actions were having on the environment that faces us now.

  a) could      b) can      c) may

• 5. Everyone says it’s a problem of climate change, but I don’t