Vocabulario y Gramática en Inglés: Unidades 7 y 8 con Ejemplos

UNIT 7

VOCABULARY:

ADMIRE: admirar
APPRECIATE: apreciar

CONFIDE IN: confiar en
COUNT ON: contar con

FORGIVE: perdonar
GET ON: llevarse bien o mal

GOSSIP: cotillear
LOSE TOUCH: perder el contacto

MAKE FRIENDS: hacer amigos
RELY ON: confiar en

SHARE: compartir
SUPPORT: ayudar/apoyar

PHRASAL VERBS:

DROP IN (ON): visitar
GO AROUND TO: visitar

GET ALONG WITH: tener una buena relación con

KEEP ON: continuar
LOOK UP TO: admirar, respetar

TIP UP: quemar, romper
RUN AFTER: seguir rápidamente
TAKE AFTER: parecerse a

WORD FORMATION:

• ASSIST (v) → Assistance (n)
• DEVELOP (v) → Development (n)
• ENCOURAGE (v) → Encouragement (n)
• EXIST (v) → Existence (n)
• FRIEND (n) → Friendship (n), Friendly (adj)
• MEMBER (n) → Membership (n)
• PARTNER (v/n) → Partnership (n)
• PERFORM (v) → Performance (n), Performer (n)
• PREFER (v) → Preference (n)
• RELATION (n) → Relationship (n)

UNIT 8

VOCABULARY:

CLIFF: acantilado
COAST: costa
MOUNTAIN RANGE: cordillera
PATH: sendero
SLOPE: pendiente
STREAM: arroyo
SUMMIT: cima
VALLEY: valle
VOLCANO: volcán
WATERFALL: cascada

WORD PARTNERS:

• CRASH INTO: chocar contra
• LACK IN: falta de
• OPTIMISTIC ABOUT: optimista sobre
• PURPOSE OF: propósito de
• SHELTER FROM: refugiarse de
• SPECIALISE IN: especializarse en
• WARN AGAINST: advertir contra
• WRONG WITH: mal con / equivocado

WORD FORMATION:

• ARRIVE (v) → Arrival (n)
• BEHAVE (v) → Behaviour (n)
• CHOOSE (v) → Choice (n)
• CONCLUDE (v) → Conclusion (n)
• DECIDE (v) → Decision (n)
• DEPART (v) → Departure (n)
• DESCRIBE (v) → Description (n)
• SOLVE (v) → Solution (n)
• VARY (v) → Variety (n), Variation (n)

GRAMMAR:

PASSIVE VOICE: BE + PAST PARTICIPLE + (BY/WITH/OF)
Ejemplo: They should be given a medal.

COUNTABLE NOUNS: people, animals, places, things, ideas

UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS: liquids, grains and powders, abstract concepts, activities (sleep...)

ARTICLES: A / AN / THE

QUANTIFIERS:

• With countable and uncountable nouns: (a) lot(s) of, some, (a) little
• Countable: a, an, one/two/..., a number of, (a) few, many, how many
• Uncountable: a piece of, an amount of, (a) little, (how) much