Vocabulario de Inglés: Family and Friends, Adjetivos y Present Simple vs Present Continuous

VOCABULARY

Classmate: Compañero de clase. Interest: Interés.

Support: Apoyo.
Jealous: Celoso.

Secret: Secreto.
Communicate: Comunicar.

Trust: Confianza.
Joke: Broma.

Row - Remar.
Shine - Brillar.

Stay - Quedarse.
Sit - Sentarse.
Have - Tener.

°Nag: Lata, regaño.
°Hiking: Hacer senderismo.

°Abroad: En el extranjero.
°Encouraged: Alentado.

°Smell: Oler.
°Agree: De acuerdo.
°Find: Encontrar.

°Want: Querer.
°Think: Pensar.
°Be: Ser.

# Silent: Silencioso.
# Angry: Enfadado.

# Careless: Descuidado.
# Healthy: Saludable.

# Bad: Malo.
# Beautiful: Hermoso.

*Strength: Fortaleza.
*Job interview: Entrevista de trabajo.

*Drop litter: Tirar basura.

*Drive someone crazy: Volver loco a alguien.

*Save money: Ahorrar dinero.

*Hang out: Juntarse o salir.

*Crazy about: Loco por algo.

Keep a Secret = Guardar un secreto.

Tell a Joke = Contar un chiste.

Be Jealous with someone = Tener celos de alguien.

Communicate with someone = Comunicarse con alguien.

Support a cause = Apoyar una causa.

Show interest = Mostrar interés.

Trust someone = Confiar en alguien.

# Only base adjectives = solo adjetivos base.

(Very / Extremely / Particularly)

# Only strong adjectives = solo adjetivos fuertes.

(Absolutely / Completely / Totally)

# With base and strong adjectives = con adjetivos base y fuertes.(Really / Quite / So)

Family and Friends

READING: Family types and personalities

° The Nuclear Family.

° Extended Family.

° Single-parent Family.

VOCABULARY: Phrasal verbs: relations

1. Criar niños: Bring up. → Raise children.

2. Pelearse: Fall out (with). → Have an argument, stop being friends.

3. Llevarse bien: Get on (with). → Have a good relationship.

4. Reunirse / Pasar tiempo juntos: Get together (with). → Meet to spend time together, either socially or for work.

5. Crecer: Grow up. → Become older.

6. Pasar el rato: Hang out. → Spend time with (socially).

7. Ocuparse de: Look after. → Take care of.

8. Romper con alguien: Split up (with). → Stop being in a relationship with your partner.

Look after = my rabbit. Get together = after school. Growing up = in a different country. Get on with = my sister. Hang out = at home. Fall out with = my friend. My parents = grow up. Split up with = her fiancé.

Strong Adjectives ↓

Base adjectives           Strong adjectives

* good → *great

* bad → *awful

* hot → *boiling

* cold → *freezing

* interesting → *fascinating

* funny → *hilarious

* scared → *terrified

* big → *enormous

* small → *tiny

* tired → *exhausted

* hungry → *starving

* angry → *furious

Intensifiers ↓ Usamos intensifiers como very, really y absolutely para hacer que los adjetivos sean más fuertes.

Present Simple (s)

Se usa para describir:

° Rutinas, ° Hábitos y ° Verdades generales.

"Ella come fruta todos los días"

+: I eat. / He / She / It eats.

-: I do not eat. / He does not eat.

?: Do you eat? / Does he eat?

Present Continuous (-ing)

Se usa para:

° Hablar de acciones que están ocurriendo en el preciso momento. ° Hablar de acciones temporales.

"Ella está comiendo una manzana ahora"

° Present Simple: I speak English. (Hablo inglés – es una habilidad general que poseo).

° Present Continuous: I am speaking English. (Estoy hablando inglés ahora – es una acción que estoy realizando en este momento).

ADVERBS (-ly) mente

° Describe al verbo.

° Hay diferentes tipos: modo, tiempo, frecuencia, lugar, que van después del verbo o del objeto.

° Algunos son irregulares y no llevan la terminación "-ly". Ej.: fast, hard, late.

Grammar: Comparison of adjectives, modifiers

Big Differences: much / a lot / far / more.

Small Differences: bit / as / slightly / nearly / similar / little.

No Difference: same / just.

Irregular comparative and superlative forms

° good - better - best.

° well (healthy) - better - best.

° bad - worse - worst.

° far - further - furthest / farther - farthest.

° old - elder - eldest (people in a family).

° late - later - latest.

° many / much - more - most.