Vocabulario, Phrasal Verbs y Gramática en Inglés: Explicaciones y Ejercicios Prácticos

Vocabulario Académico y General

• ASSIGNMENT - Proyecto
• BOTHER - Importar / Molestar
• CRAM - Empollar
• DISRUPTIVE - Perjudicial / Disruptivo
• GET STUCK - Bloqueado
• HAND IN - Entregar
• MESS AROUND - Molestar / Perder el tiempo
• PASS WITH FLYING COLOURS - Aprobar con nota / Con facilidad
• PLAY TRUANT - Hacer novillos
• REVISE - Repasar
• SCRAPE THROUGH - Aprobar por los pelos
• SKIP - Saltarse (clase)
• STRONG POINT - Punto fuerte
• TERM - Trimestre
• DEADLINES - Fecha límite

Phrasal Verbs

• DROP OUT - Abandonar (los estudios)
• GET ON - Manejarse / Llevarse bien
• LIVEN UP - Animar / Animarse
• PUT ON - Presentar / Ponerse

Educación y Vida Escolar

• SCHOOL… A LEVEL - Examen final de secundaria
• APPLY FOR - Solicitar
• BOARDING SCHOOL - Internado
• BULLY - Hacer bullying / Acosar
• DEGREE - Carrera universitaria
• EXPEL - Expulsar
• FEES - Matrícula / Tasas
• GRADUATE - Graduarse
• LECTURE - Clase magistral (universidad)
• PUPIL - Alumno
• RETAKE - Examen de recuperación
• SECONDARY - Secundaria
• SEMINAR - Seminario
• SUBJECT - Asignatura
• UNDERGRADUATE - Universitario (estudiante de grado)

Expresiones Idiomáticas (Expressions)

• DO STH STANDING ON YOUR HEAD - Hacer algo sin esforzarse
• GO RIGHT OVER SB'S HEAD - No entender algo porque es demasiado complicado
• SET YOUR HEART ON STH - Tener ilusión por algo
• SB'S HEART ISN'T IN IT - Hacer algo sin ganas
• SB'S HEART SANK - Se le cayó el alma a los pies

Collocations Comunes

• DECREASE IN - Descenso de
• HOPE OF - Esperanza de
• IN CHARGE OF - A cargo de
• INFLUENCE ON - Influencia sobre
• LACK OF - Falta de
• LESSON ON - Clase sobre
• LETTER ABOUT - Carta relativa a
• ON THE BASIS OF - Sobre la base de
• PUT THE BLAME ON - Echar la culpa a
• SUGGESTION FOR - Sugerencia para
• BE IN TEARS - Estar llorando
• BE IN TROUBLE - Tener problemas
• BE IN TWO MINDS - Estar indeciso
• BE ON EDGE - Estar al límite / Nervioso
• BE OUT OF BREATH - Faltarte el aliento
• BE OUT OF ORDER - Estar averiado
• BE OUT OF THE CHAMPIONSHIP - Estar fuera de la competición

Ejercicios de Gramática

Modal Verbs: Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one

6. It is possible that he is a good cook. → He couldn't be a good cook.
7. I'm sure Sara's tired because she's gone home already. → Sara must be tired because she's gone home already.
8. Maybe he doesn't live there now. → He might not live there now.
9. She looks like Mark, so she couldn't be his sister. (Nota: Adaptado para mantener el sentido original del texto).
10. I asked whether they wanted... → I asked them: Can I open the window?

Active and Passive Structures

Complete the sentences with a different passive/active structure:

• Yesterday, the teacher gave (give) us a...
• We predict that tomorrow's newspaper will be read (read) by...
• ______ your car _______ (ever/damage) by vandals?
• My dad is fixing his car at the garage at the moment. (fix/his car)
• Ross is going to have his teeth checked by a dentist tomorrow. (check/his teeth)

Rewrite the Sentences with a Different Passive Structure

Make sure the meaning is the same:

• The photos were shown to us by Marie. → We were shown the photos by Marie.
• We were given an end-term test by our teacher. → An end-term test was given to us by our teacher.
• A text message was sent to me by Helen. → I was sent a text message by Helen.
• People consider bungee jumping to be very dangerous. → Bungee jumping is considered to be very dangerous.
• People claim that crime levels are increasing. → Crime levels are claimed to be increasing.

Conditional Sentences (Tipos de Condicionales)

• Zero Conditional: If + Present Simple, Present Simple
• First Conditional: If + Present Simple, will + Infinitive
• Second Conditional: If + Past Simple, would + Infinitive
• Third Conditional: If + Past Perfect (had + Past Participle), would + have + Past Participle