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Extra Vocabulary for Daily Life II

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Tenses

Present Tenses: Simple, Continuous and Perfect Simple/Continuous

Past Tenses: Simple, Continuous and Perfect

Future Tenses: Simple, Continuous and Perfect

Combining Tenses: Creating Complex Sentences

Past Perfect Continuous: Talking about Past Events

Linkers and connectors

Contrast and Addition: Giving Coherence

Reason and Purpose: Giving Coherence

Result and Examples: Giving Coherence

Sequence and Time: Giving Coherence

Spelling

Effective Phonetic Strategies: Pronunciation Tips

Writing

Effective Writing Strategies: Steps for Writing

Effective Writing Strategies: Tips for Improvement

Putting into practice: Writing a Paragraph

Putting into practice: Writing an Essay

Putting into practice: Writing a For and Against Essay

Putting into practice: Writing an Opinion Essay

Putting into practice: Writing Letters and Emails

Putting into practice: Writing a Report

Putting into practice: Writing a Review

Putting into practice: Writing a CV

Reading

Effective Reading Strategies: Tips for Improvement

Speaking

Effective Speaking Strategies: Tips for Improvement

Giving Information About Yourself

Describing: Tips to describe a photo

Comparing: Review, Differences and Similarities

Expressing Opinions: Agreeing and Disagreeing

Giving Advice: Asking For and Giving

Listening

Effective Listening Strategies: Tips for Improvement

Grammar

Compound Adjectives: Creating New Words

Collocations: To Get, To Take and To Run

Irregular Verbs: Infinitive, Past and Participle

Phrasal Verbs: Transitive and Intransitive

Gerund and Infinitive: Meaning according to the context

Prepositions + Noun/Adjective/Verb

Conditionals, Time and Wish Clauses

Defining and Non-defining Relative Clauses

Passive Voice: Impersonal and Modal Verb Constructions

Causative: Have/Get, Made and Let

Modal Verbs: Obligation, Advice, or Prohibition

Reported Speech: Statements and Questions

Vocabulary

Culture: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and idioms

Science Fiction

Work: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and idioms

Sport: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and idioms

Crime: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and idioms

Money: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and idioms

Extra Vocabulary for Daily Life II

Word Families: Nouns, verbs, adjectives and idioms

False Friends: The Secrets of Similar-Sounding Words

British vs American: Different ways of saying the same thing

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Docente: Laura

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Extra Vocabulary for Daily Life II

Puntos clave

Si quieres controlar un idioma en cualquier situación, tendrás que tener un amplio vocabulario. En esta lección, aprenderás términos que se usan en el día a día y quizás no sabías.

Info 1: Nouns

ENGLISH	SPANISH	EXAMPLE
Dish	Plato	Please, wash the *dishes*
Fly	Mosca	There's a noisy *fly* in the room
Louse	Piojo	I've just seen a *louse* and now I can't get it out of my mind
Profit	Beneficio	What's the *profit*? I don't think you've made the right choice
Income	Ingresos	The *income* is so low that they can't afford buying food

Info 2: Verbs and phrasal verbs

ENGLISH	SPANISH	EXAMPLE
Attempt	Intentar	They *attempted* to communicate but it didn't work
Ban	Prohibir	Hunting should be *banned*
Call off	Cancelar	I *called off* the meeting because I was feeling dizzy
Rush	Apresurarse	If you don't *rush*, you won't finish the exam on time
Work out	Averiguar	We need to *work out* how to upgrade the software

Info 3: Adjectives

ENGLISH	SPANISH	EXAMPLE
Creepy	Espeluznante	There's a *creepy* vibe in this house
Messy	Desastroso/a	My room is so *messy*, please don't come in
Rough	Áspero/a	Have you seen the *rough* carpet?
Selfish	Egoísta	Tommy didn't share his biscuits, he's *selfish*
Sour	Ácido	I don't like *sour* food, that's disgusting

Info adicional 1: Idioms and expressions

ENGLISH	SPANISH	EXAMPLE
A blessing in disguise	No hay mal que por bien no venga	Losing the job was *a blessing in disguise*
A chip on one's shoulder	Espinita clavada	I should have tried harder, I have *a chip on my shoulder*
A friend in need is a friend indeed	En las malas se sabe quiénes son tus amigos	She was so supportive, at the end of the day *a friend in need is a friend indeed*
Against the clock	A contrarreloj	I finished the essay *against the clock*!
To take for granted	Dar algo por sentado	*Don't take it for granted*, everything can change all of a sudden

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