Frases Célebres, Gramática Inglesa y Vocabulario Esencial para Estudiantes

Reflexiones y Frases Célebres en Inglés

Can't change it. Change the way you think about it.

Si algo no te gusta, cámbialo. Si no puedes cambiarlo, cambia la forma de pensar en eso.

The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.

Solo sé que no sé nada.

Count your age by friends, not years. Count your life by smiles, not tears.

Cuenta tus años por amigos, no por años. Cuenta tu vida por sonrisas, no por lágrimas.

Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens.

El conocimiento habla, pero la sabiduría escucha.

Failure is the condiment that gives success its flavor.

El fracaso es el ingrediente que le da sabor al éxito.

The woman/man of knowledge must not only love her/his enemies but also not hate her/his friends.

El hombre o mujer de conocimiento debe no solo querer a sus enemigos, sino también no odiar a sus amigos.

It is not that I'm so smart. I stay with the questions much longer.

No es que sea más listo, sino que me quedo con las preguntas mucho más tiempo.

The measure of intelligence is the ability to change.

La medida de la inteligencia es la habilidad para cambiar.

He/she who knows all the answers has not been asked all the questions.

Al que sabe todas las respuestas es porque no le han hecho todas las preguntas.

Geografía y Vocabulario Geográfico

• MAP
• Island: islas
• Iceland: Islandia
• British Isles: islas británicas
• Great Britain: Gran Bretaña
• United Kingdom (UK): Reino Unido
• England: London, Liverpool, Manchester, Oxford, Cambridge
• Scotland: Edinburgh, Glasgow
• Wales: Cardiff
• Northern Ireland: Belfast
• Republic of Ireland: Dublín

Anglicismos (Palabras en Español Usadas en Inglés)

Guerrilla, mosquito, paella, siesta, arena, burro, bonito, tequila, patio, tortilla, macho, olé, toreador, fiesta, chorizo.

Números en Inglés

• 13: thirteen
• 18: eighteen
• 37: thirty-seven
• 79: seventy-nine
• 89: eighty-nine
• 100: one hundred
• 345: three hundred and forty-five
• 876: eight hundred and seventy-six
• 1098: one thousand ninety-eight
• 34.987: thirty-four thousand nine hundred and eighty-seven
• 987.901: nine hundred and eighty-seven thousand nine hundred and one
• 1.389.765: one million three hundred and eighty-nine thousand seven hundred and sixty-five
• 57.097.213: fifty-seven million ninety-seven thousand two hundred and thirteen
• 7.098.543.452: seven billion ninety-eight million five hundred and forty-three thousand four hundred and fifty-two

Gramática: Condicionales y Voz Pasiva

Frases Condicionales

• 1st Conditional: Situaciones muy posibles (if + present simple, will + infinitive)
• 2nd Conditional: Situaciones poco posibles (if + past simple, would + infinitive)

Frases Pasivas

• The teacher corrects the exam in May -> Exams are corrected by the teacher in May.
• The tourist took pictures -> Pictures were taken by the tourist.

Redacción de Ejemplo

I’m going to talk about my boyfriend. His name is Sergio, he is 21 years old, and his birthday is on the 4th of January. He lives in Linares with his parents, his brother, and two cats. He studied in Santa Engracia and in IES Himilce. He works in a barber studio. His hobbies are playing football, playing with his PlayStation, and watching football. His favourite food is pasta and ice cream.

Las Horas en Inglés

• 24:00: It’s twelve o'clock a.m.
• 12:00: It’s twelve o'clock p.m.
• 13:15: It’s a quarter past one p.m.
• 13:45: It’s a quarter to two p.m.
• 14:05: It’s five minutes past two p.m.
• 14:35: It’s twenty-five minutes to three p.m.

Verbos Irregulares en Inglés

• be - was/were - been: ser / estar
• become - became - become: llegar a ser
• begin - began - begun: empezar
• bring - brought - brought: traer
• buy - bought - bought: comprar
• choose - chose - chosen: elegir
• come - came - come: venir
• do - did - done: hacer
• drink - drank - drunk: beber
• drive - drove - driven: conducir
• eat - ate - eaten: comer
• fall - fell - fallen: caer
• feel - felt - felt: sentir
• find - found - found: encontrar
• fly - flew - flown: volar
• forget - forgot - forgotten: olvidar
• get - got - got: obtener
• give - gave - given: dar
• go - went - gone: ir
• have - had - had: tener
• hear - heard - heard: oír
• keep - kept - kept: guardar, conservar
• know - knew - known: saber, conocer
• leave - left - left: dejar
• lend - lent - lent: dejar prestado
• let - let - let: dejar, permitir
• speak - spoke - spoken: hablar
• make - made - made: hacer
• meet - met - met: encontrar, conocer
• pay - paid - pagar
• put - put - poner
• read - read (pronounced /red/) - read: leer
• run - ran - run: correr
• say - said - said: decir
• see - saw - seen: ver
• sell - sold - sold: vender
• send - sent - sent: enviar
• sing - sang - sung: cantar
• sit - sat - sat: sentarse
• sleep - slept - slept: dormir
• lose - lost - lost: perder