Reglas Gramaticales Clave
Tiempos Verbales Continuos
- Present Perfect Continuous:
HAVE / HAS BEEN + -ING - Past Perfect Continuous:
HAD BEEN + -ING
Uso de Infinitivos y Gerundios
- Infinitive (to + verb): agree, appear, choose, decide, hope, learn, plan, promise, refuse, seem, try, want...
- Gerund (verb + -ing): continue, finish, hate, suggest...
Ejercicios de Vocabulario y Gramática por Secciones
Medio Ambiente y Huella Ecológica
- You may not: trash, voyage, avoid, landfills, shortcut, amount, harmful, halfway, a drop in the ocean.
- The sky's the limit: 5a, 6b, 4c, 3d, 1e, 2f.
- We can help: carbon footprint, renewable energy, litre, fuel.
- The dodo bird: none, early, have to, unpleasant, in a fire, road.
- Carbon footprint: carbon dioxide, voyage, inhabited, greenhouse effect, landfill, renewable energy, devoted, carbon footprint.
- Sam says his: belly, ingest, inhabit, banned, logging, litter.
- People are always: environmentally friendly, amount, pollution, harmful, cut down, destroy.
Verbos Modales y Modales Perfectos
- Nobody: could do anything to, shouldn't wear, can I have, can't believe, might not have seen, needn't have to pay.
- Susan / bring: Susan shouldn't have brought so many bottles; otherwise I would have mentioned it. That's why I didn't have to get up so early. Could we give you a lift?
- We / leave: We had better leave immediately. He shouldn't wear pale colours. You had better not say a word to anyone.
- The ground is very: It must have rained. May I borrow? I should have stayed. I could have helped. I have to stop. What should I do?
- I'm sure that: Must have been happy to see him. May have called yesterday. When I arrived, Dan had been waiting for me for an hour. I may not join you tonight. Can't be true. Coming here.
- You shouldn't drink: could, can't, needn't, could, mustn't, may.
- I can't find: may have left, can I borrow, shouldn't lie, could have visited, shouldn't worry.
- Don't run so fast: might fall, needn't have caught, must have fallen off, should tell, should have told, could find, may go, must be.
- You broke my: should pay for my window, had better not be late, should leave early, had better eat, shouldn't call him now.
- It's possible that: They might not have remembered. We mustn't forget to lock the door. They might be at home. We should invite Jason to our party. May I leave the room? I could have driven, but I decided to walk.
Oraciones Temporales y Aspectos Continuos
- I'm in the mood: I feel like dancing. You had better not eat more ice cream. I've been swimming since I was two years old. When we arrived, the lecturer had been speaking for ten minutes. I've never had a skiing lesson before.
- I'm confident: I have been studying since January. By the time he arrived, the band had been playing for an hour. Have you been watching TV all evening? Had they been arguing a lot before breaking up?
- Sue first felt: Sue went to the doctor; she had been ill for two weeks. Since I was six years old, I have been skiing every winter. She was afraid to go on the motorway. John's right foot began to hurt; he had been running for an hour.
- I was going home: realised, had forgotten, have, aren't meeting, saw, was shopping, have been playing, will go, thought, drank, raining, have been walking.
- I worked on my: I was working on my essay at 10:30 this morning. By the time he was 25, he had been smoking for 5 years. Lola is going to take flying lessons. How long have you been thinking about getting your own flat?
- By the time Tommy: died, had been collecting, writing, built, sold, is going to have.
- Swimming: had been crying, have watched, has forgotten, to eat, have been waiting.
- By the time the performer: this morning, since six o'clock (builders), so far (rode).
- Martin: a; Kieran: a; Penny: b; so far: a; by the time: a.
- Laura started: (have been playing). Nancy: (had been). All my friends: (they have been swimming). My grandfather: (he has been growing).
- Adrian: (He hadn't seen her for 40 years.) Chris: (He has been reading it for hours.) My parents: (They had already seen the film several times.) Ben is: (He has always wanted to be a singer.) Caroline: (They had already closed the doors to the theatre.) Your brother: (to ride). SAILING the car: (makes). The thief: (taking). Sorry: (leave).
Phrasal Verbs, Colocaciones y Modismos
- She always wears: went bald, picked up, ingest, inhabit, used up, emits, fool.
- The waiter finally: caught the waiter's eye, pick up so many languages? cut down on chocolate, took charge of the rescue operation.
- Harry said he: pick up, pick up, bring up, broken up, brought up, break down.
- Over 25 years ago: took charge, idols, publicity, instant, straight, controversial, willing, take pride in, in the spotlight.
- Has a professional: taken your photo? take it for granted, catch sight of, go missing, catch a cold.
- John: take charge, take a photo, catch his eye, go bald, get sight of.
Fama, Sociedad y Opinión Personal
- I think it's: outrageous, entertainment, musicians, performers, pollution, political.
- If someone is a: True, False (easy), True, True, False (you have got a lot of money to spend).
- She hates being: in the spotlight, went missing, drive, lavish, outrageous.
- He's got an: infatuation, controversial, entertainment, impressive, appearance, fashionable.
- Reporter two years: instant, straight, gossiped, spoilt, surrounded, pressure, overwhelmed, emerged.
- I regret: introducing, to spend, travelling, staying, writing, contacting, playing, to rain.
- They: promoted, promotion, performing, performance, luxurious, luxury, impressed, impressive, popular, popularity.
- Match the adjectives: lavish hotel / wealthy family / controversial issue / instant success / marvellous time.
- He introduced: before, I caught a cold (medicine), help, always, neighbours, dancer, small, in a few hours.
- His speech: controversial. Why (go abroad), he (foul), I (outrageous), hard (notorious), my (spoilt), this (drive), a large (crowd).
- The clothes: fashionable, confidence, musician, expensive, amazement, disgraceful.
- Many teenagers: in the spotlight, pressure, overwhelmed, instant, idol, tabloids, outrageous, take charge.
