Vocabulario, Gramática y Phrasal Verbs en Inglés: Apuntes de Tema 5
Vocabulary y Phrasal Verbs
- research = investigar
- drop = dejar caer
- admission = matrícula
- live up to = estar a la altura de
- sit (an exam) = presentarse (a un examen)
- hand back = devolver
- course requirement = requisitos del curso
- get away with = librarse de un castigo
- job prospects = perspectivas laborales
- point out = señalar
- find out = descubrir, aprender
- put off = posponer
- get to know = llegar a conocer
- look back = mirar atrás
- know = saber
- get through = pasar
- attend = asistir
- sort out = resolver
- join = apuntarse a
- turn out = resultar / apagar
- take part = participar
- succeeded in = éxito
- unless = a menos que
- despite = a pesar de (después de una preposición va el verbo en -ing)
Grammar
Estructuras de las oraciones condicionales:
- Zero Conditional: presente y presente (se cumplen siempre). Ejemplo: If it rains, I take my umbrella.
- First Conditional: if + presente, futuro (will) + infinitivo sin to (probables). Ejemplo: If I can, I will go.
- Second Conditional: if + pasado, would + infinitivo sin to (posibles). Ejemplo: If I studied, I would pass the exam.
- Third Conditional: if + pasado perfecto (had + participio) + would + have + participio (imposible). Ejemplo: If I had known that you were here, we would have had a coffee together.
Word Formation (Verb / Noun)
- qualify – qualification
- adjust – adjustment / adjustments
- intend – intention
- friend – friendship
- respond – responsibility
- vary – variety
- expect – expectations
- compare – comparison
- exist – existence
- prepare – unprepared
- demand – demand
- depend – dependence
- develop – development
- welcome – welcoming
- behave – behaviour
- admire – admiration
- advise – advice
- amaze – amazement
- know – knowledge
- apply – application
- appear – appearance
- arrange – arrangement
- agree – agreement
- assist – assistance
- assess – assessment (asesorar)
- concentrate – concentration
- feel – feeling
- encourage – encouragement
- involve – involvement (involucrar)
- confuse – confusion
- differ – difference
- investigate – investigation
- guide – guidance
- prefer – preference
- identify – identification
- approve – approval (dar el visto bueno a algo)
- necessary – necessity
- perform – performance
- satisfying – satisfactory
- publish – publication
- educate – education
- punish – punishment
- exam – examination
- origin – originally
- explain – explanation
- effect – effective
- possible – possibility
- inhabit – inhabitants
- require – requirements
- recommend – recommendations
- suit – unsuitable
- memory – memorable
Writing
- although = a pesar de que
- as a result = como resultado
- for all the above reasons = por todas las razones anteriores
- for example = por ejemplo
- like = como / me gusta
- such as = tal como
Ejercicios Prácticos
- Franz hates writing essays and tries to put off writing them till the last...
- I don't know how Charo gets away with copying her essays from the internet.
- Julia worked really hard..., but when the teacher handed it back she... (drops)
- My mum is very ambitious for me and it's difficult to live up to... (looks back)
- The exam turned out to be easier than I expected and, just as you point it out...