Apuntes, resúmenes, trabajos, exámenes y ejercicios de Inglés de Bachillerato

INFINITIVE WITH TO AND WITHOUT TO

WITH TO ✔ ✘

After verbs

("agree, choose, arrange, decide, appear, except, promise")

After verbs with object

("tell, persuade, ask, encourage, remind, advise")

To express purpose

("in order, so as")

After adjectives

("happy, difficult, exciting, expensive, glad, sorry, interesting")

To mention something so you don't forget it

→ TO

WITHOUT TO ✘

After verbs

("let, make")

GERUNDS -ing

After PREPOSITIONS

("in, on, under, next to, behind, in front of, between")

After PHRASAL VERBS

("admit, enjoy, suggest, involve, worth, look forward to, spend time/money")

PHRASAL VERBS

Sección 1: Práctica de Verbos Modales

1. Complete the sentences with a suitable modal verb. (5 marks)

• 1. Young people in Israel must do military service. It’s the law.
• 2. I think you should be quiet now – you’ll wake up the neighbours.
• 3. There ought to be a sign here telling people not to park.
• 4. I’m sorry, you can’t buy alcohol. You’re too young.
• 5. I’ve got an idea; we could ask an adult to help us.

2. Complete the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first sentence. Use a suitable modal verb. (5 marks)

• 1. It’s possible that he doesn’t understand the instructions.
  → He might not understand the instructions.
• 2. She’s able to do whatever she wants.
  → She can do whatever she wants.
• 3. You don’t have to listen

Describing a Place Where You Have Been on Holiday

Last October I was in Seville. I stayed there for four days, and it was a very nice place.

Day 1: La Giralda

On the first day, I visited La Giralda. When you go up, you can see all of Seville. There are beautiful views. When I was at the top of La Giralda, I enjoyed it a lot.

Day 2: The Guadalquivir River

On the second day, we went for a walk near the River Guadalquivir. It is a very big river, and it is one of the cleanest rivers I have ever seen.

Day 3: Triana

On the third day, we were in Triana. It is said to be a very beautiful neighbourhood, but I didn't like it that much. It was a quiet neighbourhood, but people said that they used to spend all day dancing.

Day 4: Returning Home

On the last day,...

Vocabulari: Educació i Aprenentatge

• Purpose: propòsit
• Accessible: accessible
• Qualification: qualificació / títol
• Innovative: innovador
• Brought about a revolution: ha suposat una revolució
• At my own pace: al meu propi ritme
• Approach: enfocament
• Struggle: lluita / dificultat
• Explanation: explicació
• Materials: materials
• Field / area of interest or study: camp / àrea d'interès o d'estudi
• Specialise: especialitzar-se
• Acquire / gain: adquirir
• Expertise / knowledge: coneixements / experiència
• Lecturer / university teacher: professor d'universitat / conferencianti
• Tutorials: tutorials / tutories
• Absences: absències
• Get through: superar / aconseguir
• Graduate: graduat / graduar-se
• Scholarship: beca
• Tuition: matrícula / ensenyament
• Illiterate / unable to read and

A) Fill in the blanks with so, such, such a or such an

1.- Everything is so expensive.

2.- He always looks good. He wears such nice clothes.

3.- The food at the hotel was so awful.

4.- I can’t decide what to do. It is such an important decision.

5.- We enjoyed our last holidays a lot. It was such a wonderful trip.

6.- I would like to live in the countryside. It is so relaxing.

7.- It was such a beautiful day.

8.- It was such lovely weather.

9.- I think she works too hard. She looks so tired.

10.- I was so sleepy, I couldn’t keep my eyes open.

B) Complete the sentences with so much, so many, so little or so few

1.- There were so many people.

2.- Why did you buy so much food?

3.- She had so little time that she couldn’t finish.

4.- Bob has got so many...

Vocabulario de inglés: palabras y expresiones clave

robot; artificial intelligence; war; crime wave; epidemic; climate change; virtual world; pollution; space travel; colony; alien; catastrophe; space station; overpopulation; cyborg; hologram; optimistic; pessimistic.

drop you off; pick you up; come along; bump into; call round; go out; meet up with; stay in; have your friend round.

launch; audiences; TV shows; sports programmes; reality/talent/game show; viewers; viral video; readers; series; bestsellers; genre; comedy; horror; romance; musical; sci-fi; adventure; horror film/movie; blockbusters; box office; tracks; album; charts; hits; author; costume drama; listener; producer; western; film maker; heart rate; media psychology.

hair-raising;...

Vocabulario 3: Espectáculo, Fama y Medios de Comunicación

• Admire: admirar.
• Appeal to: gustar, atraer.
• Atmosphere: atmósfera, ambiente.
• Autograph: autógrafo.
• Award: premio.
• Awesome: increíble, impresionante.
• Be around: estar presente, rondar.
• Bizarre: extraño, raro.
• Boo: abuchear.
• Book a ticket: reservar una entrada.
• Branch: sucursal, rama.
• Break up: romper, separarse.
• Cheer: aclamar, animar.
• Clap: aplaudir.
• Costume: traje, disfraz.
• Currently: actualmente.
• Dazzling: deslumbrante.
• Display: exponer, exhibir.
• Disturbing: preocupante, inquietante.
• Encourage: animar, alentar.
• Enthusiastic: entusiasmado.
• Fad: moda pasajera.
• For years to come: por muchos años venideros.
• Front-row seat: asiento en primera fila.
• Go wild: enloquecer, desmadrarse.
• Hairdo: peinado.
• Huge hit:

The Great Gatsby and The Crucible: Key Questions, Themes, and Analysis

1. Setting, Social Classes, and the American Dream

How does the setting reflect the social classes and the American Dream?
How do the strict religious beliefs of the time contribute to the events of the play?

The Great Gatsby: The setting is mainly in West Egg and East Egg, representing different social classes: West Egg for the "new rich" and East Egg for the "old money" elite. This setting reflects the American Dream's focus on wealth and status, but also its emptiness and corruption.

The Crucible: Set in Salem during the Puritan era, the strict religious beliefs shape the community and cause fear, suspicion, and extreme actions. The rigid theocratic society fuels the witch...

1.2 Voyages, Geographers, and Travel Writing: The Background of Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels as a Literary Synthesis

Gulliver’s Travels is a synthesis of many kinds of literature:

• Genuine accounts of travel
• Imaginative combinations of realism and fantasy
• Outright fantastic voyages
• Utopian and dystopian fables

The essential fact to grasp is that in the early modern period (1500–1750) preceding Gulliver’s Travels, there was no absolute distinction between the fantastic and the real. To some, Gulliver's Travels was immediately perceived as a satirical fantasy; yet to others, it seemed remarkably real.

Swift’s friend, the scientist and satirist John Arbuthnot, wrote that this book could be read by everybody, but that readers were often...

Tiempos verbales en inglés

Present simple:

• Afirmativa: I/you/we/they work; she/he/it works
• Negativa: I/you/we/they don't work; she/he/it doesn't work
• Interrogativa: Do I/you/we/they work? Does she/he/it work?

Present Continuous:

• Afirmativa: I am singing; you/we/they are singing; he/she/it is singing
• Negativa: I'm not singing; you/we/they aren't singing; she/he/it isn't singing
• Interrogativa: Am I singing? Are you/we/they singing? Is she/he/it singing?

Past simple:

• Afirmativa: I/she/he/it/you/we/they finished
• Negativa: I/she/he/it/you/we/they didn't finish
• Interrogativa: Did I/she/he/it/you/we/they finish?

Past continuous:

• Afirmativa: I/she/he/it was visiting; you/we/they were visiting
• Negativa: I/she/he/it wasn't visiting; you/we/they weren't visiting
• Interrogativa: