English Vocabulary for Language Proficiency Exams
English Vocabulary for Language Proficiency Exams
Unit 1 – Illnesses and Injuries
Minor Illnesses and Conditions
A rash | ||
Sunburn | ||
Swollen ankle | ||
High temperature | ||
Bleeding finger | ||
A headache | ||
Back pain | ||
Vomiting | ||
A cough | ||
Sneezing | ||
A sore throat | ||
Diarrhea | ||
Feel sick | ||
Fainted | ||
Blister | ||
A cold | ||
Flu | ||
Dizzy | ||
Cut himself | ||
Injuries and More Serious Conditions
Unconscious | |
Allergic | |
Twisted | |
Sprained | |
High blood pressure | |
Food poisoning | |
Choking | |
Burnt |
Phrasal Verbs Connected with Illness
Pass out | Faint | |
Lie down | Put your body in a horizontal position | |
Throw up | Vomit, |
Irregular Verb Forms in English
English Irregular Verbs
Infinitive (Infinitivo) | Past Simple (Passado) | Past Participle (Particípio Passado) | Translation (Tradução)
- arise | arose | arisen | surgir, erguer-se
- awake | awoke | awoken | despertar, acordar
- be | was, were | been | ser, estar
- bear | bore | born, borne | suportar, dar a luz
- beat | beat | beaten | bater, espancar
- become | became | become | tornar-se
- befall | befell | befallen | acontecer
- beget | begot | begotten, begot | procriar, gerar
- begin | began | begun | começar, iniciar
- behold
English Learning: Grammar, Verbs, and Concepts
A Bad Experience and Its Consequences
First of all, I would like to say that I have almost never had a bad experience. Nevertheless, I will tell one. Twenty years ago, I was in the mountains with my boyfriend and my dog. We were playing with some trunks for the dog. Suddenly, my dog ran down the mountain like crazy, and my boyfriend and I followed. When we were down, we found a big cave where there were a lot of bugs, cockroaches that came out flying behind us. Finally, the consequences of it are
Read MoreEnglish Verb Conjugation: Simple Past and Past Participle
English Verb Conjugation
| Infinitive | Simple Past | Past Participle | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| add | added | added | agregar |
| answer | answered | answered | responder |
| arrive | arrived | arrived | llegar |
| ask | asked | asked | preguntar |
| attack | attacked | attacked | atacar |
| be | was / were | been | ser o estar |
| become | became | become | convertirse |
| begin | began | begun | comenzar |
| believe | believed | believed | creer |
| borrow | borrowed | borrowed | tomar prestado |
| break | broke | broken | romper |
| bring | brought | brought | traer |
| buy | bought | bought | comprar |
| catch | caught | caught | atrapar |
| carry | carried | carried | llevar |
| change | changed | changed | cambiar |
| clean | cleaned | cleaned | limpiar |
| come | came | come | venir |
| cook | cooked | cooked | cocinar |
| cut | cut | cut | cortar |
| dance | danced | danced | bailar |
| describe | described | described | describir |
| destroy | destroyed | destroyed | destruir |
| die | died | died | morir |
| discover | discovered | discovered | descubrir |
| discuss | discussed | discussed | discutir |
| do | did | done | hacer |
| dream | dreamt/ |
Jeeves’s Schemes: A Wodehouse Tale of Wit and Misadventures
Jeeves Takes Charge
The story takes place in England sometime between 1910 and 1920. Narrator Bertie Wooster, a young, idle rich, opens “Jeeves Takes Charge” admitting that he is too dependent on his butler, Jeeves. However, he is ashamed; after all, according to Bertie, Jeeves is a genius. “From the neck up is just,” Bertie says, and proceeds to detail how he came to trust the butler with all his affairs.
Easeby
During a visit to the farm of his uncle Willoughby, Bertie catches his original butler,
Read MoreEnglish Irregular Verbs: Base Form, Past Simple, Past Participle
English Irregular Verbs
Base Form / Past Simple / Past Participle / Spanish Translation
- Beat / beat / beaten / golpear
- Become / became / become / convertirse
- Begin / began / begun / empezar
- Bend / bent / bent / doblar
- Bet / bet / bet / apostar
- Bite / bit / bitten / morder
- Bleed / bled / bled / sangrar
- Blow / blew / blown / soplar
- Break / broke / broken / romper
- Bring / brought / brought / traer
- Build / built / built / construir
- Burn / burnt / burnt / quemar
- Buy / bought / bought / comprar
- Cast / cast / cast /