Essential English Reference: Vocabulary & Grammar
Technology & Gadgets Vocabulary
- Keyboard: teclado
- Plug (for device): enchufe-conector
- Screen: monitor
- Socket (wall): enchufe-pared
- Switch: interruptor
- Adapter: adaptador
- Headphones: auriculares
- Remote control: mando a distancia
- Mouse: ratón
- Speaker: altavoz
- USB cable: cable USB
Common Verbs
- Turn on / Turn off
- Set (program)
- Unplug (desenchufar)
- Switch
Places Vocabulary
- Football pitch: campo de fútbol
- Ground floor: planta baja
- Speed camera: radar de velocidad
- Profile picture: foto de perfil
- Petrol station: gasolinera
House
Read MoreEssential English Phrases for Classroom Interaction
Classroom Language Examples
- Could you repeat that, please?
- Could you say that again?
- Sorry?
- Pardon?
- How do you spell it?
- What does it mean?
- What does “sneeze” mean?
- Please be quiet!
- Well done!
- Very good!
What is Classroom Language and Why is it Important?
It is the language we use:
- to give instructions (e.g., “Put your hands up”, “Come to the blackboard”)
- to deal with spontaneous situations (“Can you close the door, please? It’s very noisy”)
- for social interaction (“You’re welcome”)
- to deal
English Verb Tenses and Culinary Vocabulary
English Verb Tenses Practice
Translate Sentences: Speak
Verb forms: V1=speak (present), V2=spoke (past), V3=spoken (past participle).
- Se habla inglés. English is spoken (passive – present)
- Ellas hablarían. They would speak (simple conditional)
- No fue hablado. It was not spoken (passive – past negative)
- Yo hablé. I spoke (simple past)
- Será hablado. It will be spoken (passive – future)
- ¿Hablarás? Will you speak? (simple future – interrogative)
- Él no habló. He did not speak (simple past – negative)
- Ella
English Vocabulary: Solitude, Anger, Homes, and Sounds
Expressions for Solitude and Self-Reliance
- Youngest self-made
- Atlantic single-handed
- Be self-reliant
- Shy, solitary
- Fending for myself
- Leaving me to my own devices / to myself
- Think for herself
- Got a mind of her own
- Keeping himself very much to himself
- On his own
- Self-made millionaire
- Single-handed yachtswoman
- Solo album
- Solitary figure
- Unaccompanied children
- Unaided eye
- Isolated communities
Phrases for Anger and Arguments
- Heated argument
- Irate customer
- Cross with you
- Seething with anger
- Completely berserk
- Blow his top
- He
TV Show Reviews: Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Peaky Blinders
Game of Thrones – TV Show Review
1. Introduction
Game of Thrones is one of the most famous TV series of all time. It was created by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and is based on the books A Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin. It’s a mix of fantasy, drama, and action, full of battles, betrayals, and, of course, dragons! The show follows the fight for the Iron Throne, the most powerful seat in the fictional land of Westeros.
2. Summary of the Plot/Story
The story focuses on different noble
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Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco
Rhinoceros is one of the most outstanding works of Ionesco, alongside The Bald Soprano, The Chairs, and The King Dies. It presents the viewer with a succession of symbolic scenic images: the streets of a town are terrorized by a rhinoceros, which is, in fact, a man transformed into a beast. This metamorphosis, reminiscent of Kafka, gradually affects all the people of the place, who are overcome by selfishness, hypocrisy, the desire for domination, and violence. Berenger,
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