Master English: Vocabulary, Grammar, and Pronunciation
Essential English Vocabulary and Grammar
Phrasal Verbs
- Going out with: Salir con
- Fell for: Enamorarse
- Split up with: Separarse de
- Got on well: Seguir adelante bien
- Fell out with: Pelearse con
- Get over: Superar
- Brought up: Traer, crecer
- Grew up: Crecer
- Put up with: Aguantar
- Told off: Decir, fuera
- Look up to: Mirar hacia arriba
- Let down: Decepcionar
- Told off: Regañó
- Looked up: Miró hacia arriba
- Get on: Subió
- Falling out: Se cayó
- Got over: Superó
Relative Pronouns
- Who: People
- Which: Things
- That: People or things
- Whose:
Sarah Sprenger’s Oregon Trail Memories, 1852
Sarah Sprenger’s Recollections of Oregon, 1852
Author: Sarah Sprenger
The food during this time consisted of buffalo meat and antelope meat. The latter was preferred due to its consistency. Food was cooked with greasewood or sagebrush. They had iron pots and teakettles for cooking, and used Dutch ovens for baking, with coals placed both under and over the oven.
To make butter, they put milk in a large can and hung it on a wagon.
Indians were often seen. Once, in the Nez Perce country, a chief offered
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Items 3 – 4
Atlantic Watershed
Cantabrian Watershed
1. Publication.
- Title: The Lord of the Zero
- Author: Mª Isabel Molina
- Publisher: Alfaguara
Main Theme
The main issue is discrimination against people because of their religion.
This book tells the story of Joseph, a boy who lived in the Moorish Caliphate of Córdoba and was studying at a Muslim school. His classmates called him Sidi Sifre because he had an amazing ability for mathematical calculation. Due to this gift, he aroused the envy of one of his
Read MoreMastering English Future Tenses: Rules and Examples
Future ‘Will’ (Will + Infinitive)
You use this future tense:
- To make predictions or state expectations for the future. These can be introduced by verbs like: believe, expect, hope, and think. Or adverbs like definitely, certainly, probably (after will before won’t).
Examples:
- I think the exam will be too difficult for me.
- Manchester will probably win the championship.
- I expect she’ll arrive soon.
- He definitely won’t pass his exam; he’s too lazy.
- To give information about the future and talk about
Present Continuous, There is/are, Countables, Past Simple
Unit 4: Present Continuous
Affirmative
- I am playing
- You are playing
- He is playing
- She is playing
- It is playing
- We are playing
- You are playing
- They are playing
This tense uses the auxiliary verb “to be” and the -ing form of the main verb.
Negative
- I am not playing
- You are not playing
- He is not playing
- She is not playing
- It is not playing
- We are not playing
- You are not playing
- They are not playing
The negative form adds “not” after the auxiliary verb “to be”.
Interrogative
- Am I playing?
- Are you playing?
- Is he playing?
- Is
Mastering Relative Clauses and Reported Speech
Defining Relative Clauses
Defining Relative Clauses
The teacher is the person who decides the final mark (defining)
Non-Defining Relative Clauses
The teacher, who gave me a zero in the exam, is always grumpy.
Formal Structures
The preposition goes before the relative pronoun.
Ex: This is the school in which I study.
Ex: The teacher to whom I talked yesterday is the best ever.
Informal Structures
The preposition goes after the relative pronoun (normally at the end) + (the relative pronoun can be omitted).
Ex:
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