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Preparatory CAEC Course

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INTRODUCTION (Audio 1)

English:
Welcome to the Army School of Languages and Dialects preparatory CAEC course. In
this course, we’ll go over the basic terminology, vocabulary and grammar needed to
successfully complete the Basic and Intermediate English course.
You’ll hear two basic instructions on the audios. These instructions are:

 Listen

 Repeat
You can choose to keep listening for the Spanish version, or skip this audio to begin.
Spanish:
Bienvenido al preparatorio CAEC de la Escuela de Idiomas y Dialectos del Ejército.
En este curso repasaremos la terminología, vocabulario y gramática básica necesaria para
llevar a cabo satisfactoriamente los cursos Básico e Intermedio de Inglés.
Escuchará dos instrucciones básicas en los audios. Estas son:

 Listen (Escuche)
 Repeat (Repita)

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Introductory Unit

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PARTS OF THE HOUSE

1. Listen and repeat (Audio 2)

Listen and repeat the parts of the house.

a. b. c.

Kitchen Bathroom Living room

quítchen bátrum lívin rúm
Cocina Baño Sala de estar
d. e. f.

Bedroom Garage Dining room

bédrum garásh daínin rúm
Habitación / Cuarto Garaje Comedor

Listen to the audios and repeat

the pronunciation as much as
neccesary.

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Unit 2

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LESSON 1, PART 1: VOCABULARY
Prepositions of place
Prepositions of place are used to show the location or position of one thing with another.
Las preposiciones de lugar son usadas para indicar la localización o posición de
un objeto con respecto a otro.
Audio 3

Behind In front of Next to

bijáind in frónt of nects tú
Detrás En frente de Junto a

Between Near Above

bituín níer abóv
Entre Cerca Encima

Under In On
ónder ín ón
Debajo Dentro En

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LESSON 2, PART 1: VOCABULARY
Military Units
Audio 4

Division
divíshon
División
This is the Eight Division.

Brigade
brigéid
Brigada
This is the Twelfth Brigade.

Batallion
batálion
Batallón
This is the Eighteenth Artillery Batallion.

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LESSON 2, PART 2: VOCABULARY
Military Units (Continuation)
Audio 5

There are smaller military units such as:

Company Platoon Section

cómpani platún sécshon
Compañía Pelotón Sección

Other military units are:

Audio 6

Detachment Battery Squadron

ditáchment báreri scuádron
Destacamento Batería Escuadrón

 Detachments are used by the Special Forces.

Los destacamentos son usados por las Fuerzas Especiales.

 Batteries are artillery companies.

Las baterías son companías de artillería.

 Squadrons are cavalry companies.

Los escuadrones son companías de caballería.

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LESSON 1, PART 1: GRAMMAR
Simple past
Simple past is the tense we use when we want to talk about a completed action in a time before
now.
El pasado simple es el tiempo que usamos cuando queremos de hablar de una action
culminada en un tiempo antes del ahora.
To make a sentence in past tense we use the verb in its past tense. Verbs in English can be regular
or irregular, based on whether its past form is formed added -ed at the end or not.
Para hacer una oración en tiempo pasado usamos el verbo en su tiempo pasado.
Los verbos en inglés pueden ser regulares o irregulares, dependiendo de si su forma
pasada se forma añadiendo -ed al final o no.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0T5D7HDQouCYktENmpLRUh6bXM/view
Here you can find a list of all the irregular verbs, and how to conjugate them.
Affirmative structure for regular verbs:

Subject verb + ed (verb in past tense)

I walked.

Negative structure for regular verbs:

Subject + did not + verb in infinitive
We didn’t go.

Interrogative structure for regular verbs:

Did subject + verb in infinitive (?)

Did he go?

Simple past tense of to be, to have, to do

Tomado de: https://www.ef.com/wwen/english-resources/english-grammar/simple-past-tense/

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