‘TYPES OF HOME:

➢ Bungalow → Chalé
➢ Cottage → Cabaña
➢ Detached house → Casa que no comparte paredes con otras casas
➢ Semi-detached → Casa que comparte solo una pared con otra casa
➢ Farmhouse → Masía
➢ Houseboat → Casa flotante
➢ Mansion → Mansión
➢ Mobile home → Casa móvil
➢ Flat → Piso
➢ Terraced house → Adosado
➢ Villa → Villa

PARTS OF A HOUSE AND GARDEN:

➢ Attic → Ático
➢ Balcony → Balcón
➢ Basement → Sótano
➢ Conservatory → Cúpula de vidrio
➢ Drive → Camino de coches
➢ Extension → Parte delantera que sale del principal edificio
➢ Fence → Valla
➢ Flowerbed → Camino de flores
➢ Patio → Patio
➢ Gate → Entrada
➢ Hall → Pasillo
➢ Hedge → Camino de hierba
➢ Landing → Piso al lado de las escaleras superiores
➢ Lawn → Césped
➢ Path → Camino
➢ Pond → Estanque
➢ Porch → Porche, terraza con columnas
➢ Shutters → Persianas
➢ Sliding doors

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GRAMMAR:
➢ PRESENT TENSE CONTRAST (Present Simple and Present Continuous)
➢ ARTICLES AND QUANTIFIERS (A, An, the, no article)
➢ FIRST AND SECOND CONDITIONAL

TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE:

➢ Tight fisted— Generous
➢ Thoughtless (No le importa opinión de los demás)— Considerate
➢ Self-Important — Modest
➢ Moody — Cheerful
➢ Insecure — Self-Confident
➢ Argumentative — Compliant
➢ Il-mannered — Courteous (Educado)
➢ Outgoing — Reserved
➢ Dependable — Unreliable (Poco fiable)
➢ Open-minded — Narrow-minded
➢ Complimentary — Critical
➢ Hot-headed — Level-headed

➢ As wise as an owl
➢ As busy as a bee
➢ As free as a bird
➢ As cool as a cucumber
➢ As sly as a fox
➢ As quiet as a mouse
➢ As good as gold
➢ As stubborn as a mule
➢ As brave as a lion
➢ As gentle as a lamb
➢ As happy as a lark

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GRAMMAR - PAST AND PERFECT TENSES
➢ Past continuous and past simple
○ Was / Were + Verb -ing → PAST CONTINUOUS
■ I was playing soccer
■ We were playing soccer
○ Verb in the past tense → PAST SIMPLE
■ I did it last year
■ I played soccer last year → Regular verb → -ED
■ I understood the problem

➢ Past perfect simple and past simple

○ Had + Past Participle → PAST PERFECT SIMPLE
■ I had chosen to play with you
○ Verb in the past tense → PAST SIMPLE
■ I did it last year
■ I played soccer last year → Regular verb → -ED
■ I understood the problem

➢ Present perfect continuous and present perfect simple

○ Have / Has + Been + Verb -ing → PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
■ I have been working the whole day
● She / He → NOT HAVE → HAS
■ He has been working the whole day
○ Have / Has + Past Participle
■ I have studied too much
■ He has gone to the soccer match

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UNIT 2:
VOCABULARY:
➢ Discount → Descuento = Reduction (Reducción)
➢ A fortune → Una fortuna = Precious (Precioso)
➢ Expensive → Caro = Costly (Costoso)
➢ Poor → Pobre = Penniless (Sin dinero)
➢ Rich → Rico = Well-Off (Acomodado)
➢ Salary → Salario = Earning (Ganancias)
➢ Valuable → Valioso = A packet (Un paquete)

➢ Economise → Economizar → Gastar menos

➢ Fine → Multar
➢ Go Bankrupt → Arruinarse
➢ Haggle → Regatear
➢ Inherit → Heredar
➢ Invest → Invertir
➢ Reimburse → Reembolsar
➢ Sponsor → Sponsor
➢ Subsidise → Subvencionar
➢ Support → Soportar → Pagar algo a medias

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INFINITIVE:
➢ After an adjective → The computer is easy to use
➢ After certain verbs (WITH TO) → He refused to pay the bill

GERUND:
➢ As a subject of a clause
➢ After preposition → I did my homework before going out
➢ Verbs followed by gerund → I enjoy cooking
➢ Verbs with prepositions followed by gerund

RELATIVE CLAUSES:
➢ Defining:
○ Give essential information about the noun
■ He is the boy
■ He is the boy who lives next door

➢ Non-Defining:
○ Give extra information about the noun
■ Pear Smith is a famous designer
■ Pear smith, who lives next door, is a famous designer

★ A veces, cuando tienes dos frases cortas lo que se hace es unirlas con (who /
where / that / whose / which) de manera que sea una sola frase.

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 THE FUTURE:
In the future we may use the follow verb tenses:
➢ Present Simple → Schedules / Timetable
➢ Future Simple → Will
➢ Future Continuous → Will be + verb -ing (to talk about actions are going to be
completed in the future)
➢ Future Perfect Simple → Will have + Past Participle
➢ Future Perfect Continuous → Will have been + verb -ing
➢ Going to → Future predictions based on present evidence → intention
➢ Present Continuous → Action which is arranged

VOCABULARY:
➢ Childhood → Infancia
➢ Adolescence → Adolescencia
➢ Middle Age → Mediana Edad
➢ Old Age → Alta Edad
➢ Adulthood → Edad Adulta
➢ Infancy → Infancia
➢ Baby → Bebé
➢ Child → Niño
➢ The Elderly → Ancianos
➢ Kid → Niño
➢ OAP → Jubilado
➢ Teenager → Adolescente
➢ Toddler → Niño Pequeño
➢ Young man → Joven
➢ Youth → Juventud

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 ➢ Ask Somebody Out → Pedirle Salir A Alguien
➢ Bring Somebody Up → Traer A Alguien
➢ Fall In Love → Enamorarse
➢ Get On → Subirse
➢ Grow Up → Crecer
➢ Look Up To Somebody → Admirar A Alguien
➢ Name Somebody After Somebody → Nombrar A Alguien Después De Alguien
➢ Pass Away → Fallecer
➢ Settle Down → Establecerse
➢ Split Up → Separar
➢ Take After Somebody → Tomar A Alguien

A DESCRIPTION OF A PERSON VOCABULARY:

➢ Bald → Calvo
➢ Cheeked → Mejillas
➢ Dark → Negro
➢ Fair → Justo
➢ Good-looking → Guapo / Buena Apariencia
➢ Moustache → Bigote
➢ Round → Redondo (la cara)
➢ Scruffy → Desaliñado / Dejado
➢ Slim → Delgado
➢ Wavy → Ondulado
➢ Wrinkles → Arrugas

Extreme and intensifying adjectives:

➢ Absolutely → Absolutamente
➢ Bitterly → Amargamente
➢ Desperately → Desesperadamente
➢ Highly → Altamente

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➢ Ridiculously → Ridículamente
➢ Blissfully Happy → Dichosamente feliz
➢ Dead Right → Muerte derecha
➢ Fiendishly Difficult → Diabólicamente difícil
➢ Patently Obvious → Evidentemente obvio
➢ Perfectly Capable → Perfectamente capaz
➢ Ravenously Hungry → MUY hambriento
➢ Thoroughly Enjoyable → Completamente agradable
➢ Tremendously Excited → Tremendamente emocionado