sábado, 14 de mayo de 2011

UNIT 7


VOCABULARY

 Emotional: emotibo
 Energetic: energetico
 Hard-working: trabajador
 Independent: independente
 Confident: seguro de si mismo
 Easy-going: facil de tratar
 Embarrassed: vergonzoso
 Optimistic: optimista
 Pessimistic: pesimista
 Lazy: bago
 Moody: malhumorado
 Adventurous: aventurero
 Ambitious: ambicioso
 Calm:  tranquilo
 Charming: cariñoso
 Sensible: sensato
 Sensitive: sensible


GRAMMAR

USES OF THE GERUND AND THE INFINITIVE

GERUND:
(are formed with -ing)
·After prepositions.
·After certain verbs and phrasal verbs.
·As nouns.

INFINITIVE:
(are formed with to + participe)
·After nouns.
·After adjectives.
·After certain verbs and phrasal verbs.

UNIT 6


VOCABULARY

- Spicy: picante
- Sweet: dulce
- Energy: energía
- Flavour: sabor o gusto
- Tasty: sabroso
- Protein: proteico
- Fast: rapido
- Fattening: engorda
- Fresh: fresco
- cut out: cortar
- give up: dejar
- go on a diet: hacer dieta
- Unhealthy: poco saludable
- Sugary: endulzado
- Diet: dieta
- Carbohydrate: carbohidrato


GRAMMAR

Conditionals:

Firsr conditional
(if + present simple, will + infinitive)
·We use this type of conditional to talk about probable or possible events.

Second conditional
(if + past simple, would + infinitive)
·We use this type of conditional to talk about improbable or imaginary situations.

Third conditional
(if + past perfect, would have + past participle)
·We use this type of conditional to talk about events that didn’t happen.

We can use as long as, even if, providing that or unless in the conditional to replace if

- Providing that or as long as: We use them to mean “but only if”.
- Even if:   We use it to emphasize the condition.
- Unless:  We use it to express negative conditions.

Wishes and regrets

WISH/If ONLY + PAST SIMPLE: We use it when we want to
·We use it when we wish that something was different in the present.

WISH/If ONLY + PAST PERFECT:
·We use it when we regret something in the past.

WISH/If ONLY + WOULD: 
·We use it to complain about a thing or a situation