Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for English

Memory and Recollection

• Blot out: Forget
• Evoke: Bring to mind
• Recall / Remind / Reminisce: Remember
• Suppress: Forget
• A trip down memory lane: Reminds you of pleasant or sentimental memories
• Come flooding back: Suddenly or strongly remembered
• Memory like a sieve: Very bad memory
• Jog your memory: Cause to remember
• Know something by heart: From memory
• Rack your brains: Try hard to remember
• Ring a bell: Remind of something
• Take you back to: Remind you of a specific time

Common Phrasal Verbs and Meanings

• Walk out on: Leave
• Stand up for: Defend
• Go for: Decide on
• Look into: Investigate
• Turn out: Happen or develop
• Play up: Behave badly (portarse mal)
• Sign up for: Enroll in (matricularse en)
• Account for: Cover from total
• Go down: Decrease
• Look down on: Despise (despreciar)

Engaging Your Voice Assistant: Essential Prompts

Discover a comprehensive list of questions and commands to interact with your voice assistant, from everyday queries to humorous and thought-provoking prompts. Enhance your experience and uncover unique responses.

Basic Interactions & Everyday Commands

• Call me [Name]: Your assistant will use this name when addressing you.
• Knock Knock.
• Show me the money.
• What are you wearing?
• How are you?
• Where are you?
• What do you look like?
• Where are you from?
• How's it going?
• Thank you.
• Talk to me.
• Good morning. (Try saying this at night for a unique response.)
• Happy Birthday!
• Merry Christmas.
• LOL.
• Ha Ha!
• Ha Ha Ha!
• Why?
• Why not?
• It's all good.
• Blah blah blah.
• Guess What? ...Correct.
• You're right!
• I'm happy.
• I'm tired.
• You are boring.

The Nabataeans: An Almost Forgotten Tribe

A3. The writer... TRUE: "There is one group who are unfairly overlooked."

A4. Some of... FALSE: "With their pillars and decorations, they share many similarities with Greek temples."

A5. After the... FALSE: "Petra remained inhabited for at least two more centuries."

A6. The Slayb... FALSE: "A Bedouin tribe called the Slayb could be the descendants of the Nabataeans."

Vocabulary and Historical Facts

• A7.1 Ignored: Overlooked
• A7.2 Disappeared: Vanished
• A8.1 A lot of money: Fortune
• A8.2 Became smaller or less: Declined

English Grammar and Language Practice

• B1. Does learning about ancient civilizations interest you?
• B2. The Nabataeans didn't have to leave Petra after the earthquake.
• B3. Despite the cold, we enjoyed the

Essential English Grammar: Verb Patterns

Verbs Followed by Gerund (V + ING)

These verbs require the gerund form (V + ING):

• love, hate, like, be good at, admit, appreciate, avoid, can’t help, consider, delay, deny, discuss, dislike, enjoy, finish, give up, imagine, involve, mention, mind, miss, practice, and suggest.

Verbs Followed by Infinitive (To + Verb)

These verbs and phrases require the to + infinitive form:

• afford, agree, appear, arrange, ask, attempt, be careful, choose, be difficult, decide, expect, fail, happen, help, hope, intend, learn, manage, offer, need, plan, prepare, pretend, promise, refuse, seem, tend, tell, want, wish, and would like.

Verbs Followed by Bare Infinitive (Base Form)

The bare infinitive is used with:

• Modal verbs (e.

Unit 1: Vocabulary, Grammar, and History of Money

Vocabulary and Clothing Terms

1. Vocabulary List:

• 1. Match
• 2. Comfortable
• 3. Tight
• 4. Watch
• 5. Outfit
• 6. Smart

3. Text Completion:

1. Tried on, 2. Top, 3. Fit, 4. Size, 5. Loose, 6. Belt, 7. Walked

Grammar: Articles and Quantifiers

4. Articles: an, any, a, some, any

5. Noun Phrases: a (coat), some (pockets), an (outfit), the (top), any (money)

6. Text Exercise: any, an, any, a, some, a, the, an

4. Quantifiers: many, a lot of; much, a lot of; many, a lot of; many, a lot of; a lot of, much

5. Questions: How much, how many, how much, how many, how much

6. Mixed Practice: -1. How much, -2. Much, -3. A, -4. An, -5. The, -6. A lot of, -7. How many, -8. Many, -9. An

Reading: The Evolution of Currency

1. Key Terms:

• COST:

A Retrieved Reformation Questions

1. Jimmy's Plans Clue

   Which of Jimmy’s actions gives a clue to his plans for continuing to crack safes?

   Answer: B. He goes to his room to pick up his burglar’s tools.

2. Jimmy's Character

   Jimmy wears fancy clothes, eats well, and robs banks for quick money. What does this tell you about him?

   Answer: B. He likes “the good life.”

3. Ben Price's Interest

   Why is Ben Price interested in Jimmy Valentine?

   Answer: B. Ben Price wants to arrest Jimmy.

4. Jimmy's Reaction Prediction

   What can you predict that Jimmy will do when he notices Annabel coming out of the bank?

   Answer: A. He will find a way to meet her.

5. Shoe Business Reason

   Why does Jimmy Valentine decide to go into the shoe business?

   Answer: A. He likes fancy clothes.

6. Plot Element

English Verb Tenses: Active and Passive Voice

Past Perfect

• Affirmative: Subject + had + past participle
• Negative: Subject + hadn't + past participle
• Interrogative: Had + subject + past participle + ?

Passive Voice

• Present Simple: writes ~ is written
• Past Simple: wrote ~ was written
• Future (will): will write ~ will be written
• Present Continuous: is writing ~ is being written
• Past Continuous: was writing ~ was being written
• Present Perfect: has written ~ has been written
• Past Perfect: had written ~ had been written
• Be going to: is going to write ~ is going to be written
• Modal Verbs: can write ~ can be written

Past Perfect

• Affirmative: Subject + had + past participle
• Negative: Subject + hadn't + past participle
• Interrogative: Had + subject + past participle + ?

Victor's Journey to Geneva and Encounter with the Monster

1. On his journey to Geneva, Victor spent the night in the village of Secheron, but he couldn't sleep.

Victor couldn't sleep, and he decided to go and find the place where William had been murdered. During the storm, he saw a figure standing beside some trees; it was the monster.

Justine's Trial and Conviction

2. Justine defended herself in court.

Justine was called to defend herself. Crying, she told them what she remembered.

But it did no good. The judge had reached his verdict, and Justine had been found guilty. She was sentenced to death and would be executed the next day.

The Monster's Plea and Victor's Reaction

3. The monster raised his hand and began to speak.

Victor was shocked.

The monster... Continue reading "Frankenstein: Key Plot Points and Analysis" »

The Luis Rubiales Case: Context and Controversy

Good morning, everyone.

We are… (insert names), and today, we will present the Luis Rubiales case. This case became highly relevant because he was the former president of the Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) at the time it occurred, along with many other circumstances that will be discussed later.

We have chosen this case because of the relevance it had and still has in Spanish society. Before starting, we must point out that this case still has not been resolved by the Spanish justice system.

Pre-Tournament Controversy

The whole situation was complicated because, even before the incident took place, another controversial situation had been ongoing before the competition even started. Key issues... Continue reading "The Luis Rubiales Scandal: Non-Consensual Kiss and RFEF Fallout" »

Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens wrote thirteen novels published in the year of his death. His first great success was The Pickwick Papers (1836-1837). Dickens soon moved forward from this old-fashioned view of England. In Oliver Twist and Nicholas Nickleby, he writes of the social problems faced by young boys like Oliver and Nicholas. The sufferings of children were a main theme of Dickens's writing. He advocated for education for all children and showed his readers the kind of problems children faced in the cities, where poor people had no chance to share in the success of the nation. Dickens went on to write novels that criticized society in a more general way. David Copperfield is his most positive novel about growing up. This novel was based... Continue reading "The Impact of Charles Dickens on Literature and Society" »