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

1. Vocabulary

• 1.1 Today is the last day to sign up for the exhibition.
• 1.2 We'll set up all the equipment in the auditorium; it'll take about an hour.
• 1.3 Our shipping manager, Jack, can provide answers to your questions about...
• 1.4 Let's go over the sales figures together to prepare for the meeting on Tuesday.
• 1.5 They had a wonderful display.
• 1.6 I'd like to hold a meeting with the department heads on the 5th of June.
• 1.7 Mr. Evans' opening remarks.
• 1.8 High shipping costs are a major problem for exporters.

2. Meeting Essentials

Staff meeting, laser pointer, handout, brainstorming session, light refreshments.

• 2.1 At the beginning of the meeting, you must hand out the financial report to the board.
• 2.2 You'll need a laser pointer when giving your presentation.

PREGUNTAS

1. Complete the sentences with the words from the box. (3 points)

stomachache, earache, toothache, fever, backache, headache

1. I have a fever.
2. I have a backache.
3. I have a toothache.
4. I have an earache.
5. I have a headache.
6. I have a stomachache.

GRAMMAR

2. Complete the sentences (Active or Passive Voice). Use Simple Present.

1. He sells cars.
2. The blue car is sold.
3. In summer, more ice-cream is eaten than in winter.
4. She calls her grandparents every Friday.

3. Complete the sentences using words beginning with somebody, anybody, everyone, or nobody.

1. Are you ready? Do you have anybody?
2. I’m hungry. Is there anything in the fridge?
3. No, I’m sorry. There’s nothing in the fridge.
4. Everyone is here now, so we’re ready to go.
5. The bus is full. There’s nothing to

1. Auditory Learners

   These learners have highly developed auditory skills and often think in words. They enjoy reading, playing word games, and making up poetry or stories. They can be taught by encouraging them to say and see words, and by reading books together. Tools include computers, games, multimedia, books, tape recorders, and lectures.

2. Visual-Spatial Learners

   These learners think in terms of physical space, like architects and sailors. They are very aware of their environments and enjoy activities such as drawing, doing jigsaw puzzles, and reading maps. They can be taught through drawings, verbal and physical imagery. Tools include models, graphics, charts, photographs, drawings, 3-D modeling, video, videoconferencing, television, multimedia,

Irregular English Verbs

Past Simple Tense

The Debate Over School Uniforms: Pros and Cons

Many educational institutions require uniforms, leading to a significant debate: some students are strongly in favor of this policy, while others are completely against it.

Arguments in Favor of School Uniforms

On the one hand, the idea of using uniforms has some advantages:

• Saves Time: If people wear uniforms, they won't waste too much time in the morning thinking about the clothes they are going to wear.
• Reduces Criticism: Furthermore, everybody will wear the same, so they cannot criticize one another's clothing.

Arguments Against School Uniforms

On the other hand, there are clear disadvantages:

• Lack of Freedom: You can't have the liberty to choose what you want to wear.
• Aesthetics: The majority of uniforms

Verb Classifications

• Main Verbs: Provide the core meaning of sentences.
• Auxiliary Verbs: Support main verbs.
• Modal Verbs: Modify the meaning of the main verb.

Modal Verbs Usage

• Ability: can, could, will be able to (capacity to perform an action).
• Possibility and Certainty: must, may, might, could, can’t + infinitive (describing degrees of certainty).
• Advice and Obligation: should, must (general obligations), have to (particular obligations).

Word Formation

discover - discovery, develop - development, operate - operation, prevent - prevention, suffer - suffering, treat - treatment, research, experiment, clone, cause, cure.

Phrasal Verbs: Health and Lifestyle

• Call on: To make a short visit.
• Cut down: To do less of something.
• Get over: To become well or

Essential English Irregular Verbs

was/were - been (ser, estar)

beat - beaten (golpear; vencer)

became - become (llegar a ser)

began - begun (empezar)

bent - bent (doblar, flexionar)

bit - bitten (morder)

blew - blown (soplar)

broke - broken (romper)

brought - brought (traer; llevar)

built - built (construir)

burnt - burnt (quemar)

bought - bought (comprar)

caught - caught (coger, atrapar)

chose - chosen (elegir)

came - come (venir)

cost - cost (costar)

cut - cut (cortar)

dug - dug (cavar, excavar)

did - done (hacer)

drew - drawn (dibujar)

dreamt/dreamed - dreamt/dreamed (soñar)

drank - drunk (beber)

drove - driven (conducir)

ate - eaten (comer)

fell - fallen (caer)

fed - fed (alimentar)

felt - felt (sentir)

fought - fought (luchar)

found - found (encontrar)

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Jurassic Park is a science fiction, horror and adventure film Directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1993. The plot tells the Experiences of a group of people in an amusement park with cloned dinosaurs, Created by a billionaire and a team of genetic scientists . During an Evaluation visit by a group of experts, dinosaurs escape and put the lives of Those in the park at risk.

On Nublar Island, located near Costa Rica, an employee of the park is

attacked by a dinosaur during his transfer to Jurassic Park, an amusement 

park whose main attraction is dinosaurs cloned by a team of genetic scientists. 

As a result, John Hammond, park manager, is pressured by project investors 

to carry out an investigation that guarantees the park's safety before