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

TEMA 1 NIVEL 1

1. youth hostel/get started/dirt cheap/hop on/hoocked/high season/set off/livestyle/fund/breathtaking

2. first rate/low-cost/upbeat/full-time/upcoming

3. by, out, for, in, on, at, out, in, on, in

4. have been trying/, have... been standing/had been travelling/ has been raining/ hadn't been dating

5. had been travelling/ have you been doing / haven't slept/ have you read/ had booked

TEMA 1 NIVEL 2

1. flow/ season/ point/ move/ trap/ cheap/ around/ glance/ hostel/ started

2. trustworthy/ full-time/ widespread/ lifelong/ first rate

3. for a change/ on the whole/ on condition/ in the long/ by heart

4. hadn't been waiting/ has been living/ had been walking/ have you been doing

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Welcome to IKEA

Introduction

To: All Employees

From: Germán Vargas

Subject: Welcome Introduction

Hello everyone,

My name is Germán Vargas, and I am the new Marketing Director. I'm from Seville, and my previous job was Junior Administrative Assistant at Factory Store, where I managed the administrative tasks for seven years. I'm very excited about moving to Madrid and joining IKEA. I am looking forward to meeting and working with all of you.

Cheers,

Germán Vargas

Office Equipment Quote Request

To: [email protected]

From: [email protected]

Subject: Quote for Office Equipment

Dear Ms. Maria,

Our company is looking for reliable suppliers of office equipment. We would be grateful if you could send us a quote for the items listed below:

• 1 Shredder
• 2 Photocopiers
• 10

Common Professions, Duties, and Workplaces

Accountants

Look after the finances in an organisation - office.

Bakers

Bake bread - bakery.

Barbers

Shave men's beards and cut men's hair - barber shop.

Bartenders

Serve drinks - pub, restaurant, or bar.

Butchers

Prepare and sell meat - butcher shop.

Chambermaids

Clean and tidy rooms - hotel.

Chefs

Prepare and cook food - kitchen.

Dentists

Look after people's teeth - dental clinic.

Doctors

Look after people's health - hospital or surgery.

Fishmongers

Prepare and sell fish - fish market.

Flight Attendants

Look after passengers - aeroplane.

Hairdressers

Cut and style people's hair - hair salon.

Judges

Judge and sentence people - law court.

Lawyers

Defend and prosecute people - law court, or lawyer's office.

Nurses

Look after patients... Continue reading "Professions, Duties, and Workplaces List" »

Story Introduction: The Cloner's Shadow

Narrator: The story is told by Tim, a schoolboy who was being bullied by a schoolmate, Mat. Both fancied the same girl, Fiona, but as Fiona was Tim's girlfriend, Mat relentlessly harassed and hurt him.

To escape Mat, Tim used Dr. Woolley's Cloner to make a copy of himself. However, The Copy soon attempted to take over Tim's life.

Key Characters and Their Roles

Tim

Tim is Dr. Woolley's only friend, Fiona's boyfriend, and the main character of the story. He was conscious of being skinny, weak, and not very smart at school. He hated football and wasn't good at other sports either.

Dr. Woolley

Dr. Woolley was a reclusive figure; people thought he was dangerous and strange because he chased them away from his workshop.... Continue reading "The Cloner's Shadow: Tim's Battle for Identity" »

Applicant

A person who formally requests a job.

Be Burnt Out

To be ill or very tired from working too hard.

Be Fond Of

To have feelings of affection for someone or something.

Call It a Day

To stop working because you don’t want to do more or you think you have done enough.

Clerk

A person who works in an office, dealing with records or performing office duties.

Dead-End Job

A job which does not offer any opportunity for improving your situation.

Deadline

The time or date by which something must be done.

Field

An area of activity or interest.

Get Fired

To be removed from one’s job.

Get Paid Peanuts

To be paid a very small amount of money.

Get One’s Foot in the Door

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The Young Man Billy's Journey to Bath

Billy, a 17-year-old young man, was traveling from London to Bath by train. Bath, a beautiful city, caught his attention. He was wearing a hat, an overcoat, and carrying a suitcase. As he felt tired, he tried to do everything as he had been asked.

On his way, he noticed a small sign that said 'Bed and Breakfast.' The room wasn't spacious, as it was a house owned by an old lady. Although he wanted to go to the hotel he was assigned, he decided to press the doorbell and a middle-aged lady opened the door. She was kind but seemed a little peculiar.

Billy took the room on the third floor. However, before he could unpack his belongings, the lady insisted that he sign the guest book. While signing it, he noticed... Continue reading "Mysterious Bed and Breakfast in Bath: A Strange Encounter" »

Shopping Vocabulary

• Afford: to have enough money to buy something
• Auction: a public sale where items are sold to the highest bidder
• Bargain: a good deal or a lower price
• Boutique: a small shop that sells fashionable clothes or accessories
• Brand: a particular company's product or line of products
• Browse: to look at items in a shop without buying anything
• Cashier: a person who handles payments and receipts in a shop
• Changing Room: a room in a shop where customers can try on clothes
• Charity Shop: a shop that sells second-hand items to raise money for charity
• Customer: a person who buys goods or services from a shop
• Deliver: to bring goods or services to a person's location
• Department Store: a large shop that sells a wide variety of products
• Exchange: to give

English Grammar Review

Modal Verbs: Would

Affirmative: I would organize a clean-up day.

Negative: I wouldn't throw garbage on the streets.

Questions: What would you do to make it a better place?

Conditional Type 2

We use "if I were you..." when we want to give advice.

If I were you, I would + bare infinitive.

Examples:

• If you worked hard, you would have a better chance of getting good grades.
• If I were you, I would quit the school team and join a local team instead.

Present Perfect Tense

Use the present perfect tense for:

• Actions that started in the past and continue to the present.
• Actions that happened in the past and we can see their results in the present.

Note: When we use "never" in the negative, we use "have/has."

[has/have + past participle]

Examples:

Present simple

+S+Vinf+He dances

• Actions habituls o rutines.
• Fets generals o cientifics.
• Amb horaris I programs (The train leaves at 9 o'clock).

Adv. Frequency: always, once, every, in the parts of day, at time/at night on days, how often?

Present continuous

+S+am/is/are+Ving He dancing

• Dir allo que esta passant en el moment que es parla.
• Expresar accions prolongades que pasen en un present mes ampli.
• Expresar q farem en un futur proper en tota seguritat pq eu em fixat.

At the moment, at present, today, now, right now, this, these. Future: soon, later, tomorrow, this, next.

Past simple

+S+V2/+ed He danced

• Past actions which happened at a specific time.
• Accions consecutives del pasado.
• Descriure com era algo en el pasado.
• Una accio curta va pasar cuan una mes

• Be - was/were - been = ser, estar
• Beat - beat - beaten = golpear
• Become - became - become = llegar a ser
• Begin - began - begun = empezar
• Bend - bent - bent = doblar
• Bet - bet - bet = apostar
• Bite - bit - bitten = morder
• Bleed - bled - bled = sangrar
• Blow - blew - blown = soplar
• Break - broke - broken = romper
• Bring - brought - brought = traer
• Build - built - built = construir
• Burn - burnt - burnt = quemar
• Burst - burst - burst = reventar, estallar
• Buy - bought - bought = comprar
• Catch - caught - caught = coger, atrapar
• Choose - chose - chosen = elegir
• Come - came - come = venir
• Cost - cost - cost = costar
• Cut - cut - cut = cortar
• Deal - dealt - dealt = comerciar, tratar
• Dig - dug - dug = cavar
• Do - did - done = hacer
• Draw - drew - drawn = dibujar
• Dream - dreamt -