Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and exercises for English for Secondary education

To + Infinitive  Sensible - Prudent

Agree - Sensitive - Sensible
Offer - Attend - Asistir
Refuse - Assist - Atendre
Promise

Verb + Me + To + Infinitive
Advised - Rise, Rose, Risen - Asked - To go out of bed (you rise)
Convinced
Encouraged - Arise, Arose, Arisen - Persuaded - Surgir: A problem arises
Reminded

Verb + Ing - Raise, Raised, Raised - Admitted - Move something to a higher position
Denied
Recommend - Lay, Laid, Laid - Regretted - Place it horizontally
Suggested
Insisted on

Verb + Object (Me) + Preposition + Gerund - Lie, Lay, Lain - Accused - Recline
Congratulated
Blamed - Lie, Lied, Lied - Thanked - Not to tell the truth

Verb + Direct Object + That
Informed - TV Programme - A Photo to a Magazine - Assured - Show - Submit
Convinced - Present - Send in
Warned...

Irregular Verbs with Spanish Translations

Below is a corrected and formatted list of irregular verbs with their past forms, Spanish translations and gerunds.

• be - was/were - been - ser, estar - being
• beat - beat - beaten - golpear - beating
• become - became - become - llegar a ser - becoming
• begin - began - begun - empezar - beginning
• bend - bent - bent - doblar - bending
• bet - bet - bet - apostar - betting
• bite - bit - bitten - morder - biting
• bleed - bled - bled - sangrar - bleeding
• blow - blew - blown - soplar - blowing
• break - broke - broken - romper - breaking
• bring - brought - brought - traer - bringing
• build - built - built - construir - building
• burn - burnt / burned - burnt / burned - quemar - burning
• buy - bought - bought - comprar - buying
• catch

Character Profiles

• The Protagonist (Gurb's Boss)

  The extraterrestrial protagonist is shy and dislikes attention, which makes his mission difficult, especially when he occasionally transforms into a famous person.

• Gurb

  Gurb is very different from the protagonist. He is decisive, self-sufficient, and highly independent. He has little appreciation for the protagonist because he abandoned him in the end.

• The Neighbor

  She is a young woman with a child who is attracted to the protagonist. She offers him love, protection, and shows interest in him for a while.

• Joaquín and Mrs. Mercedes

  They are the owners of the local bar frequently visited by the protagonist. Mrs. Mercedes is of advanced age and suffers from health problems. They are both very pleasant

Dungeons and Dragons: A Tabletop Legacy

Dungeons & Dragons: Twice a week, Robert meets his friends to play the role-playing game, Dungeons & Dragons (D&D). He says he loves the game because, "I get to be stronger, wiser, and smarter than I am in real life."

In 1974, Dungeons & Dragons was created by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. Based on legends, there is a wide variety of characters. There are now hundreds of more popular role-playing video and computer games dominating the market.

King Arthur: Fact or Fantasy?

Is the story of King Arthur fact or fantasy? Many experts don't think King Arthur and his knights ever existed. Others believe the legends are based on a real person.

The Sword in the Stone

After the King of England died, there...

Understanding Expository Text

The expository text is a text, oral or written, which explains a topic. We can distinguish between informative and scientific texts.

Types of Expository Text

• Informative: Led to a very large public, are easy to understand because they deal with subjects of general interest.
• Scientific: Led to a public knowledgeable on the subject, have greater difficulty understanding.

Creating Effective Exposition

Steps for Development

1. Determine the subject with the greatest precision possible.
2. Research the subject in books, magazines, encyclopedias, etc.
3. Develop a script for transmitting ideas clearly and consistently.
4. Write the definitive text using clear, accurate, and correct language.

Structure

• Introduction: Introduces the subject.
• Development:

An Inspector Calls is a play written by J.B. Priestley. The play is set between 1912 and 1945, a period marked by two world wars. During this era, society was notoriously divided between the “rich” and the “poor.” The author illustrates this inequality by following the story of a girl's suicide. In An Inspector Calls, characters display contrasting attitudes toward social class. On one side, you have the socialist views of the Inspector and those who share his perspective, such as Sheila and Eric; on the other, you have the capitalist views held by Mr. Birling, Mrs. Birling, and Gerald.

Mr. Birling: The Capitalist Perspective

Mr. Birling is a man who cares only for himself. “You’d think everybody has to look after everybody else,

Valencian Verb Conjugation: Caminar

Verbs in Valencian: This section covers the verb to walk (caminar).

• Imperfect Preterite: Walked (caminava, caminaves, caminava, caminàvem, caminàveu, caminaven).
• Indefinite Preterite: Walked along the roads (caminí, caminaras, caminà).
• Periphrastic Preterite: I walked, you walked (vaig caminar, vas caminar).
• Future: Caminaré (I will walk).
• Conditional: Endings include -ia, -ies, -ia, -íem, -íeu, -ien.
• Subjunctive: Present endings such as -e, -es, -e, -em, -eu, -en.
• Imperfect Subjunctive: Endings such as -às, -asses, -às, -àssem, -àsseu, -assen.
• Imperative: Commands for me, you, us, and them.

Structure of a Dramatic Play

Each dramatic part is divided into a play structure:

The Three Acts

• Act 1: The approach

Guess mine is not the first heart broken
My eyes are not the first to cry
I'm not the first to know there's
Just no getting over you

I know I'm just a fool who's willing
To sit around and wait for you
But baby can't you see
There's nothing else for me to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you

But now there's no where to hide
Since you pushed my heart aside
I'm out of my head hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you
Hopelessly devoted to you

My head is saying fool forget him
My heart is saying don't let go
Just hold on to the end, that's what I intend to do
I'm hopelessly devoted to you

Your story´s sad to tell
A teenage ne'er do well
Most mixed up non-delinquent on the block
Your future's so unclear now
What's left of your career now
Can't even get a trade...

Verb Forms for Tense Practice

Present Simple, Present Continuous, and Gerunds

• Lives
• Knows
• Rides
• Enjoys
• Watching
• Are looking
• Hunting
• Doesn't hunt
• Is waiting
• Is preparing
• Has

Past Simple and Past Continuous

• Went
• Walked
• Were eating
• Watched
• Were dancing
• Started
• Visited
• Stood
• Looked

Grammar and Spelling Correction Exercises

Sentence Set 1

1. In the Great Fire of Chicago, more than three hundred thousand people died, and many people had pains and several symptoms like sneezing. Did you know that?
2. Some wild predators can't distinguish between their prey and their surroundings, so they use other techniques to catch them.
3. Those mammals are very poisonous and dangerous because it is difficult to survive their bites.
4. We take medicines and unpleasant herbs to fight diseases and death