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Mastering Reported Speech

Tense Changes in Reported Speech

• Present Simple --- Past Simple (did, -ed, saw,...)
• Present Continuous --- Past Continuous (was/were +ing)
• Past Simple --- Past Perfect Simple (had studied)
• Present Perfect Simple (have seen) --- Past Perfect Simple
• Will --- Would
• Can --- Could
• May --- Might
• Must / Have to --- Had to

Word Changes in Reported Speech

• Now --- Then
• Today --- That day
• Yesterday --- The day before
• Tonight --- That night
• Tomorrow --- The next day
• Two months ago --- Two months before
• Last week --- The previous week
• Next year --- The following year

Reported Statements

Subject + reporting verb + (that) + subject + verb

He said (that) he was planning to take a gap year after university.

Reported Questions (Yes/No Questions)

Subject +... Continue reading "Mastering Reported Speech and Travel Vocabulary" »

Geography Quiz Challenge

Mike: Here's a geography quiz in the paper.

Wendy: Oh, I love geography! Ask me the questions.

Mike: Sure. First question: Which country is larger, China or Canada?

Wendy: I know! Canada is larger than China.

Mike: Okay, next. What's the longest river in the Americas?

Wendy: Hmm, I think it's the Mississippi.

Mike: Here's a hard one. Which country is more crowded, Monaco or Singapore?

Wendy: I'm not sure. I think Monaco is more crowded.

Mike: Okay, one more. Which South American capital city is the highest: La Paz, Quito, or Bogotá?

Wendy: Oh, that's easy. Bogotá is the highest.

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives

1. Adding -er and -est to Short Adjectives

For short adjectives (one or sometimes two syllables), add -er for the... Continue reading "Geography Quiz Challenge: Test Your Knowledge" »

Understanding English Modals, Verbs, and Compounds

Modal Verbs and Their Core Uses

• Can

  • Ability
  • Making suggestions
  • Asking for favors
  • Expressing certainty that something is impossible

• Be Able To

  • Ability in the past, present, and future

• Could

  • Skill in the past
  • Polite requests

• May

  • Probability or possibility (greater than 'might')
  • Politely asking for favors

• Might

  • Probability or possibility (less than 'may')

• Would

  • Asking favors (more formal)
  • Making offers or invitations

• Must

  • Obligation or necessity (e.g., law)
  • Certainty that what is said is true

• Have To

  • Obligation (common usage worldwide)

• Need To

  • Expressing need

• Need Not

  • No obligation or necessity

• Must Not

  • Prohibition or ban

• Do Not Have To

  • No obligation or necessity

• Should

  • Advice or opinion (most common use)

• Ought To

  • Advice or opinion

Medieval Cathedral Schools and the Rise of Universities

Cathedral schools first appeared in the East, mirroring older institutions, during the eleventh century. These study centers were similar to their European counterparts. People gathered at these cathedral schools to hear news brought by immigrants from the East. This led to large groups of students undertaking work to survive and learning to read and write.

Here, discussions began on new truths and interpretations of faith. Students also started creating their own guilds, which later gained strength and rights.

The shelters provided by the church to these students offered certain freedoms, including freedom of opinion. Students were arranged in a master-apprentice system, where the teacher... Continue reading "Medieval Cathedral Schools & University Evolution" »

Noun Phrase

A noun phrase is characterized by having a noun or other nominal element as its core, such as a pronoun, an infinitive, or a substantive noun.

Modifiers

Examples of modifiers include:

1. Articles
2. Demonstratives
3. Possessives
4. Indefinite pronouns
5. Numerals
6. Interrogative and exclamative pronouns
7. Distributive pronouns

Core Elements

Core elements include:

1. Nouns
2. Pronouns
3. Substantivized elements

Noun Complements (NC)

Examples of noun complements include:

1. Adjectives
2. Prepositional Phrases (PrepP)
3. Noun Phrases in apposition
4. Adjective clauses
5. Substantive clauses

Adjective

An adjective describes a quality of the noun it accompanies. From a syntactic point of view, it has three functions: noun complement, attribute, and predicative complement. From a morphological point... Continue reading "Understanding Noun Phrases, Adjectives, and Verb Phrases" »

Analysis of Dream Texts and Vocabulary

Dream Text Answers:

• 1. Which is most likely to make a relationship inimical (hostile)? Frequent maledictions.
• 2. As used in paragraph 2, which is the best synonym for invectives (insult)? Insult.
• 3. If the story were true, which would best describe its genre? Memoir.
• 4. The father's comment in paragraph 3 is best described as: Symbolism.
• 5. What is the tone of this story? Matter-of-fact (prosaic).
• 6. Relationship between the narrator, her mother, and her sister: From destructive to collaborative.
• 7. As used in paragraph 7, antonym for pellucid (traslúcido): Unclear (no claro).
• 8. "The professor derides me for my poor performance": The professor laughs mockingly at my poor performance.
• 9. "I bite into an apple.

English Vocabulary for Legal & Crime Contexts

Adjectives

• Guilty (Culpable)
• Innocent

Nouns

• Court (Juzgado)
• Crime
• Criminal
• Detective
• Evidence (Pruebas)
• Judge (Juez)
• Jury (Jurado)
• Justice (Justicia)
• Law (Derecho)
• Lawyer
• Prison
• Punishment (Castigo)
• Sentence
• Suspect
• Victim
• Witness

Verbs

• Arrest (Detener)
• Commit (Cometer)
• Investigate
• Prove (Demostrar)

Compound Nouns

• Bus stop
• Care home (Residencia)
• Community service (Servicio comunitario)
• Crime scene
• Defence lawyer (Abogado defensor)
• Detective series (Serie de detectives)
• Exam results (Resultado de examen)
• Football team
• Keyboard (Teclado)
• Notebook
• Police car
• Policeman
• School building
• Summer holiday
• Traffic light (Semáforo)

Prepositions with Nouns

• Against the law (En contra de la ley)
• Against the odds (A pesar de los pronósticos)
• At all

Advanced English Vocabulary Sets

Vocabulary Set 7

• available (disponible)
• backwards (a l'inrevés)
• campaign
• customer
• deal with (tractar de)
• design
• effort
• face
• give advice (donar consells)
• grab (agafar)
• grateful (agraït)
• item (tema)
• majority
• minority
• no matter (no importa)
• population (població)
• run a business (administrar negoci)
• scissors
• set it up (va crear)
• unaware (sense adonar-se)

Vocabulary Set 8

• admit
• beat (vèncer)
• brave (valent)
• desperate
• Earth
• evidence
• flag
• footprint (empremta)
• hoax (engany)
• insult
• land (la terra)
• leave behind (deixar enrere)
• mankind (la humanitat)
• moon
• operate
• proudly (orgullós)
• purposely
• race
• shot (tir)
• step (pas)
• take off (treure)
• theory
• top secret

Vocabulary Set 9

• appliance (electrodomèstic)
• broadcast (transmetre)
• cash (diners en efectiu)
• contestant (concursant)

Basic Terms

Alike: similar

Though: encara que

Dropout rate: taxa d’abandonament

Figure: xifra

Constraints: problemes

Worldwide: arreu del món

Broad range: una àmplia varietat

Affordable: assequible

Tuition fees: pagament de la matrícula

Get into debt: endeutar-se

Loans: préstec

Foster skills: fomentar habilitats

Schedule: horari / timetable

Peer pressure: pressió de grup

To attend: assistir

Foster parents: pares d’acollida

Attendance: assistència

Take into: consideration, account

Get: a chance, a university degree, into debt, a taste, a university education

Drop out of: a class, a group, university

Offer a broad range of: choices, products, alternatives, classes, courses

Set: goals, a date, a time, their own schedule

Be faced with: problems, the social... Continue reading "Education Vocabulary: English with Catalan Translations" »

Jose

Jose

Jose

rojo

azul

amarillo

centrado y en azul

derecha y en naranja

encabezado

encabezado

hola

este enlace lleva a google

este enlace lleva a decathlon skate

este enlace lleva a skate spain

jose

Molpeceres

Bernal