Notes, summaries, assignments, exams, and problems for Secondary education
English Phrasal Verbs and Compound Adjectives
U11: Count on
to be confident that you can depend on someone. Fall out: to argue with someone and stop being friendly with them. Finish with: to end a romantic relationship with someone. go off: to stop linking or being interested in someone or something. Hit it off: people hit it off, they like each other and become friendly immediately. let down: to disappoint someone by failing to do what you agreed to do or were expected to do. look down on: to think that you are better than someone. look up to: to admire and respect someone. stick together: people stick together, they support and help each other. take after: to be similar to an older member of you family in appearance or character. Compound adjectives: Badly behaved: behaving in a way that...
Understanding Projection Systems in Technical Drawing
Projecting Points and Shapes
Projecting points onto a plane involves rays passing through the points and intersecting the plane. These intersections are called projections. Projecting a shape involves projecting its vertices.
Projection Systems
There are two main systems of projection:
Perspective Projection
When the rays originate from a single point, the system is called perspective projection. The resulting shape is proportionally smaller or larger.
Parallel Projection
When the rays are parallel, the system is called parallel projection. The resulting shape is congruent (same shape and size). There are two variations:
Oblique Projection: The rays are oblique to the projection plane.
Orthographic Projection: The rays are perpendicular to the projection
Mastering Visual Storytelling: Comic Elements & Techniques
Understanding Sequenced Images and Comic Storytelling
A sequenced image, often a still image, is fundamental to visual narratives like comics. It's a powerful tool for conveying meaning and emotion.
Key Elements and Formal Resources in Comics
Comic art utilizes a combination of specific elements and formal resources to create compelling stories:
- Elements: Vignette, Camera Shots, Angles of View, Speech Bubbles, Caption
- Formal Resources: Motion Lines, Onomatopoeia, Visual Metaphors, Body and Face Expression
Formal Resources Explained
Motion Lines
Different kinds of lines are used to generate the illusion of movement and emphasize the story's meaning, guiding the reader's eye and conveying action.
Onomatopoeia
Real sounds are imitated through the use of...
English Grammar: Verb Phrases and Conditional Sentences
Verb Phrases
- Come up with
- Take up
- Set up
- Carry out
- Carry on
- Make up
- Put up with
- Put off
- Look forward
- Run out
Future Tenses
- Will: "I think they will be at that meeting tomorrow." Don't worry; Andrew won't be late. Here: Don’t panic; Andrew will be (here) on time.
- Will + be + ing: "I think I will be driving to Madrid at this time tomorrow." I’m going to have a meeting from 2.00 pm until 4 pm today. At 2.40 pm today, I will be having a meeting.
- Will + have + pp: "I will have finished that report by 14.00." I've been in this company for almost five years. By the end of this month, I will have been in this company for five years.
Present and Future Continuous
- Going to: "They are going to have a baby next month." I intend to apply for that job. I am going to
Finance & Investment Glossary: Key Terms Explained
Financial Terms
Basic Concepts
- Mortgage: A loan to buy real estate.
- Deposits: Money you put in the bank.
- Pension: Money paid to a retired person.
- Stock/Shares: Securities representing part-ownership of a company.
- Capital: Money invested in a business.
- Bonds: Interest-paying securities issued by companies that need to borrow.
Company Actions
- Takeover: When a company gains control of another by buying its stock.
- Merger: When two formerly separate companies join together.
Financial Institutions
- Retail Banks: Making loans, receiving deposits.
- Building Societies: Arranging mortgages.
- Insurance Companies: Providing pensions, offering life insurance.
- Investment Banks: Issuing shares or bonds, arranging mortgages, arranging or fighting takeover bids.
Vocabulary
Key
...Napoleon's Reign: Rise, Reforms, Empire, and Downfall
Napoleon's Rise to Power
- 1799: Seized control of the Directory through a coup d'état, establishing a three-man Consulate with himself as First Consul.
- 1802: Proclaimed himself Consul for life.
- 1804: Crowned himself Emperor.
- Democratic Despotism: Held absolute power despite holding plebiscites.
Napoleon's Reforms
- Class System/Society:
- Nobles who fled France could return if they swore loyalty.
- Peasants kept their lands.
- New nobility established based on meritocracy.
- Economy: Controlled prices, fostered industrial growth, and strengthened the nation's infrastructure.
- Government: Strengthened the national government and established an efficient bureaucracy.
- Laws: Instituted equality before the law, religious tolerance, and the end of feudalism. However, women
What are the two stages of development of the Greek Civilization
- INDUSTRIAL CAPITALISM : Capitalism is an economic system in wich the means of production are predominantly privately owned. Capitalism appears in various forms with various degrees of governmental control, bur its basic theoty is that of a free market. Economic activities respond to the free initiative of individuals, whose objectiveis the persuit of maximum profit.
Mastering English: Word Formation, Collocations, and Usage
Word Building
Positive and Negative Affixes
Positive Affixes
- Possible -> Possibility
- Obedient -> Obedience
- Satisfied -> Satisfaction
- Able -> Ability
- Respected -> Respect
- Pleased -> Pleasure
- Capable -> Capability
- Secure -> Security
- Patient -> Patience
Negative Affixes
- Dissatisfaction
- Impossibility
- Incapability
- Disrespect
- Impatience
- Inability
- Disobedience
- Insecurity
- Displeasure
- Disability
Life's Lessons: Prepositions
- In
- Out
- Away
- Up
- Down
- Out
- Up
- Off
- Without
- Off
- Up to
Collocations
- Pay attention
- Achieve a goal
- Go abroad
- Win a prize
- Defeat an opponent
- Break a habit
- Take a chance
- Break a promise
- Save time
- Catch a ball
Use of English
- To
- Kinds/Sorts
- Amongst
- As
- Of
- Same
- Like
- Such
- In
- Two
Complete the Sentences
- ...being expelled
- ...to be loved
- ...be found
- ...being bitten
- ...be booked
- ...to
English Grammar Practice
10 Oraciones con el verbo to be
Pronombre= I we, you, they he, she, it
Verbo= am Are is
1=I am a teacher student
2=She is beautiful
3=they are my friends
4=we´re al school
5=it is the capital
6=I am married
7=you are in the classroom
8=they are from Costa Rica
9=he is from Honduras
10=she is very happy
Frequency adverbs
Always= siempre usually= generalmente usualmente often= a menudo sometimes= a veces
Never= nunca
1= I always eat take a shower
2= I always dress
1= I usually wash clothes
2= I usually cook
1= I sometimes feed my dog
2= I sometimes practice sports
1= I never dance
2= I never sleep on the bus
Numeros cardinales
1 one 17 seventeen 1st first 17 th seventeenth
2 two 18 eighteen 2 nd second 18 th eighteenth
3 three 19 nineteen 3 rd third 19 th nineteenth
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