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Preguntas de entrevista en español e inglés

Las preguntas siguientes aparecen en español, seguidas de su traducción al inglés. Se han corregido la ortografía, la gramática y la capitalización sin eliminar contenido.

• ¿Por qué solicitaste este puesto?
  Why did you apply to this company for this position?
• ¿Qué titulación o experiencia tienes para este puesto?
  What qualifications or experience do you have that qualify you for this position?
• ¿Cuáles son tus metas a corto y largo plazo?
  What are your short-term and long-term career goals?
• ¿Dónde crees que encajas en esta empresa?
  Where do you see yourself fitting into this company?
• ¿Cómo crees que podrás lograr tus metas?
  How do you believe you will be able to accomplish your career goals

Subject-Verb Agreement: Has vs. Have

• Has: He, She, It
• Have: I, You, We, They

Irregular Verbs: Past Participle List

• be (been), beat (beaten), become (become), begin (begun), bite (bitten), blow (blown), break (broken), bring (brought), build (built), buy (bought), catch (caught), choose (chosen), come (come), cost (cost), cut (cut), do (done), draw (drawn), dream (dreamed/dreamt), drink (drunk), drive (driven), eat (eaten), fall (fallen), feel (felt), fight (fought), find (found), fly (flown), forget (forgotten), forgive (forgiven), get (got), give (given), go (gone), grow (grown), hang (hung), have (had), hear (heard), hide (hidden), hit (hit), hold (held), hurt (hurt), keep (kept), know (known), learn (learned/learnt), leave (left), lend (lent)

Mary Maloney at the Start of the Story

1. How would you describe Mary at the beginning of the story? ¿Cómo describirías a Mary al comienzo de la historia?

There was a slow smiling air about her, and about everything she did. The drop of her head as she bent over her sewing was curiously tranquil. Her skin—for this was her sixth month with child—had acquired a wonderful translucent quality; the mouth was soft, and the eyes, with their new placid look, seemed larger and darker than before.

Mary's Feelings for Her Husband

2. In general, how does the woman feel about her husband? Do you think she is in love with him? Look for 3 things that show she is in love with him. En general, ¿cómo se siente la mujer con respecto a su esposo? ¿Crees

approach:hablar con..accurate:preciso autogrpah:autografo accuse of:acusar de apply for/to: solicitar arrive at/it: llegar a affluent:adinerado available:disponible access:acceso amount: cantidad avoid:evitar a breath of fresh air:un soplo a drop in the ocean:una gota en el mar bitter:amargo bright:vivo blind:ciego bodyguard:guardaespaldas ban:prohibir belly:vientre break down:averiarse romperse burglar:ladron bring up:criar crash:bloquearse crawl:gatear close up:primer plano carbon dioxide:dioxido de carbono charge the mobile phone:cargar crop:cosecha cut down:reducir carbon footprint:huella de carbono  consist of:constar de complain about/of:quejarse de catch a bus:autobus catch a cold:resfriado catch a fire:fuego catch one’s breath:aliento... Continue reading "English Vocabulary: Essential Words and Phrases" »

UNIT 7 (VOCABULARY):

- Board games, camping, chess, cycling, dance, drawing, music, photography, singing

ZERO CONDITIONALS: To talk about facts (when = if)

1- IF + present simple + present simple

Example: When you paint, you need paints and paper.

2- Use a comma if IF or WHEN is at the beginning.

Example: If Dad plays chess, he usually wins.

FIRST CONDITIONALS: will/can/may/might/could

1- IF + present simple + will + infinitive

2- When IF is not at the beginning, no comma is needed.

Example: If you take music lessons, you will learn to read music.

GERUNDS AND INFINITIVES:

Verbs followed by -ING (avoid, enjoy, finish, imagine, mind, miss, first, practise)

Example: She likes going to the cinema. I like playing hockey.

VERB + TO + INFINITIVE:

(agree, decide,... Continue reading "English Grammar: Conditionals, Gerunds, Infinitives, and Modals" »

Relative Pronouns and Sentence Structure

Study the following relative pronouns: when, which, whose, where, and who.

Relative Clause Examples

• My friend David, who...
• The restaurant where...
• Jacky, whose...
• Cathy, who...
• I will never forget when...
• Our office, which...
• I am crazy about which...
• I thank the person who...

Matching Exercises

• I met my friend (C).
• We stayed in the village (B).
• The police (A).
• He lost (F).
• The polar bear (D).
• Summer (E).

Travel Vocabulary and Definitions

Common Travel Terms

Circle the correct response: in a group, popular, the language, on the plane, hotel, GPS, London, leave your country, airport.

Matching Column A and B

• A2: Package holiday
• B1: Landmark
• C7, D5, E3, F4, G6, H8

Vocabulary Completion

Complete the exercise using the terms below:... Continue reading "Mastering Relative Pronouns and Travel Vocabulary" »

La Revolución de Mayo y la formación de las primeras juntas

Ahora hay una nueva junta en Buenos Aires, pero esta decisión de formar una nueva junta y de sacar al virrey de la junta fue de Buenos Aires, pero no todo el virreinato estaba de acuerdo.

Esto generó una guerra. Paraguay y Montevideo se perjudicaron mucho con la dependencia del puerto de Buenos Aires, que era el único con el puerto habilitado. Al no aceptarse este punto, Asunción formó una junta propia. En Montevideo estaba una flota naval de España. La Banda Oriental (donde se encontraba Montevideo) se separó del virreinato. Tampoco el Alto Perú aceptaba esta junta. A la larga, estos tres territorios terminaron perdiendo, pero en el interior del virreinato de Buenos Aires... Continue reading "La Revolución de Mayo: Juntas, Guerras e Independencia en el Río de la Plata" »

Travel Vocabulary

Adjust - adaptarse. Airfare - precio del billete de avión. Airline - aerolínea. Airport - aeropuerto. Boarding card - tarjeta de embarque. Body scanner - escáner corporal. Book - reservar. Brighten up - iluminar o animar. Camper - campista. Campsite - camping. Check in - facturar. Choose between - elegir entre. City centre - centro de la ciudad. Complain about - quejarse de. Countryside - campo. Cruise - crucero. Culture shock - choque cultural. Cutlery - cubertería. Cut price - a bajo precio. Exchange rate - tasa de cambio. Exchange trip - viaje de intercambio. Extracurricular - extracurricular. Extraterrestrial - extraterrestre. Get off - bajarse de. Get on - embarcar. Guidebook - guía. Guideline - pauta. Hire - contratar.... Continue reading "Essential English Vocabulary for Travel and Work in Spanish" »

Used To vs. Be Used To

Used to / Didn't use to + Infinitive = solía / no solía

(Be) Used to + -ing = estar acostumbrado a * (Am/are/is/was/were/will be)

Prepositions in the Media

• ON: TV / The radio / The Internet / The web / Channel
• IN: The media / The press / The newspaper / Newspapers / magazines

THE NEWS – las noticias

• ON the news – un programa específico - Yesterday I saw it on the news.
• IN the news – las noticias de la prensa en general – Kobe Bryant’s accident is in the news.

All / Everyone, Everybody, Everything

• Every-one/body/thing
• Everyone/everybody –---------------------------- 3a pers singular!!!!
• Se puede sustituir por ALL THE PEOPLE ----- 3a pers. Plural!!!
• ALL nunca sustituye a EVERYTHING
• ALL solo se usa con oraciones de relativo