Comprehensive English Vocabulary and Grammar Guide
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Vocabulary
Prefixes
- re/over/under: overeat, reshape, overspend, overproduce, undercook, redesign, resend
- anti/inter/multi/over/pro: inter/over/proactive, multicolored, prodemocracy, overeat, multiethnic, intergalactic, antiglobalization, multi/international, overproduce, multipurpose, antisocial, overspend, multistorey, anti/protechnology
- Negative prefixes: disobedient, disorganized, illegal, illiterate, immoral, impatient, inadequate, incredible, irrelevant, irresponsible, unbelievable, unhelpful, unsafe.
Other
- Inspired: inspirado
- Innovative: innovado
- Replaced: reemplazado
- Discover: descubierto
- Developed: desenvolvido
- Invented: inventado
- Observed: observado
- Researched: buscado
- Created: creado
- Designed: diseñado
- Adapted: adaptado
- Genre of films: adventure, comedy, costume drama, horror, musical, romance, sci-fi, western.
- Nouns: adventure, album, audience, author, bestseller, blockbuster, box office, charts, comedy, costume-drama, director, genre, hit, horror, listener, musical, producer, reader, romance, romantic comedy, sci-fi, script, series, stream, stunt, talent-show, track, tv-show, viewer, viral video, western
- SASCOM: size, age, shape, color, origin, material
Grammar
Passive Voice
1. Uses & Tenses
- Present Simple: take/takes - is/are taken
- Present Continuous: is/are taking - is/are being taken
- Present Perfect: has/have taken - has/have been taken
- Past Simple: took - was/were taken
- Past Perfect Simple: had taken - had been taken
- Will: will take - will be taken
- Be Going To: is/are going to take - is/are going to be taken
- Modal Verbs: can/must/should take - can/must/should be taken
2. Active to Passive
- Active: They have discovered a vaccine.
- Passive: A vaccine has been discovered.
- Active: They were being followed.
- Passive: Someone was following them.
3. Impersonal Passive
- Sentence: People said that Mr. Brown owned a lot of money.
- Option 1: Mr. Brown was said to have owned a lot of money. (subject + passive + to have + past participle)
- Option 2: It was said that Mr. Brown owned a lot of money. (It + passive + that + clause)
Relative Clauses
- Who: person / that
- Which: object (en el cual)
- Whose: possession (cuya/o)
- Whom: person
- Where: donde
- When: cuando
- Why: porque
Defining
- Can be omitted if a subject follows the relative pronoun.
- Example: The girl who I met - The girl I met.
Non-defining
- Cannot be omitted and are enclosed in commas.
- Example: The cardigan, which I ordered,...