English Grammar and Digital Vocabulary Essentials

Essential English Vocabulary

• Available: Disponible
• Urge: Desig (N), demanar (V)
• Burglar: Lladre
• Removed: Eliminar
• Deny: Negar
• Turns out: Resultar
• Pressing: Urgent
• Expose: Exposar
• Pole: Perxa
• Close-up: Primer pla
• Fence: Tanca
• Fleet: Flota
• Crawls: Gatejar, avançar lentament
• Launched: Llançar
• Tidied up: Endreçar
• Overjoyed: Molt content
• Affluent: Adinerat
• Lean on: Recolzar-se
• Lean out: Treure el cap
• Prevented: Impedir
• Device: Aparell
• Googled: Cercar al Google
• Online: En línia
• Social networking sites: Lloc web de xarxes socials
• Crashed: Fallar, penjar-se (un ordinador)
• File: Arxiu, fitxer
• Delete: Eliminar
• Password: Contrasenya
• Restart: Reiniciar
• Tutorial: Programa d'aprenentatge
• User-friendly: Fàcil d'utilitzar
• Folder: Carpeta
• Portable: Portàtil
• Updated: Actualitzat/ada
• Log onto: Iniciar sessió
• Access: Accés (N), accedir (V)

Verbs and Prepositions

• Search for any information
• Accused Street View of invading
• I can't rely on it
• We depend on technology
• The diet consists mainly of fruit
• Vera insisted on opening
• I'll be staying at a friend's house
• I nearly died of a heart attack

Common Verb Collocations

• Enter a web page, your password
• Forward an e-mail, an attachment
• Download a film, a song
• Post a message, information
• Charge a mobile phone, a laptop

Logical Connectors

• Mobile phone here because there's
• Therefore he wants
• In our books so that we could
• For this reason, many villages
• On the Internet in order to find her phone number

Passive Voice Conjugation

Present Simple

• Active: Amazon sells books online.
• Passive: Books are sold online by Amazon.

Past Simple

• Active: Amazon sold books online.
• Passive: Books were sold online by Amazon.

Future Simple

• Active: Amazon will sell books online.
• Passive: Books will be sold online by Amazon.

Present Continuous

• Active: Amazon is selling books online.
• Passive: Books are being sold online by Amazon.

Past Continuous

• Active: Amazon was selling books online.
• Passive: Books were being sold online by Amazon.

Present Perfect Simple

• Active: Amazon has sold books online.
• Passive: Books have been sold online by Amazon.

Past Perfect Simple

• Active: Amazon had sold books online.
• Passive: Books had been sold online by Amazon.

Modals

• Active: Amazon should sell books online.
• Passive: Books should be sold online by Amazon.

Modal Perfects

• Active: Amazon could have sold books online.
• Passive: Books could have been sold online by Amazon.

Have To

• Active: Amazon has to sell books online.
• Passive: Books have to be sold online by Amazon.

Be Going To

• Active: Amazon is going to sell books online.
• Passive: Books are going to be sold online by Amazon.