English Language Essentials: Vocabulary, Grammar, and Usage

Unit III: English Language Fundamentals

Family Vocabulary: English-Spanish Terms

• Widower / Widow: Viudo / Viuda
• Brother-in-law: Cuñado
• Mother: Madre
• Daughter: Hija
• Grandparent: Abuelo / Abuela
• Daughter-in-law: Nuera
• Grandson: Nieto
• Uncle: Tío
• Father-in-law: Suegro
• Godson: Ahijado
• Great-Grandfather: Bisabuelo

Possessive Adjectives and Pronouns in Sentences

• a) I long to love your brothers.
• b) I know his sister.
• c) My son has a rare disease.
• d) Our car was damaged.
• e) I cannot stand your hobbies.
• f) I want you to give me his address.
• g) What is your problem?
• h) Our advice is simple.
• i) I am happy that I found your friends.
• j) My main obstacle is laziness.

Common Phrases with Possessive Forms

• a) My life.
• b) His mother.
• c) His father.
• d) Your sister.
• e) Your father.
• f) My brothers.
• g) Their cousins.
• h) His parents.
• i) Your aunt.
• j) My house.
• k) My mother.
• l) Your niece.

Numbers and Currency Expressions

• a) EUR 16: Sixteen Euros
• b) 27 Euros: Twenty-seven Euros
• c) 0.5 Euros: Zero point five Euros (or Half a Euro)
• d) 49 Euros: Forty-nine Euros
• e) 602 pounds: Six hundred and two pounds
• f) 3,717 pounds: Three thousand seven hundred and seventeen pounds
• g) 58,223 pounds: Fifty-eight thousand two hundred twenty-three pounds
• h) 465,772 pounds: Four hundred sixty-five thousand seven hundred and seventy-two pounds
• i) 1,864,316 pounds: One million eight hundred sixty-four thousand three hundred and sixteen pounds
• j) 22,442,019 pounds: Twenty-two million four hundred forty-two thousand and nineteen pounds

Sentence Completion Practice

• a) Jeanne opens the door.
• b) My parents have views.
• c) I always saw myself.
• d) Your brother does.
• e) Julia, Peter and I are here.
• f) The chefs always carried things.
• g) We always wear three.
• h) The Secretary opens the door.
• i) I always do.
• j) Who brings it?
• k) You dress.

Clothing Items Vocabulary

• The coat
• The shirt
• The belt
• The skirt
• The frock
• Shoes
• Trousers
• Hats
• Gloves
• Slippers
• Glasses
• A ring
• Umbrellas

Common English Expressions

• Can I do something?
• I see a sweater.
• Can I tell you a secret?
• Sweaters with the same texture.
• Blind to all that remains.
• The other store.
• In the same street.

Verb Conjugation and Usage in Sentences

• a) Mary does not allow you to cry.
• b) You're not afraid of winter; I immediately get sick.
• c) My son believes that Santa Claus exists.
• d) You read.
• e) I sleep.
• f) They suffer.
• g) I think.
• h) We do not hear.
• i) We flee.
• j) Peter and George follow.
• k) My neighbor raises [something]. He was buying.
• l) My wife begins.
• m) Joe and I walk and then rest.
• n) My friends get bored if you are at home.
• o) John and you will enter.
• p) You will protect and shower.
• q) I track.
• r) You do not know.
• s) I live and catch.
• t) I will not ever go out.

Verb Infinitives and Conjugations

Common English Verb Infinitives:

• To Be
• To Live
• To Be Able To (Can)
• To Have
• To Want
• To Go
• To Exit / To Go Out

Example Conjugations (Present Tense):

• I: am, live, can, have, want, go, exit
• You: are, live, can, have, want, go, exit
• He/She/It: is, lives, can, has, wants, goes, exits
• We: are, live, can, have, want, go, exit
• They: are, live, can, have, want, go, exit