English Language Essentials: Vocabulary & Verb Tenses

Essential English Vocabulary and Phrases

• Locate: Localitzar
• Satisfy: Satisfacció
• Refer: Referència
• Investigate: Investigació
• Analyze: Analista
• Identify: Identificació
• Prove: Prova
• Tight Budget: Pressupost escàs
• Breed: Criar
• That Doesn't Appeal to Me: No és el que més m'agrada
• To Be Honest: Si he de dir la veritat
• Raft: Balsa
• What's Going On: Què passa?
• Unspoilt Landscape: Paisatge verge
• A Must: Cosa imprescindible
• Breathtaking: Escenari que et deixa sense alè
• Compulsory: Obligatori
• Hooked On: Estar enganxat a una cosa
• Customary: És de costum
• Disgusting: Té mala pinta
• Stunts: Trucs
• Reluctant: Reticent
• Term: Trimestre
• Demanding: Exigent
• Loads of: Molts
• Straight Away: Sense pensar-m'ho dues vegades
• Turn Up: Rebutjar

English Verb Tenses and 'Used To' Constructions

Present Simple

• I eat / He eats
• I don't eat / He doesn't eat
• Do / Does (subject) eat...?
• Passive: A cake is eaten.

Be Used To (Acostumat)

• You are used to living...
• You aren't used to living...
• Are you used to living...?

Present Continuous

• I'm / You are / He is eating
• I'm not / You aren't / He isn't eating
• Am / Are / Is (subject) eating...?
• Passive: A cake is being eaten.

Get Used To (Acostumar-se)

• You get used to living.
• You don't get used to living...
• Do you get used to living...?

Past Simple

• I ate
• I didn't eat
• Did (subject) eat...?
• Passive: A cake was eaten.

Used To (Past Habit)

• I used to live...
• I didn't use to live...
• Did (subject) use to live...?

Past Continuous

• I was eating / You were eating
• I wasn't / You weren't eating
• Was / Were (subject) eating...?
• Passive: A cake was being eaten.

Present Perfect Simple

• I have / She has eaten
• I haven't / She hasn't eaten
• Have / Has (subject) eaten...?
• Passive: A cake has been eaten.

Present Perfect Continuous

• I have / She has been eating
• I haven't / She hasn't been eating
• Have / Has (subject) been eating...?
• Note: Passive voice is rarely used for this tense.

Past Perfect Simple

• I had eaten
• I hadn't eaten
• Had (subject) eaten...?
• Passive: A cake had been eaten.

Past Perfect Continuous

• I had been eating
• I hadn't been eating
• Had (subject) been eating...?
• Note: Passive voice is rarely used for this tense.