English Language Skills: Grammar, Vocabulary, and Expressions
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Grammar Transformations
- The last time I spoke to her was before she had her baby.
- This is the first time I have eaten Greek food.
- My nephew has been playing tennis since 2010.
- It’s ages since he saw her sister.
- I haven’t gone swimming for three months.
- This is the biggest supermarket I have ever seen.
- When I was younger, my parents didn’t let me watch much television.
- Paula was made to wash up before she could go out.
- Why aren’t we allowed to go to the party?
- You don’t need to hand in the homework until next week.
- I think you had better see a doctor.
- Do you know what we are supposed to do for homework?
Key Vocabulary and Phrases
Supermarket Vocabulary
- Out of town
- Corner
- Brands
- Own brand
- Convenience
- Range
- Foodstuffs
- Value
- Aisles
- Trolley
- Counter
- Checkout
- Till
- Cashier
- Receipt
Sports Terminology
- Take place
- Beat
- Medal—win
- Hit the ball
- Take part
- Draw nil-nil
News and Media Terms
- Headline
- Weapons
- Blame
- Aside
- Cast
Electronic Devices
- Charger: cargador
- Compass: brújula
- Device: dispositivo
- Walkman
- Digital camera: cámara digital
- DVD player
- Hard drive: disco duro
- Landline phone: teléfono fijo
- Laptop: ordenador portátil
- Hand-held/hands-free mobile phone: teléfono móvil
- MP3/MP4 player
- Netbook
- Notebook
- Personal computer: computadora personal
- Radar
- Remote control: control remoto
- Robot
- Smartphone
- Tablet
- Video recorder: grabadora de video
Internet and Mobile Phone Verbs
- Browse: echar un vistazo
- Click on (an icon): hacer clic en…
- Download: descargar
- Email (verb): enviar un correo electrónico
- Log in to/out of an email account: iniciar/cerrar sesión de una cuenta de correo electrónico
- Log on to/off the internet: ingresar/cerrar sesión en internet
- Multitask: multitareas
- Plug in/unplug: enchufar o desenchufar
- Post (a picture/status update): publicar…
- Print out: imprimir
- Scan: escanear
- Surf: navegar
- Switch on/off: encender/apagar
- Text (verb): enviar un mensaje de texto
- Upload: subir
Internet and Mobile Phone Nouns
- App/application: aplicación
- Chat room: sala de chat
- Email (noun): correo electrónico
- Instant messaging: mensajería instantánea
- Operating system: sistema operativo
- Short message service: servicio de mensajes cortos
- Social networking sites: sitio de redes sociales
- Text (noun): mensaje de texto
- Textspeak: lenguaje de mensajes de texto
- Webpage: página web
- Website: sitio web
Expressions with 'As'
- As far as I’m concerned: hasta donde me concierne
- As far as I know: por lo que sé
- As long as: mientras
- As many/much as: tanto/s como
- As soon as: tan pronto como
- As well as: tan bien como