English Language Study Notes and Cheat Sheet

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English Vocabulary Reference

  • A good deal: Buena compra
  • Afford: Permitirse
  • Attached to: Pegado
  • Bargain: Ganga
  • Brand-name: Artículo de marca
  • Brand-new: Por estrenar
  • Cough: Toser
  • Customer: Cliente
  • Do: A job, a business, exercise, homework, me a favour, the shopping, your best
  • Earn: Ganar
  • Exchange: Cambiar
  • Fit: Quedar
  • Good quality: Buena calidad
  • Luxury item: Artículo de lujo
  • Make: A choice, decision, difference, appointment, effort, money, plans
  • On sale: Rebajado
  • Out of fashion: Pasado de moda
  • Out-of-work: Desempleado
  • Outstanding: Excepcional
  • Overpriced: Excesivamente caro
  • Passer-by: Transeúnte
  • Rip-off: Estafa
  • Sensible: Sensato
  • Status symbol: Símbolo de prestigio
  • Try on: Probarse
  • Arrest: Arrestar
  • Base on: Basar en
  • Box-office hit: Éxito en taquilla
  • Breathtaking: Impresionante
  • Determined: Decidido
  • Disappoint: Decepcionante
  • Distrust: Desconfianza
  • Dull: Aburrido
  • Effort: Esfuerzo
  • Gory: Sangriento
  • Inaccurate: Inexacto
  • Hilarious: Divertidísimo
  • Lead: Dirigir
  • Waste of time: Pérdida de tiempo
  • Worth seeing: Merecer la pena
  • Let-down: Decepción
  • Make it: Conseguir
  • Minority: Minoría
  • Plot: Argumento
  • Release: Estrenar
  • Right: Derecho
  • Role: Papel
  • Set in: Ambientado
  • Share: Compartido
  • Shoot: Rodar
  • Star: Protagonizar
  • Success: Éxito
  • Take pride in: Estar orgulloso
  • Unhappy: Infeliz

Conditionals

  • First Conditional: If + Present Simple + Will + Past Participle (80% probability)
  • Second Conditional: If + Past Simple + Could/Would + Past Participle (Very probable)
  • Third Conditional: If + Past Perfect + Would have + Past Participle (Impossible)

Passive Voice Cheat Sheet

  • Present Simple: Am/is/are + Past Participle
  • Present Continuous: Am/is/are + being + Past Participle
  • Past Simple: Was/were + Past Participle
  • Past Continuous: Was/were + being + Past Participle
  • Present Perfect: Have/has + been + Past Participle
  • Past Perfect: Had + been + Past Participle
  • Future (will): Will be + Past Participle
  • Be going to: Am/is/are + going to be + Past Participle
  • Modal verbs (future/present): Can/may/should + be + Past Participle
  • Modal perfect (past): Can/should/may + have been + Past Participle

Causative Form

  • Present Simple: Have + object + Past Participle
  • Present Continuous: Is/are having + object + Past Participle
  • Past Simple: Had + object + Past Participle
  • Past Continuous: Was/were having + object + Past Participle
  • Present Perfect: Has been having + object + Past Participle
  • Past Perfect: Had been having + object + Past Participle
  • Future (will): Will have + object + Past Participle
  • Modal verbs (present/future): Can/should/might + have + object + Past Participle
  • Modal perfect (past): Can/should/might + have had + object + Past Participle

Relative Clauses

  • Who: Person (quien)
  • Which: Object (que)
  • When: Time (cuando)
  • Where: Place (donde)
  • Whose: Possession (cuyo)

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