English Language Study Notes: Vocabulary and Tenses

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1. Medical Symptoms and Conditions

  • To be swollen - Estar hinchado
  • To be unconscious - Estar inconsciente
  • Feel dizzy - Estar mareado/a
  • Have a bruise - Tener un hematoma
  • Have a rash - Tener sarpullido
  • Have blurred vision - Visión borrosa
  • Have indigestion - Tener indigestión
  • Have memory loss - Pérdida de memoria
  • Slurred speech - Habla fatigada
  • Pass out - Desmayarse
  • Shiver - Temblar
  • Throw up - Vomitar

2. Verbs and Communication

  • Reveal - Revelar
  • Interpret - Interpretar
  • Figure out - Averiguar
  • Criticise - Criticado/a
  • Reject - Rechazado
  • Capture - Capturar
  • Point at - Señalar a
  • Get across - Atravesar
  • Highlight - Destacar
  • Illustrate - Ilustrar

3. Phrasal Verbs and Adverbs

  • Open up - Talk about something with someone
  • Move on - Stop talking about something
  • Keep it to yourself - Don't reveal
  • Own up - Admit to having done something
  • Butt in - Interrupt
  • Stick up for - Help someone when they are in a difficult situation

Eventually - Eventualmente | Silently - Silenciosamente | Appreciate - Agradecer | Crawl - Gatear | Thoroughly - Minuciosamente | Fascinating - Fascinante


4. Professions

  • Animator - Animador
  • Architect - Arquitecto
  • Artisan - Artesano
  • Camera operator - Operador de cámara
  • Cartoonist - Dibujante
  • Cinematographer - Director de fotografía
  • Illustrator - Ilustrador
  • Sculptor - Escultor
  • Video game designer - Diseñador de videojuegos

5. English Grammar Tenses

Past Simple

Form: -ed / 2nd column. Keywords: When, ago, yesterday, last month/year/week. Negative/Question: didn't + verb / Did + subject + verb?

Past Continuous

Form: Was/Were + -ing. Usage: Incomplete actions. Keywords: While, as, when. (Was/were + -ing = long action; 2nd column = short action).

Present Perfect Simple

Form: Have/Has + 3rd column. Keywords: Since, yet, already, ever.

Past Perfect

Form: Had + 3rd column. Usage: Action finished before another past action. Keywords: Before, by the time, after, already.

Future Forms

  • Present Simple: Schedules/transport (he/she/it + s).
  • Present Continuous: Short-term plans (this evening, today).
  • Be going to: Predictions based on evidence; prior intentions.
  • Future Simple (Will): Spontaneous decisions, promises, offers, predictions (think).
  • Future Continuous: Will be + -ing (action in progress in the future).
  • Future Perfect: Will have + 3rd column (action finished in the future by a specific time).

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