English Verb Tenses and Essential Vocabulary

English Verb Tenses

• Present Simple (rutina): verb normal, do, does
• Present Continuous (moment exacte): am, is, are + -ing
• Past Simple (accions acabades al passat): -ed, did
• Past Perfect Simple (acompanyat d’un past simple): had + past participle
• Past Continuous (acció d’un moment concret): was, were + -ing
• Future Simple (prediccions): will
• Be Going To (intencions/plans): am, is, are going to...
• Present Perfect Simple (acció del passat no acabada): have, has + -ed
• Present Perfect Continuous (acció del passat no acabada): have, has + been + -ing
• Future Perfect Simple (acció que estarà acabada al futur): will have + -ed
• Future Continuous (acció que estarà passant a un futur): will be + -ing

Collocations with Keep and Save

• Keep: an eye on, track of, someone posted, someone company, a promise, a diary.
• Save: energy, someone the trouble, the day, face, your breath, someone’s life.

Suffixes and Word Formation

• Adjectives: -ing (coses), -ed (persones), -ful (ple), -less (buit).
• Nouns: -ment, -ity, -ness, -nce, -ion.

Common Prepositions

• Keen on (like)
• Skillful at (bo)
• Mad about (love)
• Interested in
• Aware of (adonar-se)
• Capable of
• Proud of (orgullós de)
• Fly over
• Turn out (resultar)

Vocabulary Unit 1

Challenge, chat, comment, complex, develop, express your feelings, face-to-face, get the message across, get to the point, in this day and age, in front, interrupt, keep in touch, latest news, lighten up, fluent, hang out, last a lifetime, nightlife, manage, misunderstand, notice (adonar-se), post, properly, share, social media, spread, talk something over, text messaging, upload, view, worldwide, aboard (a bord), an only child, confident, curious, expand your horizons, run a business.

Vocabulary Unit 2

Attempt, avoid, capable of, controversial, convenient, cutting-edge, device, downside, enable, equip, feature, go missing, hi-tech, increase, invent, operate, perform, remote control, rough, search, stunning, tool, tough, trend, upgrade, user-friendly, amount (quantitat), ban (prohibició), common, complaint (queixa), deal with (tractar amb), emergency, predict, replace (substituir).