English Vocabulary and Grammar Cheat Sheet

T.1: Feelings and Activities

Enjoyable, relaxing, dull (bored), exciting, interesting, frustrating

Verbs related to Activities:

• HAVE: a bad time, an hour's rest, a laugh (hacer reir), fun, a great time
• TAKE: a break, a rest, an opportunity
• SPEND: your (free) time, your morning
• WASTE (malgastar): your pocket money, energy

T.2: Adjectives and Phrasal Verbs

Complained (quejarse), attention span (capacidad atenc.), medium (medio), seekers (buscadores) / comical, respectable, cowardly, courageous, resourceful, spiteful (rencoroso), sentimental, angry

Phrasal Verbs:

• check over: asegurarse está bien
• work at: intentar hacer algo
• turn over: pensar repetidamente
• write down: apuntar papel
• get across: comunicar idea
• come up, come to

T.3: Achievement and Time Clauses

Reach (alcanzar), pursue (perseguir), barriers, performance, prospect, advantage

Coordination, stamina (resistencia), concentration, muscle tone, flexibility, weight gain/loss (+-peso), bone strength (fortaleza osea), balance, breathing

Time Clauses:

• when
• as soon as
• after
• before
• until

T.4: Music and Experiences

Vocabulary:

• Child soldier
• Life-changing experience
• Rising star (estr. en ascenso)
• Music scene
• Campaign

Verbs:

• Amplify (amplificar)
• Turn up (subir)
• Mix
• Perform (actuar)
• Record (grabar)
• Compose

Adjectives:

• Soothing (suave)
• High-pitched (agudo)
• Ear-splitting (ensordecedor)
• Bland (aburrido)
• Catchy (pegadizo)

T.5: Environment and Grammar

Traffic jam (caravana), recycling symbol, solar panel, insulation, (aislamiento)

Relative Clauses:

• When
• Who
• Which (cosas) (SUBSTITUYEN POR THAT)
• Where
• Whose (posesion)

Word Formation:

• Insulate - insulation (aislar)
• Save - saving (salvar)
• Emit - emitting
• Build - building
• Govern - governance
• Recycle - recycling
• Reduce - reduction
• Carbon

Verb Patterns

Verb + Gerund:

• Imagine
• Miss
• Deny
• Finish
• Keep
• Enjoy
• Avoid

Verb + Infinitive (to + infinitive):

• Choose
• Expect
• Manage
• Plan
• Learn
• Want
• Tend
• Decide
• Fail

T.6: Science and Research

Navigation, synthetic, shadows, surround, parallel universe, black holes, teleportation, precognition, relativity, research, philosophy, physics, law, invest (invertir), astronomy, politics, invent

Phrasal Verbs:

• Bring about
• Find out
• Look into
• Make up
• Point out
• Put forward

T.7: Arts and Expressions

Music, painting, architecture, dance, cinema, drama, literature, sculpture, masterpiece, art dealer

Marble, easel (caballete), canvas (lona), bronze, 2-dimensional, frame (emmarcar), portrait, landscape

Collocations with DO and MAKE

Bed, best, effort, excuses, favour, fuss (escandalo), good, harm, mistakes, most, plans, something

DO (General activities or work):

• Your best
• Someone a favour
• A part-time job

MAKE (Creating or constructing):

• A commitment
• A choice
• An announcement
• An impact
• The grade