English Vocabulary and Grammar for Literature and Film

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Essential Adjectives for Reviews

  • Original: original
  • Dull: aburrida
  • Dramatic: dramática
  • Spectacular: espectacular
  • Entertaining: entretenida
  • Hilarious: graciosa
  • Informative: informativa
  • Realist: realista
  • Terrifying: espantosa
  • Predictable: previsible

Grammar: Quantifiers

  • Too much: demasiado
  • Too many: demasiadas
  • Too: también
  • Enough: suficiente

Literary and Publishing Terms

  • Beginning: comienzo
  • Hit: éxito
  • Review: revisión
  • Critic: crítica
  • Character: personaje
  • Chapter: capítulo
  • Ending: final
  • Setting: escenario
  • Novelist: novelista
  • Narrator: narrador
  • Editor: editor
  • Publisher: editora

Past Continuous and Past Simple Usage

  • was/were + -ing WHEN -ed
  • -ed WHILE was/were + -ing

Practice Questions

Did you buy the tickets for your friends while you were waiting?

Where were you living when you wrote your first novel?

Expressing Preferences and Opinions

  • I can’t stand: no puedo soportar
  • I suppose it depends on: supongo que depende de
  • I think I prefer: creo que prefiero
  • I’d rather: preferiría
  • Yes, sometimes: sí, a veces


Essential Adjectives for Reviews

  • Original: original
  • Dull: aburrida
  • Dramatic: dramática
  • Spectacular: espectacular
  • Entertaining: entretenida
  • Hilarious: graciosa
  • Informative: informativa
  • Realist: realista
  • Terrifying: espantosa
  • Predictable: previsible

Grammar: Quantifiers

  • Too much: demasiado
  • Too many: demasiadas
  • Too: también
  • Enough: suficiente

Literary and Publishing Terms

  • Beginning: comienzo
  • Hit: éxito
  • Review: revisión
  • Critic: crítica
  • Character: personaje
  • Chapter: capítulo
  • Ending: final
  • Setting: escenario
  • Novelist: novelista
  • Narrator: narrador
  • Editor: editor
  • Publisher: editora

Past Continuous and Past Simple Usage

  • was/were + -ing WHEN -ed
  • -ed WHILE was/were + -ing

Practice Questions

Did you buy the tickets for your friends while you were waiting?

Where were you living when you wrote your first novel?

Expressing Preferences and Opinions

  • I can’t stand: no puedo soportar
  • I suppose it depends on: supongo que depende de
  • I think I prefer: creo que prefiero
  • I’d rather: preferiría
  • Yes, sometimes: sí, a veces


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