English Vocabulary and Grammar: Units 9-12

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Unit 9

1) Compound Adjectives

  • Bald-headed: Calvo
  • Bad-tempered: Enfadado
  • Brown-eyed: Ojos marrones
  • Curly-haired: Rizado
  • Easy-going: Fácil
  • Long-legged: Patilargo
  • Rosy-cheeked: Mejilla rosa
  • Suntanned: Moreno
  • Warm-hearted: Amable
  • Broad-minded: De mente abierta
  • Self-disciplined: Centrado
  • Big-headed: Cabezón

2) Body Idioms

  • a) Keep an eye on someone
  • b) Twist someone's arm
  • c) Pull someone's leg
  • d) Put your foot in it
  • e) Be on the tip of your tongue
  • f) Give someone a hand
  • g) Keep a straight face
  • h) Pick someone's brains

3) Relative Clauses

The plasma TV has broken. I only bought it last week.

The plasma TV, which I bought last week, has broken.

Unit 10

1) Expressions with Mind

  • a) Mind your own business
  • b) Do you mind if...?
  • c) I don't mind + noun or -ing
  • d) Change your mind
  • e) Make up your mind
  • f) Mind your head
  • g) Spring to mind
  • h) Take your mind off something
  • i) Be bored out of your mind
  • j) Be in two minds about something
  • k) Bear something in mind
  • l) Would you mind if + -ing?

2) Noun Suffixes

Noun -(t)ion -ment Adjectives -ness -ity

3) Mental Activities

  • Suspect: Not sure
  • Consider: Opinion
  • Doubt: Not sure
  • Recollect: Remind
  • Contemplate: Think about it
  • Analyze:
  • Memorize: Not to forget
  • Comprehend: Understand
  • Reminds:
  • Occurs: Comes to mind

Unit 11

1) Conditionals

  • 0: If + present simple, present simple
  • 1: If + present simple, future simple
  • 2: If + past simple, would + present continuous
  • 3: If + past perfect, would + past perfect continuous
  • Mixed: If + past perfect, would + present

2) Compound Nouns

  • Internet access
  • Search engine
  • Mobile phone
  • Instant messaging
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Battery life

Unit 12

1) Achievement and Success

  • a) Fulfill an ambition
  • b) Reach a target
  • c) Achieve success
  • d) Manage to do something
  • e) Succeed in doing something

2) Compound Adjectives

  • Eye-catching
  • Time-consuming
  • Labor-saving
  • Heart-warming
  • Thirst-quenching
  • Mouth-watering
  • Record-breaking
  • Meat-eating

Phrases (2-5 words)

  • Might have gone
  • Give me a hand
  • Must be still playing
  • Is expected that Sally will
  • Told her son off
  • Keep an eye
  • Were held up
  • Is said to have been

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