Essential English Vocabulary & Grammar for Learners

Enhance your English language skills with this comprehensive collection of essential vocabulary and grammar rules, including conditional sentences and common phrasal verbs. Each term is provided with its Catalan translation for easy learning.

Key Vocabulary by Theme

Theme 7: Travel & Environment Vocabulary

• Billboards - valla publicitària
• Cruise - creuer
• Sink - enfonsar
• Research - investigació
• Damage - dany
• Treacherous - traïdor
• Purpose - propòsit
• Keep in mind - tenir en compte
• Aware - conscient
• Balance - equilibri
• Concerned - preocupació
• Landscape - paisatge
• Belong to - pertànyer a
• Sign up - apuntar-se
• Rescuing - rescatar
• Leak - fuga
• Decide - decisió
• Dark - fosc
• Differ - diferència
• Relation - relació
• Inform - informar
• Possible - possible
• Environmental - mediambiental
• Overnight - una nit
• Return ticket - bitllet de retorn
• Delayed - endarrerit
• Departure time - hora de sortida
• Go abroad - anar a l'estranger
• Accommodation - allotjament
• Passenger - passatger
• Queue - cua
• Youth hostel - alberg juvenil
• Flight - vol
• Airline - aerolínia
• Luggage - equipatge

Theme 1: Personality & Appearance Vocabulary

• Suit - traje
• Blind - cec
• Acquaintance - conegut
• Cope with - fer front
• Injury - lesions
• Nosy - tafaner
• Skinny - flac
• Spiky - punxegut
• Wavy - ondulat
• Deliver - donar
• Hesitate - dubtar
• Cheer up - alegrar
• Relief - alleujament
• Switched on - encendre
• Guests - convidats
• Breathing - la respiració
• Pointing - assenyalant
• Thrills - emocions
• Living on the edge - viure al límit
• A close call - per poc
• Occupational hazard - risc laboral
• Threat - amenaça
• Thrill - emoció
• Clue - pista
• Reply - respondre
• Share - compartir
• All in all - en general
• Reminding - recordar
• Single - solter
• Pretend - fingir
• Disorder - trastorn
• Realises - adonar-se
• Injury - lesió
• Talkative - parlador
• Selfish - egoista
• Helpful - amable
• Stubborn - tossut
• Considerate - considerat
• Romantic - romàntic
• Calm - tranquil
• Dark - fosc
• Straight - llis
• Slim - prim
• Fair - just
• Chubby - grassonet
• Plain - senzill
• Unattractive - lleig
• Good-looking - guapo

Descriptive Adjectives:

• Well-built
• Petite
• Muscular
• Gorgeous
• Shoulder-length

Common Phrasal Verbs

• Look after - tenir cura de
• Look away - apartar la mirada
• Look forward to - tenir ganes de
• Look into - investigar
• Look through - examinar detingudament
• Look up - anar a visitar
• Run after - perseguir
• Run into - ensopegar
• Run off with - escapar-se amb

Theme 2: Actions & Reactions Vocabulary

• Arranged - planejar
• Deliver - repartir
• Hesitate - dubtar
• Middle-aged - edat mitjana
• Disappointed - decepcionat
• Poison - verí
• Cheer up - alegrar
• Shake - sacsejar
• Pour - abocar
• Pointing - assenyalant
• Relief - alleujament
• Guests - convidats
• Scream - cridar
• Fear - por
• Survived - sobreviure
• Warned - advertir
• Courage - coratge
• Living on the edge - viure al límit
• Seriously injured - seriosament ferit
• A close call - per poc
• Lucky to be alive - sort de ser viu
• Occupational hazard - risc laboral
• Risked his life - arriscar la vida

Theme 8: Honesty & Deception Vocabulary

• Astounding - sorprenent
• Rough - aspre
• Brain - cervell
• Conduct - dur a terme
• Put up - posar
• Figure - xifra
• Likely - probable
• It's a pity - és una pena
• Behave - comportar-se
• Ensure - assegurar
• Tend to - tendir a
• Choice - elecció
• Signals - senyals
• Staff - personal
• Worldwide - a nivell mundial
• Tempted - temptat
• White lie - mentida piadosa
• Cheated - fer trampes
• Trust - confiar
• Change my ways - canviar de manera de ser
• Stole - va robar
• Got caught - ser capturat
• Liar - mentider
• Frank - franc
• Guilty - culpable
• Blame - culpar
• Admit - admetre
• Deceived - enganyar
• Suspected - sospitar
• Plagiarism - plagi
• Shoplifting - robar en una botiga

English Conditional Sentences

Understand the four types of conditional sentences in English, crucial for expressing hypothetical situations and their consequences.

Zero Conditional

Structure: If + Subject + Present Simple, Subject + Present Simple

Use: For general truths, scientific facts, or habits.

Example: If you heat ice, it melts.

First Conditional

Structure: If + Subject + Present Simple, Subject + Future Simple

Use: For real or very probable situations in the present or future.

Example: If I miss the bus, I will take a taxi.

Second Conditional

Structure: If + Subject + Past Simple, Subject + Would + Infinitive

Use: For unreal or improbable situations in the present or future.

Example: If you wore that dress, you would look great.

Third Conditional

Structure: If + Subject + Past Perfect (had + participle), Subject + Would Have + Participle

Use: For hypothetical situations in the past and their unreal consequences.

Example: If you had worn that dress, you would have looked great.