Essential English Vocabulary and Grammar Notes

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English Vocabulary and Grammar Notes

Health and Fitness Vocabulary

  • Disease: enfermedad
  • Endurance: resistencia
  • Mood: humor
  • Pressure: presión
  • Self-discipline: autodisciplina
  • Sign: síntoma
  • Trainer: entrenador

Health and Fitness Verbs & Phrases

  • Avoid: evitar
  • Break up: romper / disolver
  • Chase: perseguir
  • Come down with: coger una enfermedad
  • Cut down on: reducir el consumo de
  • Deal with: ocuparse de
  • Enable: permitir
  • Get over: recuperarse de
  • Give up: rendirse
  • Improve: mejorar
  • Injure: lesionar
  • Kick in: empezar a hacer efecto
  • Last: durar
  • Put on: ganar peso
  • Run away: huir
  • Sense: sentir
  • Strengthen: fortalecer
  • Take up: empezar a practicar
  • Warm up: calentarse
  • Work out: hacer ejercicio

Health and Fitness Adjectives

  • Exhausted: agotado
  • Fed up with: harto de
  • Miserable: triste
  • Nutritious: nutritivo
  • Overweight: con sobrepeso
  • Sane: cuerdo
  • Strenuous: intenso
  • Underweight: por debajo del peso normal

Health and Fitness Expressions

  • Catch a cold: resfriarse
  • Get fit: ponerse en forma
  • Get in shape: ponerse en forma
  • Get out of breath: quedarse sin aliento
  • Get rid of: eliminar
  • Go for a walk: dar un paseo
  • Go on a diet: ponerse a dieta
  • Lift weights: hacer pesas
  • Out of shape: en mala forma
  • Overdo it: pasarse con
  • Set a goal: fijar un objetivo

Education Vocabulary

  • Bulletin board: tabla de anuncios
  • Notice board: tabla de anuncios
  • Caretaker: conserje
  • Janitor: conserje
  • Cheating: copiar / hacer trampas
  • Courage: valentía
  • Curriculum: plan de estudios
  • Discovery: descubrimiento
  • Elementary/Primary school: escuela primaria
  • Fee/Tuition: tasa / matrícula
  • Fur: pelo (de animal)
  • Headteacher/Principal: director
  • High/Secondary school: instituto
  • Schedule: calendario / horario

Education Verbs & Phrases

  • Achieve: conseguir
  • Attend: asistir
  • Cheat: copiar / hacer trampas
  • Drop out: abandonar (estudios)
  • Encourage: animar
  • Enrol: matricularse
  • Expect: esperar
  • Figure out: darse cuenta / resolver
  • Make up: inventarse
  • Motivate: motivar
  • Record: grabar
  • Revise: repasar
  • Skip: saltarse
  • Speak up: dar la opinión / hablar más alto
  • Stand up for: defender
  • Trick: engañar
  • Wipe out: exterminar

Education Adjectives & Expressions

  • Brand new: nuevo a estrenar
  • Compulsory: obligatorio
  • Illiterate: analfabeto
  • Optional: opcional
  • Ridiculous: ridículo
  • Get into trouble: meterse en problemas
  • Let off the hook: dejar en paz / librarse
  • No trace of: ni rastro de
  • Pay attention: prestar atención

English Grammar Notes

Passive Voice Transformations

  • Present Simple: examines - is examined
  • Present Continuous: is examining - is being examined
  • Past Simple: examined - was examined
  • Past Continuous: was examining - was being examined
  • Future Simple: will examine - will be examined
  • Modals (e.g., should): should examine - should be examined
  • Modals (e.g., must): must examine - must be examined
  • Present Perfect Simple: has examined - has been examined
  • Past Perfect Simple: had examined - had been examined
  • Future Perfect Simple: will have examined - will have been examined
  • Semi-modals (e.g., has to): has to examine - has to be examined
  • Semi-modals (e.g., is going to): is going to examine - is going to be examined

Indirect Speech Transformations (Common)

  • Present Simple -> Past Simple: takes -> took
  • Present Continuous -> Past Continuous: is taking -> was taking
  • Past Simple -> Past Perfect Simple: took -> had taken
  • Past Continuous -> Past Perfect Continuous: was taking -> had been taking
  • Present Perfect Simple -> Past Perfect Simple: has taken -> had taken
  • Present Perfect Continuous -> Past Perfect Continuous: has been taking -> had been taking
  • Past Perfect Simple -> Past Perfect Simple: had taken -> had taken
  • Past Perfect Continuous -> Past Perfect Continuous: had been taking -> had been taking
  • Future Simple -> Conditional: will take -> would take

Relative Pronouns

  • WHO/THAT: for people
  • WHICH/THAT: for objects
  • WHEN/THAT: for time
  • WHERE: for place
  • WHOSE: for possession

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