Essential English Vocabulary and Grammar Revision
Unit 1: Personal Relationships and Daily Life
Vocabulary
- Chore: Tarea
- Fiancé: Prometido/a
- Nephew: Sobrino
- Niece: Sobrina
- Peer: Compañero / Igual
- Sibling: Hermano/a
- Name after: Poner el nombre de / Llamar como
- Provide: Proporcionar
- Reject: Rechazar
- Side with: Estar del lado de / Ponerse al lado de
- Stand out: Destacar
- Stay away: Apartarse / Mantenerse alejado
- Take after: Parecerse a
- Tease: Burlarse
Verbs and Phrasal Verbs
- Apply for: Solicitar
- Bring up: Criar
- Fit in: Encajar
- Grow apart: Distanciarse
- Involve: Implicar
- Look up to: Admirar
Adjectives
- Alike: Parecido
- Aware of: Consciente de
- Easy-going: Despreocupado / Poco exigente
- Likely: Probable
- Strict: Estricto
Expressions with "Get"
- Get a job: Conseguir trabajo
- Get along: Llevarse bien
- Get an award: Recibir un premio
- Get back: Volver
- Get dark: Anochecer
- Get divorced: Divorciarse
- Get home: Llegar a casa
- Get lost: Perderse
- Get old: Envejecer
- Get permission: Obtener permiso
- Get pocket money: Recibir paga
- Get there: Llegar allí
- Get tired: Cansarse
Unit 2: Weather and Nature
Nouns
- Blizzard: Tormenta de nieve
- Breeze: Brisa
- Cold spell: Temporada de frío
- Damage: Daño / Dañar
- Drought: Sequía
- Dust storm: Tormenta de polvo
- Flood: Inundación
- Forecast: Previsión meteorológica
- Frostbite: Congelación
- Hailstone: Pedrisco / Piedra de granizo
- Hailstorm: Granizada
- Heatwave: Ola de calor
- Lightning: Relámpago
- Rainbow: Arcoíris
- Raindrop: Gota de lluvia
- Rainfall: Precipitaciones / Lluvia
- Rainstorm: Chaparrón / Tormenta de lluvia
- Sandstorm: Tormenta de arena
- Shade: Sombra
- Snowfall: Nevada
- Snowflake: Copo de nieve
- Snowstorm: Tormenta de nieve
- Sunshine: Luz solar / Sol
- Sunstroke: Insolación
- Thunder: Trueno
Verbs
- Clear up: Despejarse
- Develop: Desarrollar
- Increase: Aumentar
- Land: Aterrizar
- Pour: Diluviar
- Prevent: Prevenir
- Reach: Alcanzar
- Remain: Permanecer
- Ruin: Arruinar
- Spread: Extender / Difundir
- Turn into: Convertirse en
Adjectives and Expressions
- Chilly: Frío
- Controversial: Controvertido
- Major: Principal / Grave
- Mild: Suave / Templado
- Muggy: Bochornoso
- Overcast: Nublado
- Boiling hot: Calor abrasador / Calor espantoso
- Freezing cold: Frío que pela / Helado
Suffixes and Word Formation
- Predict → Predictable (-able)
- Nation → National (-al)
- Beauty → Beautiful (-ful)
- Pain → Painless (-less)
- Pessimist → Pessimistic (-ic)
- Attract → Attractive (-ive)
- Danger → Dangerous (-ous)
Past Simple and Past Perfect Simple Forms
- Realise: Realised
- Forget: Forgot / Forgotten (Had forgotten)
- Discuss: Discussed
- Find: Found
- Be: Was / Were (Had been)
- Fail: Failed
- Speak: Spoke (Had spoken)
- Not finish: Hadn't finished
- See: Saw / Seen (Had seen)
- Cry: Cried / Crying
- Call: Called
- Celebrate: Celebrated / Celebrating
- Live: Lived / Living
- Try: Tried / Trying