Essential Vocabulary and Grammar for Everyday Communication

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A= empieza con consonante AN = empieza por vocal, 225 two hundred twenty-five. Hooks ganchos, bolts tornillo, clips and clamps abrazadera, ropes cuerda, springs arandela, screw tornillo, spring muelle, nut tuerca, fuse fusible, drill taladro, hose manguera, ruler regla, glove guantes, bulb bombilla, lead alargadera, pipe tubería, wheel rueda. Levers palancas, socket enchufe, fuse fusible. Person personas, man hombre, men hombres, woman mujer, women mujeres, child niño, children niños, foot pie, feet pies, tooth diente, teeth dientes, battery batería, batteries baterías, box caja, boxes cajas, lock cerradura, locks cerraduras, key llave, keys llaves.

There is (hay) singular, there are (hay) plural. Circle círculo, square cuadrado, triangle triángulo, semicircle semicirculo, rectangle rectángulo, oval óvalo, cylinder cilindro, spherical esférico, cube cubo, cubic cúbico. Está hecho de aluminum aluminio, glass cristal, silver plata, iron hierro, nylon nailon, wood madera, wool lana, cardboard cartón, steel acero, ceramic cerámica, rubber goma. (Neck cuello, back espalda, jaws mandíbula, arm brazo, leg pierna, foot pie, teeth dientes, head cabeza, hand mano, mouth boca) ¿se? y se responde con lo mismo. Alto high, altura height, width ancho, long largo, heavy pesado.

Length 1 km - 1000 m, 1 cm - 1 ft - 12 in, 1 yd - 3 ft, 1 gal - 8 pints, 1 lb - 16 oz. Present Simple: to be: I am, you are, he she it is -s, do-does. Pres.C be + ing, e.g., I’m fixing the hose - am not, be - ser o estar, have got - tener + s, not don’t, doesn’t. Can puede, can’t no puede, should deberías, shouldn’t no deberías, decimals de uno en uno, decimal number point 13.52 thirteen point five two. (I need sg or I need pl?) On arriba, in dentro, under abajo, next to al lado, in front of delante de, behind detrás, between entre.

_underscore, -hyphen, @at, .dot, one first, two second, three third, four fourth, five fifth, twenty twentieth, twenty-one twenty-first, a lot of mucho, many muchos, some algunos, any ninguno. Horizontal I, diagonal /, vertical --, Controles: at the top arriba, on the right derecha, in the center centro, at the bottom abajo, on the left izquierda (it = lo, la, el, y ellos). Big grande, small pequeño, full lleno, empty vacío, old viejo, new nuevo, fast rápido, slow lento, on de, off apagado, clean limpio, dirty sucio.

Don’t use the mobile phone, don’t smoke, don’t drink this water - no beber agua, don’t enter - no entrar, wear ear protection - protección oídos, slippery floor - cuidado resbala, wear goggles - llevar gafas, wash your hands - lavar manos, wear a hard hat - llevar casco, don’t touch - no tocar. 1:25 it’s twenty-five past one, 3:15 it’s quarter past three, 3:45 it’s quarter to four, 7:38 it’s twenty-two to eight. Analog 5:40 it’s forty to five, 4:10 it’s ten past four. (near = cerca sg this, pl these, far = lejos sg that, pl those). Have to algo es necesario, can’t algo es imposible.

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