Vocabulary and Grammar Practice for English Learners

-sue: take legal actions -sympathetic Upbringing: raise (a child) Mortgage: money you have to pay when you buy a house Put somebody up: take in: accommodate somebody in your home Restroom: room with toilets in a public place Make redundant: fire, lose your job Be responsible for something bad: blame for something Rich: well-to-do: wealthy Support: to provide Unlikely: improbable to happen Bully: intimidate someone younger or smaller Scruffy: messy, not smart or elegant Sewage: polluted water Land field site: dump waste, place where all the rubbish is thrown away Display: show Fib: white lie Quarrel: have an argument Take into account: consider Blatant: done in an obvious, open way, without caring Get their own way: obtain what they want Keep track of: remember, monitor Untrustworthy: unreliable, dishonest Add up: calculate Deceive: make somebody believe something that isn't true Mislead: misinform, not to tell the whole truth Cover up: hide, try to stop people knowing Make up: invent, often to deceive someone Catch somebody out: surprise someone and put them in a difficult position Turn up: arrive Pull over: stop Get on: board Give up: surrender Break into: enter illegally Rip off: swindle Come across: find Carry out: undertake-> carried out: undertook Run over: hit Take out: withdraw Put up: raise Give back: return Miss out on: lose the opportunity of Animal testing: shops experiment with animals for their productsChild labour: children are exploited at work under horrible conditions Sweat shops: term for a workplace with poor, socially unacceptable working conditions Willing to: happy to, prepared to Junkies: people who are addicted to something (informal) Culprit: thing that is responsible for something Stroke: a sudden, serious illness caused by changes in the blood supply to the brain Foremost: most important or famous Irrefutable: that cannot be proved wrong Rely on: self reliant, independent Stand by: support always giving: generous Go without: be deprived 've got a big heart: thoughtful, considered Rate Equilibrium: balance Mistake: fault Maintaining: keep up with Arrange: plan Consequence: aftermath Very sad: heartbroken Disintegrating: crumbling Working time: lifespan Unwilling: reluctant Interesting: appealing Staple: basic Effect: impact Increasing: rising Destroy: wipe out Surprising: striking Bought: purchase Representative, characteristic: prime Intimacy: privacy Preoccupied: concerned: worried about Created: set up Option: alternative Led to: resulted in Possibility: chanceLet me down: disappoint me walk away: leave me --> P>I have taught/I have been teaching(he estado enseñando)-failure: lack of success -off work: absent from his job -fit in with: be in harmony with -a good deed: a generous act -panicked: became very scared -get away with: to do something wrong and not to be punished for it -get carried away: to get so excited that you lose control of your own -injuring: hurting -realized: understood -Criminal: somebody who has committed a crime -judge: somebody who decides whether somebody... -victim: somebody who receives a crime -witness: somebody who sees the crime and stays in a court -riot: violence -burglary: break into a house -negligence: failure to take care of a person -damages: money a court of law forces you to pay

-->Forget+ing: not have a memory of Forget+to: not do because you didn't remember Mean+to: intend Mean+ing: involve Regret+to: feel sad about (something you are doing now) Regret+ing: feel sorry or guilty about(something you did in the past) Remember+to: not forget Remember+ing: have a memory of (something in the past) Try+ing: experiment with Try+to: make an effort PAST> I taught/ I was teaching/ I had taught(había enseñado)/ I had been teaching(había estado enseñando) 0-->If I study, I pass the exam 1--> If I study, I will pass 2-->If I studied, I would pass 3--> If I had studied, I would have passed (Had+3ªc: hubiera)(have+3ªc: he...)(wouldn't be: no seria)(didn't eat: no comi) I wish, If only--> Present-> IW/IO + past s. Past-> IW/IO + past p. Alternative: could have/ might have Possibility: might/could/ may Certain: must Impossibility: couldn't/can't Opinion: should/ ought to Needn't-didn't need to: no necesarioWho which(that) when where whose -->Cleans-is cleaned /Is writing-is being written /Repaired-was repaired/Was helping- was being helped /Have visited-has been visited /Has been doing-has been being done /Had repaired- had been repaired /Had been preparing- had been being prepared // F> I will teach/ will be teaching/ I will have taught(habré enseñado)/ I will have teaching(habré estado enseñando)/