Study Guide

UNIT 1-LIVE AND LEARN

MAKE OR DO?

Make: Is used when you talk about something you create with your hands.

• He made me a sandwich.
• She makes a watch.

Do: We talk about an action you do not mention by name like a mental work.

• I do mathematics everyday.
• I do the exam for my school.

YET, ALREADY, JUST

These words are often used with the present perfect tense although yet, still and already can all be used with other tenses.

• I’ve just seen Susan coming out of the cinema.
• Mike’s just called. Can you ring him back please?
• Have you just taken my pen? Where has it gone? 

Present perfect Progressive

Actions beggining and still continous in the future.

Present perfect + yet, already and just.

Have you been to the art gallery yesterday?

No, I haven't been there yet.

UNIT 2 - THEN AND NOW 

Order of adjectives

USED TO

It is better not to use "used to" in questions or negative forms; however, this is sometimes done in informal spoken English.

SO/TOO EITHER/NEITHER

We use 'so do I' to say that a positive sentence is also true for me, and I use 'neither do I' to say that a negative sentence is also true.

UNIT 3 - BUYING POWER

ARTICLE NO ARTICLE

A and an are the indefinite articles. They refer to something not specifically known to the person you are communicating with.

A and an are used before nouns that introduce something or someone you have not mentioned before.

THE VS NO ARTICLE

I love the flowers in your garden.

See you on x Wednesday.

INDIRECT QUESTIONS

Are a little more formal and polite. We use them when talking to a person we don't know very well. 

UNIT 4 - TAKING CARE OF BUSSINES

Compound Nouns

Words can be combined to form compund nouns

Have get something done

UNIT 5 - THROUGH THE GRAPEVINE

Reported Speech

Reporting Questions

When we report what people say, we usually change the tense of the verbs to reflect that we are reporting – not giving direct speech. This pattern is followed when we report questions and there are also other important changes between direct questions and reported questions.

UNIT 6 - DESICIONS DESICIONS

REPORTED SPEECH

REPORTED SPEECH

 

1. The teacher said that he was born in Mexico city on 1984.

 

2. He said that he was a profesor of lenguages.

 

3. The teacher said that he had graduated in UNAM.

 

4. He also said that he had worked in many differents schools.

 

5. The teacher said that he liked going to the movies and with friends.

 

6. He said that he had been teaching for 8 years.

 

7.He said that he wanted to go on vacations.

 

8. The teacher said that he might do a master.

St. Patrick's Day

SAINT PATRICK

I'ts a holiday religious and cultural celebrated on 17th March in Ireland. Is'ts officialy a Christian fest day in many places known for parades, shamrocks and all tipe of things that represents Irish culture.The day commemorates Saint Patrick and the arrival of Christianity in Ireland.

Originally, the colour that represents Saint Patrick was blue. Over the years the colour green and its association with Saint Patrick's Day grew. Saint Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish. Irish soldiers wore full green uniforms on 17 March in hopes of catching public attention. The phrase "the wearing of the green", meaning to wear a shamrock on one's clothing, derives from a song of the same name.

Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon.

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