Big Ben Unit 1 To 5
Big Ben Unit 1 To 5
Big Ben Unit 1 To 5
GRAMMAR
PERFECT TENSES
Present perfect
negative: hasn’t
Victor had gone to Port Aventura while his mother was working
Had you had been waiting too much before the taxi arrived?
WE had been trying to open the door before she found her key.
VOCABULARY
GRAMMAR
After the verbs enjoy, like, love, hate, recommend we use -ING
After verbs hope, want, choose, decided, would like we use INFINITIVE
Remember + ing is when you remember something that happened in the past.
Remember + to + infinitive:
When you thing that you need to do something, and usually then you do this thing.
-I remembered to buy milk = I was walking by the street and this idea came to my head, so I bought some.
TRY + -ING
TRY + INFINITIVE
STOP + -ING
STOP + GERUND
VOCABULARY
Sports equipment
Board
Goggles
Helmet
Net
Oar- remo
Pads- rodilleras
Racket
Skates
Stick- palo de hockey
Club- palo de golf
Bat- palo de cricket
PLACES
Pitch- campo
Court- cancha
Rink- pista de patinaje
Piste- pista (pista de esqui skii slope)
pool
UNIT 3
GRAMMAR
USED TO: Describes a situation that is now normal or familiar, but it wasn’t in the past
VOCABULARY
EXTENDED FAMILY
EX-husband: ex marido
great-granfather: bis abuelo
Half-sister: medio hermana, comparte un padre o una madre en comun
Mother- in-law: suegra
Second wife_: segunda mujer
stepbrother: hermanastro
AUTUMN- FALL
UNIT 4
GRAMMAR
COMPARISONS
Repeat comparatives when something is changing continuously: the camera is closer and closer.
AS + ADJECTIVE + AS, when two things are alike. As long as you love me
ADVERBS- PAG 33
EXPRESSIONS OF FEAR
Gasp- jadear
Giggle- reirse con nerviosismo
Scream- chillar muy fuerte
Shout- gritar
Stutter- tartamudear
Whisper- susurrar
Shake- temblar
Shiver- tiritar/esclofrio/temblor
Sweat- sudar
UNIT 5
GRAMMAR
We use a reflexive pronouns when the person or the thing we are referring to is also the subject
VOCABULARY
Blink-parpadear
Burp- erupto
Chew- masticar
Hiccup- hipo
Rub- restregarse
Scratch- rascarse
Sneeze- estornudar
Yawn -bostezar
ANIMAL KINGDOM
Cage- jaula
Habitat-
Hunt- Cazador
Rare- inusual no comun
Species
Survival
Wild- salvaje