I N T E R M E D I AT E 0 8 V O C A B U L A RY

Label: etiqueta
U N I T 1 : “ I D E A L F L A M AT E S ” We’re seeking: estamos
buscando
Move out: mudarse,
marcharse..
Willig: dispuesto
GRAMMAR DIRECT AND INDIRECT Share: compartir, parte de un
QUESTIONS: todo
Gigs: conciertos
DIRECT QUESTIONS: Where to: ¿A dónde?
 Word order: Questions word + auxiliary verb Who with: ¿Con quién?
(will, would, do, does, did) + subject + main verb Such as: cómo?
 Subject question: the subject is the question Alguien en preguntas: anyone
word
 Preopositions in question: usually come at
the end, however in formal English it comes at
the beginning
 To describe a person o thing: Wh- + be +
subject + like
 Use words like so, oh. Right. One more
question
SOME WORDS
INDIRECT QUESTIONS: People that are involved rather than:
 The word order is different from direct personas que están involucradas en lugar
question de
 To ask for information more polite or to
to buddy up: forjar una amistad
ask personal question
(despues de un feeling) compañero
 Do not use auxiliaries do or did.
 Add if or whether for a yes/no questions steep learning
I tend to: yo tiendo a
PHRASES: Computer geek
 Do you mind me asking if…? I short of: me falta
 Have you any idea …? I dont like being disturbed: no me
 I was wondering… gusta que me molesten/no me gusta ser
 Could you tell me… molestado
 I’d be interested to know…
(I get) annoyed: yo me molesto
 I’d like to know…
 Can I ask if/whether/how…
 Do you know if/whether/how…
 What/Why do you think…?
 Would you mind telling me…?

VOCABULARY: PERSONALITY
 Keep myself to myself: be introverted
 Someone who is obsessive and boring about a
topic: geek
 Mean someone with money: tight-fisted
(tacaño)
 Someone who is sociablle: people person
 Feel this is important: (verb to be) particular
about
 Do one's share of work (hacer una parte del

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 trabajo): pull their weight
 Realistic about things: down to earth
(realista)
 Away from home very late: out until the early
hours
 Someone who is fun to be with: a good laugh
 Enjoy (a topic or activity): get into

I N T E R M E D I AT E 0 8 V O C A B U L A RY
To stay on: permanecer en
UNIT 1.2: “IT’S A FIRST” Get off: bajar, marcharse
Behaved: se comportó
On my own: por mi cuenta
Toes: dedos de sus pies
(until) till: hasta

WORDS:
Trivial: not serious or important
Loathing: hating
Recurring: repeating
Mundane: ordinary & boring
Bonnet: the front part of car
Taps into: makes use of

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VOCABULARY FEELINGS:

 Embarrased / exhausted / satisfied /

thrilled
 Awkward / relieved / anxious / fascinated
 Frustrated / impresed

GRADABLE adjectives show that something can

have different degrees.
 Adverbs with gradable adjectives – very,
extremely, a bit, slightly, fairly, really

NON-GRADABLE ADJECTIVES: Adjectives like

‘terrifying’, ‘freezing’ ‘amazing’ are also non-
gradable adjectives.

 Adverbs with ungradable adjectives –

absolutely, completely, totally, utterly, really

GRAMMAR PRESENT PERFECT AND

PAST SIMPLE:
PRESENT PERFECT: when
 An action or experience in a period of time
up to now. The time is no specified
 Recent completed action or events that
has a result in the present. Oingoing
situation (repeat events)
PAST SIMPLE: when..
 An ction began and finished in the past
 The time is specified or understood
TIME PHRASES:
PRRESENT
PAST SIMPLE BOTH
PERFECT
So far, yet, ago, this time This morning/
just, already, last week, last afternoon, for,
up to now, month, last in the summer,
since, lately, night, earlier today,
over the last, today, on recently,
fortnight date/day before, never,
always.
VOCABULARY PLUS:
-ION -MENT -ITY/-ETY -NESS
Exhaustion Embarrasment Anxiety Nervousn
Satisfactio Dissapointment Generosit ess
n Excitement y Selfishnes
Frustration Similarity s

I N T E R M E D I AT E 0 8 V O C A B U L A R Y:
3 A D V E RT S
GRAMMAR: POLITE ENQUIRIES

OPENING PHRASES:

 I’d like to ask/find out about

 I’d like to enquire about
 I’d like to talk to someone about
 I’m calling to enquire
 I’d like to speak with your supervisor

POLITE ENQUIRIES:

 I was wondering/I wonder if you could….

 I’d be grateful/I’d appreciate if you
could….
 Can/Could you tell me when/which/where..
 Do you mind me asking when/how..
 Would you mind telling me
 Would there be any chance of getting

Sorry to be difficult it’s just that

I N T E R M E D I AT E 0 8 V O C A B U L A RY
S O C I A L I SS U E S
UNIT 2.1: “COMIC RELIEF”
Money: poverty, homelessness,
debt
Helath: drunkenness and drug
abuse, obesity, lack of drinking
water, famine
Environment: pollution,
drought, lack of drinking water,
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GRAMMAR PRESENT PERFECT
SIMPLE AND CONTINUOUS

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE:

 Activity started in the past and
continues up to now
 Use state verbs: know, have,
understand, be, think.
 Completed action
 Answer to How much/How many
 Verbs of short duration: drop, start,
finish, leave, break, lose

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOS.

SOME WORDS
 Verbs of long duration: wait, stay,
run, play, sit, stand
 Is used when is present the evidence
of the activity

VOCABULARY PLUS:
NOUN VERB NOUN VERB
Decrease Decrease Record Record
Sponsor Sponsor Export Export
Increase Increase Project Project
Appeal Appeal Permit Permit
Desert Desert

OTHER WORDS:
1. Delay / test / shout / queue /
guess / cure / fine / tip / lie /
hurry

I N T E R M E D I AT E 0 8 SURVEILLANCE
An invasion of privacy:
UNIT 2.2: “WE’RE BEING getting information about
WAT C H E D someone’s private life
Law-abiding citizens: people
who aren’t criminals
Keep track of/monitor: watch
or follow(hacer seguimiento de)
Log information: record
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GRAMMAR THE PASSIVE

WRITING: A LETTER OF
COMPLAINT
1. Dear Sir or Madam
2. I am writing with regard to
3. Briefly, the problem is tha despite
guarantees about
4. I have already pursued this matter
with
5. In order to resolve this matter I am
requesting rhat
6. Please contact me within 10 days
7. Thank you for your prompt
attention to this matter
8. Yours faithfully

I N T E R M E D I AT E 0 8 V O C A B U L A R Y:
B E H AV I O U R
UNIT 3.: “DANGEROUS GAME”
Neglect: don’t take care
of/don’t worry about it
Ignore: don’t pay attention to
Criticise someone (for)
Compliment someone (on)
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GRAMMAR: USED TO, WOULD, BE/GET
USED TO

 Thing that were true, but aren’t true

any more
 Talk about activities and states which
happened in the past but no usually
now
USED TO
 Past habits. Repeated actions and
states which have changed
 IN QUESTION: Did you use to .. ?
 NEGATIVE FORM: I dind’t use to
 USE THE INFINITIVE FORM
 For past habits and repeated actions
(not states) which have changed and
WOULD no longer happen now
 Is similar to used to
 USE THE INFINITIVE FORM
 To talk about things that are familiar
BE USED to us. (algo que está acostumbrado).
TO It’s not new or strange for me.
 USE THE –ING FORM
 To talk about things tha become
GET
familiar (algo q se acostumbra)
USED TO
 USE THE –ING FORM

I N T E R M E D I AT E 0 8 V O C A B U L A R Y:
COMMON
UNIT 3.2: “FIND YOUR
NICHE” ACTIONS
Deal (subject) out: repartir
Stir: revolver, remover
Jam: atascar, atorar, bloquear
Unplug: desconectar,
desenchufar
Sieve: colar
7 Sprinkle: to put species in the
GRAMMAR: FUTURE FORMS REVIEW

PRESENT  For a definite arrangements or plans

CONTINU and often involving other people (no
OUS change the time)
 A general intention, plans or
arrangements about the future
BE GOING TO
which the speaker has thought
BE PLANNING
about before. It is not
TO BE
completely sure
HOPING TO +
 Prediction: when is based on
infinitve
present evidence or something
BE THINKING
that has already started.
OF + -ing
 When you want to do
something (a wish)
 For a decision which the speaker has
just made (at the moment)
 For a predicting. Often is
accompanied for verbs such as
think, expect. Or adverbs
WILL probably, definitely, I don’t know,
maybe, perrhaps.
 Especially for weather
 A offer to someone
 Use probablu, certainly, possibly,
to say how certain you are.
BE  For a probable intention or prediction
LIKELY  Other phrases: may well, there’s a
TO good chance that
MIGHT/
 For a intention or prediction that is
COULD +
not certain or is not definite
infinitive
 For a future timetable or schedule
(itineraries)
PRESENT
 For the future after conjunctions sush
SIMPLE
as when, as soon as, after, in
case.

I N T E R M E D I AT E 0 8 V O C A B U L A R Y:
S AY I N G S
U N I T 4 1 : “A N D T H E M O R A L
Every cloud has a silver
IS”
lining: don’t take care of/don’t
worry about it
What goes around comes
around: don’t pay attention to
Where there’s smoke there’s
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GRAMMAR: NARRATIVE TENSES

 PAST SIMPLE: for completed actions

which give the main events in a story

 PAST CONTINUOUS: for actions in

progress at a particular time or when
another shorter action happened

 PAS PERFECT SIMPLE: for

completed actions that happened
before the main events.

 PAST PERFECT CONTINUOUS: for

longer actions that started before
other events and often continued up
to them.