Inglés nivel 2

  Vocabulary about clothing. Knowing about clothes makes our vocabulary richer and our perception of space and time becomes clearer when learning what kind of clothes should be worn for a certain occasion or for different climates.  As well as making a conversation about fashion would be easier.  There are many different types of clothing, like:  tops, which are pieces of clothing you wear on the upper part of your body, like blouses or shirts. bottoms, which are worn on the lower part of the body, like pants or shorts. shoes and accessories, which although they are not clothing, are used to complement the style of each person. Let's review some clothing in English: OUTWEAR :                                                                                                                                                                          UNDERWEAR AND SLEEPWEAR:                1. Pajamas 2 nightgown 3 shirt 4 bathrobe/robe 5 slippers 6 blanket sleeper 7 T-shirt/T-shirt 8 shorts

TRAVEL AND EXPERIENCE ADJECTIVES  Relajante: relaxing asombroso/a: amazing agotador/a: exhausting placentero/a: pleasant entretenido/a: entertaining educativo/a: educational tenso/a: tense tedioso/a: tedious interminable: endless inexplicable: inexplicable caro/a: expensive barato/a: cheap estupendo/a: brilliant maravilloso/a: marvelous divertido/a: fun agradable: pleasant catastrófico/a: catastrophic guay: awesome genial: great fantástico/a: fantastic fenomenal: phenomenal sensacional: wonderful increíble: incredible inolvidable: unforgettable excelente: excellent interesante: interesting entrenido/a: entertaining aburrido/a: boring horroroso/a: awful desastroso/a: disastrous decepcionante: disappointing. TO REVIEW:

  Adjectives to describe places  amazing  – increíble, asombroso. Otras palabras similares:  fantastic, wonderful . E.g. Berlin is an amazing city, you must definitely go there. beautiful  – precioso. Otras palabras similares:  lovely, gorgeous . E.g. It was a quiet place with beautiful views to the mountains. boring –  aburrido. Otras palabras similares:  dull, uninteresting. E.g. The town was quite boring, there was not much to do. breathtaking  – impresionante (literalmente que te deja sin respiración). Otras palabras similares:  impressive, stunning . E.g. The views from the top of the cliff were breathtaking. bustling  – bullicioso, con mucha actividad. Otras palabras similares:  lively, fast-paced, hectic . E.g. New York is a busy, bustling city, there are always things to do and places to go. captivating  – cautivador, fascinante. Otras palabras similares:  fascinating, stunning. E.g. Egypt is a captivating place to visit, with an incredibly rich culture and history. charming  –

 INTENSIFIERS  An intensifier is a word that strengthens or weakens another word (usually the word immediately to its right). An intensifier has no real meaning by itself and can usually be removed from the sentence. Intensifiers are adverbs. The most common intensifiers are " very ," " extremely ," and " incredibly ." The sole purpose of an intensifier is to tell us about the intensity of another word. Examples  Here are some examples of intensifiers (shaded) in sentences: This pie is very  tasty. (In this example, the intensifier "very" strengthens the adjective "tasty." Of note, "very" is the most common intensifier in English.) The delegation is  very  late. Last week's test was   really  easy. Last week's test was   incredibly  easy. Last week's test was  insanely  easy. Negative-sounding Intensifiers Provide Strength Oddly, negative-sounding words such as "awfully," "dreadfully," "ins

  IRREGULAR VERBS Most verbs have a  past tense  and  past participle  with   –ed : work ed play ed      listen ed But many of the most frequent verbs are irregular: Pronunciation: To practice: Irregular verbs (excersices)

  SIMPLE PAST The  simple past  is a verb tense that is used to talk about things that happened or existed before now. The simple past is formed by adding  – ed  to the base form of the verb (the  infinite  without  to ). base form +  ed  = simple past walk walked push pushed greet greeted cover covered  Regular verbs that end in a vowel+ y , add  – ed . base form   simple past play played decay decayed survey surveyed enjoy enjoyed For regular verbs that end in a  consonant + y , change the  – y   to  – i   and add  – ed . base form   simple past cry cried dirty dirtied magnify magnified For regular verbs ending in a   consonant   +   vowel   +   consonant , double the final consonant before adding  - ed. base form   simple past dam dammed beg begged plan planned strip stripped We use the past tense to talk about: something that happened  once in the past : I   met   my wife in 1983. We  went   to Spain for our holidays. They   got  home very late last night. something that happened