VOCABULARY

Charming: A person who is very nice to others.

• Peter is charming with all your friends. 

Forgetful: It applies to the person who forgets things easily and often.

•   My best friend is always forgetful with his things. 

Generous: A generous person is who gives what he has and helps without expecting anything in return.

•  Mr. Gonzalez is generous with his neighbors.

Impatient: Person showing restlessness and nervousness expect a thing or person.

•  I'm very impatient with my brothers. 

Impolite: Not showing care, respect and affection for the people.

• The impolite people are not pleasant.

Insecure: A person who has doubts about themselves and their own ability.

• Carlos feels insecure to take the exam. 

Sad: Person feeling melancholy, grief or sadness.

• When a person is in mourning this sad.

Smooth: A person or thing that is in calm. Easy going and serene. 

•  My cat is very smooth.

Sudden: That occurs suddenly and without preparation or warning.

• An accident is always sudden.
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Surprising: Something that produces surprise.

• The painter Miguel Angel makes surprising portraits. 

Terrible: Something that causes a lot of fear, or produces a lot of damage.

•  John suffered a terrible accident.

Unfortunate: Event that causes great pain or unhappiness.

• Danny is very unfortunate in his life.

Wonderful: Something extraordinary or very good.  

• Walking around Paris is wonderful.

UNIT 6

THE PAST PERFECT

We use the past perfect to show that one event in the past took place before another past event.

The past perfect signals the earlier event. The simple past signals the later event.

EXAMPLES:

• When we arrived, the party had already started.
• She had already left when I called.
• We just learned that she had had a child.

We form the past perfect with had + past participle.

FORM:

SUBJECT + AUXILIARY HAD + PAST PARTICIPLE + COMPLEMENT

VOCABULARY - UNIT 5

Digital camera: A digital camera is an electronic device used to capture and store photographs electronically in a digital format.

• My dad bought me a digital camera for my birthday.

E-book reader: An eBook reader also called electronic reader is an electronic device that reproduces the contents of e-books.

•     Andrea read your favorite book in e-book reader

Electronic dictionary: Allows a fast and flexible information consultation, take up less space and are fully accessible from any computer, anytime, anywhere.

•         David searches information in his electronic dictionary from his phone.

GPS: GPS or Global Positioning System, is a navigation system based on satellites to determine the position of an object.

• Carlos found his car stolen through the GPS.

Headset: The headset are transducers that receive an electrical signal originating from an electronic source, such as a radio or audio player.

• She is using her headphones for listening to music.

Laptop: The laptop is a portable computer designed to carry it everywhere.

• The laptop is one of the most important creation for the technology.

MP3 player: Mp3 or audio player is a device that stores, organizes and plays digital audio files.

• My mp3 player fell into the pool and this damage.

Portable DVD player: The DVD player is a device or electronic device used to play DVDs and CDs. This device need not be connected.

• My mom bought a portable DVD player to watch movies in the car when we travel.

Satellite radio: Satellite radio is a radio service that broadcasts from satellites, mainly cars, with the transmission of signals at the national and international level, through a much broader than terrestrial radio stations and geographic area higher quality sound.

• Juan gave a satellite radio to your brother for your new car.        

Smartphone: Smartphone is a cellular phone that is able to perform many of the functions of a computer, typically having a relatively large screen and an operating system capable of running general-purpose applications.

• Movistar and Claro placed on the market, new smart phones this year.

Webcam: It is a video camera that inputs to a computer connected to the Internet, so that its images can be viewed by Internet users.

• Two friends are using the webcam to can see each other in internet.

Wireless connection: A wireless network is that which allows you to connect two or more terminals can communicate without a wired connection and allow to establish links between computers and other computers without installing wiring, which means greater convenience and savings money in infrastructure.

•  In Guayaquil we found many wireless networks with internet connection.

Infinitives and Gerunds

INFINITIVES AND GERUNDS

• A gerund is a verb that acts like a noun. 
• To form a gerund, add – ing to the end of the verb.
• To describe the purpose of SOMETHING, use for + gerund:

1. What is a hair dryer for?

      A hair dryer is for drying hair

2. What is this computer program for?

      This computer program is for editing videos.

• An infinitive is the to + verb form.
• To describe the purpose of SOMEONE, use an infinitive.

1. What do you use a hair dryer for?

 I use a hair dryer to dry my hair.

2. What did you go to the store? 

I went to the store to buy some milk.

3. Why are you going to Toronto? 

I am going to Toronto to learn English.

Examples

A memory stick is used to store information.     (infinitive)

A memory stick is used for storing information. (gerund)

I use my video game to play different kind of games.              (infinitive)

Video games are used for playing different kind of games.    (gerund)

ADJETIVE

The adjective is a part of the sentence that complements the substantive to qualify, ie, gives characteristics or qualities.

The adjective expresses characteristics of a person, animal or thing.

There are different types of adjetives:

• Qualifying adjectives
• Determinative adjectives.
• Demonstrative adjectives.
• Possessive adjectives.
• Indefinite adjectives.
• Interrogative adjectives.
• Exclamatory adjectives.

Example:

• The old car of my uncle works great.
• The red ball is my little brother.
• My friend Fernando is fun.
• The mad dog is locked.
• The teacher is good with students.

Unit 4

Relative Clauses

We can usea a Relative clause to identify, define, or classify a person or thing. The relative clauses follows a noun.

Example:

• I have a lot of friends who are interested in music.
• I work in a store which sell video games.

We can begin a Relative clause with the relative pronoun who, which, or that. We use who for people, which for things, and that for people or things.

Example:

• I go to a school which is very traditional.
• I have a sister who is very lazy.
• Can you thing of a book that is very funny?

Summary