Comprehensive English Vocabulary and Grammar Guide for Everyday Life
Sports and Leisure Activities
Do:
- aerobics: hacer aerobic
- gardening: hacer las tareas del hogar
- housework: no hacer nada
- nothing: no hacer nada
- sport: hacer deporte
- weight training: hacer pesas
- Zumba: hacer Zumba
Verbs:
- exercise: hacer ejercicio
- get in shape: ponerse en forma
- go hiking: hacer senderismo
- go jogging: correr, hacer footing
- play exercise games: hacer ejercicio en una consola
- play squash: hacer squash
- play with children: jugar con niños
- put on: engordar
- lose weight: adelgazar
- take care of: cuidar
- walk the dog: sacar el perro a pasear
- work out: hacer ejercicio, entrenar
Health
Hurt/Feel/Have Got:
- feel sick: tener ganas de vomitar
- have got a disease: tener una enfermedad
- have got the flu: tener gripe
- have got a headache: tener dolor de cabeza
- have got a stomach ache: tener dolor de estómago
- have got a temperature: tener fiebre
- my leg hurts: dolor en la pierna
- hurt yourself: hacerse daño
Adjectives + Prepositions
afraid of / annoyed with / different from / famous for / good at / interested in / involved in / keen on / proud of / sad about / serious about / sick of / surprised at / wrong with
Verbs + Prepositions
apply for (a job): solicitar un trabajo / care about: preocuparse por / laugh at: reírse de / listen to: escuchar a / spend (money) on: gastar dinero en / work for (an organization): trabajar para una organización
Sports Verbs
catch (a ball, a cold): coger una pelota, resfriado / compete for a title: competir por un título / compete in a race, event: competir en una carrera, evento / kick (a ball): patear una pelota / play against (another team): jugar contra otro equipo / play for (a team): jugar para un equipo / play (a sport) with (friends): jugar un deporte con amigos / throw a ball: lanzar una pelota
Sports Nouns
(a healthy, an unhealthy) diet: dieta saludable, no saludable / (go to) the doctor’s: ir al doctor / extreme sports: deportes extremos / individual, team sports: deportes individuales, en equipo / sports club: club de deportes / sports kit: equipo de deporte / summer, winter sports: deportes de verano, invierno
Sports Adjectives
gentle: suave / moderate: moderado / regular: con regularidad / strenuous: intenso, agotador
Phrasal Verbs (Sports)
call (a race/an event) off: suspender, cancelar carrera, evento / catch up with: ponerse al día con / throw up: vomitar
Idioms and Expressions (Sports)
come first/second/last (in a race/an event): llegar primero, segundo, último en una carrera, evento / go for a check-up: hacerse una revisión médica / go on a diet: ponerse a dieta / make an appointment (with the doctor): concretar una cita con el médico / take part in (a race/an event): participar en
Shopping
Verbs:
- advertise: hacer publicidad, anunciar
- afford: poder permitirse
- get a bargain: conseguir una ganga, un chollo
- go shopping: ir de compras
- keep up to date with: estar al día con
- look for: buscar
- look good: estar guapo, favorecido
- queue up: hacer cola
- save (money): ahorrar
- save up for: ahorrar para
- sell out: agotar, vender todas las unidades
- spend (money) (on): gastar
- waste (money on): malgastar
- window-shop: mirar escaparates
Nouns:
- brand: marca
- logo: logotipo
- the latest: lo último, lo más reciente
- money is tight: dinero justo
Shopping Staff Adjectives
friendly: amistoso / knowledgeable: bien informado, entendido / polite: educado, amable / rude: maleducado, desagradable / unfriendly: antipático
Price Adjectives
a bargain: una ganga, chollo / cheap: barato / good value: buena relación calidad-precio / inexpensive: económico, barato / overpriced: de precio excesivo
Food Adjectives
baked: al horno, horneado / cooked: cocinado, hecho / delicious: delicioso / disgusting: asqueroso / filling: que llena mucho / fresh: fresco / fried: frito / healthy: saludable, sano / served: servido / spicy: picante, especiado / sweet: dulce / tasty: sabroso, bueno
Clothes and Money
Verbs:
- change your clothes: cambiar ropa
- earn money: ganar dinero
- fit: caber, quedar bien
- suit: quedar bien, favorecer
- win: ganar
Nouns:
- bill: cuenta
- cash: dinero metálico, suelto
- fortune: dineral
- lottery: lotería
- (euro/pound) note: billete
- suit: traje
Money Adjectives
broke: sin un duro / fancy: elegante, lujoso / hard up: mal de dinero / mean: tacaño / priceless: de valor incalculable / tight: tacaño / well off: pudiente, acomodado / worthless: sin valor
Phrasal Verbs (Shopping and Money)
dress up: arreglarse, ponerse elegante / splash out on: gastar mucho dinero en / take back: devolver / try on: probarse
Idioms and Expressions (Shopping and Money)
cost an arm and a leg: costar un ojo de la cara / do the shopping: hacer la compra / go shopping: ir de compras / make ends meet: llegar a fin de mes / rolling in money: forrado, que le sobra el dinero / tighten your belt: apretarse el cinturón
Grammar
Conditional Sentences
- First Conditional: If/Unless (a no ser que) + present simple, + will/won’t + infinitive: Talk about things which might happen in the future (describes things which could easily come true).
- Second Conditional: If/Unless + past simple, + would/wouldn’t + infinitive: To talk about things in the present or future that are probably not going to be true, imaginary situations (dreams).
- Third Conditional: If + past perfect (had studied), + would/wouldn’t + have + past participle: Talks about the past. Hypothetical events and to imagine the results of these situations.
Other Grammar Points
- Enough: (bastante) delante de un nombre o ‘to’…
- Too: (demasiado) delante de adjective o adverb
- Such: delante de (a, an) (adjective) nombre + that
- So: delante de adjective o adverb + that
Passive Voice
Tense | Active Voice | Passive Voice |
---|---|---|
Present Simple | build | are built |
Present Continuous | are building | are being built |
Going to | are going to build | are going to be built |
Future Simple | will build | will be built |
Future Perfect | will have built | will have been built |
Past Simple | built | were built |
Past Continuous | were building | were being built |
Present Perfect | have built | have been built |
Past Perfect | had built | had been built |
Modal | can build | can be built |
Modal Perfect | should have built | should have been built |
Conditional | would build | would be built |