English Language Exercises: Grammar & Vocab

Posted by on May 13, 2025 in English | 0 comments

Complete the Sentences

Write logical sentences to follow each one below. Pay attention to the words in bold.

  1. I can barely hear the music.
    Please turn it up.
  2. Watch out for pickpockets.
    There are a lot in this area.
  3. The police lost track of the thieves.
    The thieves had everything planned.
  4. Please don’t lean on me.
    It hurts my shoulder.
  5. They didn’t safeguard their house.
    Then they broke into it.
  6. He had to break into his car.
    Because he had lost the key.

Rewrite with Phrasal Verbs

Rewrite the sentences by forming

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Understanding Vocabulary and Grammar in English

Posted by on May 12, 2025 in English | 0 comments

Vocabulary – Human-Made Wonders: Bridge (ponte), Canal (canal), Plaza (praça), Skyscraper (arranha-céu), Stadium (estádio), Subway System (metrô), Tower (torre), Tunnel (túnel).

Grammar: Comparisons with Adjectives and Nouns

– Use the –er ending or more… than with adjectives to make comparisons.

The Empire State Building is older, taller, and more famous than Rockefeller Center.

– You can also use not as… as to make comparisons with adjectives.

The lines at Rockefeller Center are not as long

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English Exercise Answers: Reading, Vocabulary, Grammar

Posted by on May 12, 2025 in English | 0 comments

Reading Comprehension Answers

Exercise 1

  1. Many people thought… their popularity was declining.
  2. Harry Potter helped… make boarding schools popular again.
  3. Some non-British parents… interest is not as high as in the UK.
  4. Non-British parents send… [their children] to speak fluent English and have a better chance of being accepted into a top British university.
  5. According to the writer… these boarding schools have turned out to be so popular.

Exercise 2

  1. What example does the writer…? A long list of
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Essential English Idioms: Emotions, Life & Money

Posted by on May 11, 2025 in English | 0 comments

Expressing Emotions: Idioms and Metaphors

  1. To be over the moon: Meaning: Very pleased, extremely happy. Example: My younger brother was over the moon when he got a new bike for his birthday.

  2. To have a whale of a time: Meaning: To enjoy oneself very much. Example: The kids had never been to the beach before – they had a whale of a time splashing in the sea.

  3. To get under someone’s skin: Meaning: To annoy someone a lot. Example: Harry is always complaining and criticizing; he really gets under my skin

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English Grammar: Mastering Relative Clauses & Modal Verbs

Posted by on May 10, 2025 in English | 0 comments

Unit 5: Relative Clauses (Las Oraciones de Relativo)

Defining Relative Clauses

WHO and THAT: Referring to People

  • There are many holidaymakers who/that prefer travelling in their own country.

WHICH and THAT: Referring to Objects/Things

  • Dark tourism is a phenomenon which/that is attracting many people.

WHEN and THAT: Referring to a Moment in Time

  • It was in 1986 when/that the Chernobyl disaster took place.

WHERE: Referring to a Particular Place

  • Many people visit places where tragedies have happened.

WHOSE: Referring

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Legal & Crime Vocabulary (En-Es) with English Grammar

Posted by on May 9, 2025 in English | 0 comments

Legal & Crime Vocabulary: English to Spanish

  • Reasonable doubt —> Duda razonable.
  • Jury —> Jurado.
  • Perpetrator —> Autor, responsable, perpetrador.
  • Misidentify —> Identificar mal.
  • Misinformation —> Desinformación.
  • The culprit —> Culpable, responsable.
  • Resemble —> Parecerse.
  • Remotely —> Remoto, remotamente.
  • Distort —> Distorsionar, tergiversar.
  • Interrogated —> Interrogado.
  • Interrogation —> Interrogatorio, interrogación.
  • Interrogator —> Interrogador.
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