LESSON 40 Nivel principiante

1 GIMNASIA VERBAL Heard

I heard them.
She heard me.
Keith heard us.
We heard you talking last night.
I heard a noise last night.
We heard the news yesterday.
Gertrude heard the explosion from her flat.
I heard her dog at 4 o'clock in the morning.
Lucy heard the phone ringing.
I heard that song 3 times yesterday.
2 LA EXPRESION DE LA SEMANA Have to
I have to study more.
We have to read in English.
They have to pay us.
Paul has to work weekends.
Mauro had to get up early yesterday.
You have to do your homework.
3 PERSONAJE DE LA SEMANA Ins Garca
Ins Garca is 24 years old. She lives with her parents about 20 kilometers east of Seville, in the
south of Spain. She is a lawyer and works in her fathers law firm in the center of Seville. This is
her first year in the firm and she does a lot of the jobs that the other lawyers and secretaries in the
office always ask her for help. She doesnt mind helping them, but sometimes she gets the
impression that they are taking advantage of her. She also works on some of the legal cases that
they are taking advantage of her. She also works on some of the legal cases that other lewyers dont
handle. She spends a lot of time at the court defending labor cases. Her fathers law firm has a lot
of big companies as clients and Ins spends a lot of time preparing cases concerning labor
disputes. Her father says that its good experience and Ins agrees. She prepares the cases very
well, but she doesnt want to work in the area of labor law for many years. In the future, she wnats
to work in mergers and acquisitions, where one company buys another company or two companies
join to create a new one. She lives this area of law because it includes a lot of financial aspects
which she is studying now at night on a special course that she is taking in business management
and finance at the University of Sevill. She goes there three nights a week from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00
p.m.
4 PHRASAL VERB To go over
We always go over our mistakes.
Will you go over your notes?
We went over that last week.
Annie goes over her notes every night.
We'll go over this again soon.
Go over that lesson again.
I always go over that point in my classes.
5 REPASO DE LA ENTREGA ANTERIOR
Got
We got the contract last week.
Olga got up at 10 am.
Jim got me a coffee this morning.

I got to the party at 11 pm.

Expresin de la semana
According to the papers, the president went on holiday to Brazil
According to the instructions, we need a hammer
Phrasal verb
She's going out with him tonight.
I'm going to go out this weekend.
Do you want to go out later?
Vocabulario
Can I reserve a table for two, please?
Will you have a dessert?
Agilidad general
I'm calling Mary.
Where are they going?
Ia Tamara looking after your daughter?
Anything can happen.
6 VOCABULARIO
Letter
Envelope
Parcel
Postcard
Stamp
Postage
Postbox / Mailbox
Postmark
The letter will arrive tomorrow morning.
Do you have any envelopes?
I'll send you the parcel next week.
Will you send me a postcard?
Where can I buy some stamps?
The company will pay the postage.
There's a post box just around the corner.
Can you read the postmark?
7 AGILIDAD GENERAL
Will you look after my kitten next week?
Are you going on holiday?
I have three wishes.
You have to start the intermediate level as soon as possible.
I don't have much time.
Can you help me?
It all depends on you!
It doesn't depend on me.
Do you agree?
I'll start right now.
8 GRAND FINALE
I heard you on the radio.
We heard the birds.
.stamp
You heard me.

I went over the report last night.

Are you going to go over your notes?
Well, go over them again!
.parcel
Is there a postbox around here?
.letter
The parcel will get there next week.
Richard and David will send you a postcard from the Bahamas.
.postmark
You have to study every day.
Annie has to continue studying.
You have to read your notes.
GIMNASIA VERBAL To tend to do something.
He tends to be in a bad mood on Monday mornings.
Jake tends to go home early on Fridays.
I'll write it down as I tend to forget things like that.
NEGATIVO I
She doesn't tend to have much time for things like that.
I don't tend to come very often in the summer.
NEGATIVO II
I tend not to think about things like that.
She tends not to get up early on Sundays.
We tends not to go to hypermarkets very often
LA EXPRESIN DE LA SEMANA Pros and cons
What are the pros and cons of his proposal?
The pros out weigh the cons.
It's important to weigh up the pros and cons.
There are pros and cons to your idea.
I can see the pros but I can't see any cons.
GIMNASIA VERBAL Future Continuous.
We'll be leaving for Munich tomorrow morning.
I'll be speaking to George at tomorrow's meeting.
She'll be arriving at five forty-five
I'll be talking about that in my speech next Tuesday.
NEGATIVO
Jack and Jill won't be coming in the end; they've got a book signing.
We won't be announcing the results until Friday week.
Will you be coming to the book launch?
How long will you be staying for?
PHRASAL VERB To find out
I found out about it last night
Who did you find out from?
I'll try and find out the cost of a return ticket
Have you found out anything interesting yet?
What did you find out?

REPASO DE LA ENTREGA ANTERIOR La clave del xito

Federico did the whole jigsaw by himself
All the cars in the garaje were Spanish
Expresin de la semana
On the whole, I like indian cuisine
Whether
I should know whether we've won by tomorrow
Have you decided whether to go on holiday now or later on in the year yet?
Tell me whether you find it a bit hot and I'll add sore cream.
I'm going whether she likes it or not.
Phrasal verb
It usually goes off after about three weeks.
The editor asked me to lengthen the article
Stop shouting, will you!
Stop doing that, will you!
Be quiet, will you!
Leave me alone, will you!
VOCABULARIO
Chemist's
Fruit
Figment
Tight
Fruitful
Fruitless
Slowcoach
Pensive
Can you get me some aspirin at the chemist's?
When they retired they enjoyed the fruits of all their hard work.
I'm not from outer space; it's just a figment of your imagination.
You're so tight it's unbelievable.
That was quite a fruitful meeting, wasn't it?
The peace talks proved fruitless
I wouldn't ask Simon, he's such a slowcoach.
You look rather pensive today.
GIMANASIA VERBAL Cuestin de preguntas.
Don't you have any scruples?
Do you have no scruples?
Haven't you got any idea?
Have you got no idea?
Isn't there any sugar?
Is there no sugar?
Don't you know anybody who can advise me?
Do you know nobody who can advise me?

Doesn't anybody speak English here?

Does nobody speak English here?
Hasn't anybody told you?
Has nobody told you?
Haven't you ever done anything like that?
Have you never done anything like that?
Hasn't he ever had a dog?
Has he never had a dog?
COMPRENSIN AUDITIVA Parrofo de la semana
Don't worry, I'll get there on time. When have I ever arrived late for an important meeting? And
besides, have you forgotten that I have to give the first presentation? The last thing I'd want to do is
make a bad impresion by being late.
GRAND FINALE
I'll try and find out her name if you like.
I found out from Lawry
Have you found out what you wanted to know?
Samantha tends to go to the beach for her summer holidays.
I tend not to go jogging in the winter.
It doesn't tend to rain in the summer in Madrid.
I'm not sure if there are more pros or cons.
I won't be staying long.
I'll be spending three days in Florence.