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FEATURES OF THE NATURAL WORLD: EXPRESIONS PRESENT PERFECT / PAST

CARACTERÍSTICAS DEL MUNDO NATURAL SIMPLE

 HILLS: Rolling, Green (high, barren,  A few years ago: PRESENT PERFECT
grassy) SIMPLE
 MOUNTAINS: High, Snow-capped  Already: PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
 FIELD: Green, Open, Corn, Wheat,  For years: PRESENT PERFECT
Grassy (dry, barren) CONTINUOUS
 FOREST: Rain, Dense (green)  In: PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE -
 RIVER: Broad (dry, green) PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
 DESERT: Barren, Dry  Last year: PAST SIMPLE
 Never: PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE -
REDUCED FORMS MEAN:
PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS
 Didja: did you  Since I was a child: PRESENT
 Doncha: don’t you PERFECT CONTINUOUS
 Dunno: don’t know  Yesterday: PAST SIMPLE
 Gimmie: give me  Yet: PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE
 Gotta: got to
 Kinda: kind of
ADJETIVE ORDER
THE SEA:
OSACOM
 Movement of the sea: Current,
Wave, Tide 1) Opinion
 Equipment to go in the sea: Snorkel 2) Size
 Things on the beach: Sand,
Seashells, Seaweed 3) Age
 Water sports: Dive, Water-skiing 4) Colour
 Things that live in the sea/at sea:
Jellyfish, Seagull, Shellfish 5) Origin
 Kinds of boats: Ship, Tanker, Yacht.
6) Material
PROFESSIONS PARENTHOOD SYNONYMS

 LABOURER (builder, interpreter):  BRING UP  RAISE


Labours (works) in a field  PRAISE  COMPLIMENT
 FLIGHT ATTENDANT (servant,  PUNISH  DISCIPLINE
consultant): Attends to people  TELL OFF  CRITICISE
during a flight  CHECK UP ON  MONITOR
 TRANSLATOR (professor, sculptor):  TRUST  BELIEVE IN
Translates things  SPOIL  INDULGE
 POLITICIAN (historian, optician):  NEGLECT  IGNORE
Works in politics
 SUPERVISOR: Supervises other TEXTURE OF OYSTERS:
people -SMOOTH: They are liquid and slippery
 CIVIL SERVANT: Works in the civil
service (for government) -CRUNCHY: They may contain a little sand or
 DIRECTOR: directs grit
 BAKER: makes bread  CRUNCHY CRUJIENTE
 MATHEMATICIAN: Works with  DRYSECO
maths  SMOOTH SUAVE
 TINKER: Someone who mends
household items such as pots and OYSTERS TASTE
kettles- not common today.
 BITTER AMARGO
 TAILOR: someone who makes
 DELICIOUS DELICIOSO
(usually men’s) clothes
 SPICYPICANTE
 SOLDIER: a member of the army
 SAILOR: someone who works at sea TEXTURE OR TASTE

 TEXTURE: chewy , greasy , lumpy,


sticky, soggy, crunchy, dry, smooth
VAGUE LANGUAGE (THINGS)
 TASTE: bland , disgusting, greasy,
 WHATCHAMACALLIT: phone charger sour, bitter, delicious, spicy
 GIZMO: Some kind of new technical DESCRIBE
device
 STUFF: Anything untidy, things that  UNRIPE ORANGES: sour, bitter
don’t belong there.  FOOD COOKED IN TOO MUCH OIL:
 THINGS: A bookmark greasy , soggy
 OLD FISH: disgusting
 FOOD WITHOUT HERBS/ SPICES:
bland
 FRESH VEGETABLES: bitter , crunchy,
delicious

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