LEVEL 7 UNIT 1

GUIA TEMATICA DEL CURSO

IN THIS TERM YOU WILL LEARN…

Unit FUNCTION GRAMMAR VOCABULA READING

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Level 7 First Term Glossary

Takeaway: is a shop or restaurant which sells hot cooked food that

you eat somewhere else

Drive thru: a takeaway restaurant, bank, etc. designed so

that customers can use it without leaving their cars

Serving: is an amount of food that is given to one person at a meal.

Beverage: any liquid for drinking, esp. one other than water.

Shot: a strong alcoholic drink is a small glass of it.

Bottled drinks: is an amount of a liquid which you drink from a

bottle.

Cater: providing food and drink for a large number of people, for
example at weddings and parties.

Portion: is the amount of food that is given to one person at a meal.

Snack: is a simple meal that is quick to cook and to eat.

Allow: If someone is allowed to do something, it is all right for them

to do it and they will not get into trouble.
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Ban: means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or

used.

Restrict: to put a limit on it in order to reduce it or prevent it

becoming too great.

Hectic: very busy and involves a lot of rushed activity.

Arrogant: Someone who is arrogant behaves in a proud,

unpleasant way towards other people because they believe that
they are more important than others.

Bored: feeling tired and impatient because you have lost interest in
something or because you have nothing to do.

Festivity: events that are organized in order to celebrate

something.

Day off: is a day when you do not go to work, even though it is

usually a working day.

Weekend: Saturday and Sunday.

Affordable: If something is affordable, most people have enough

money to buy it.

Spare: to describe something that is the same as things that you

are already using, but that you do not need yet and are keeping
ready in case another one is needed.
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Wholesale: is the activity of buying and selling goods in large

quantities and therefore at cheaper prices, usually to shopkeepers
who then sell them to the public.

Surroundings: the place where someone or something is and the

things that are in it.

Accommodation: a place where you live or stay

Flock: a group of birds, sheep or people

Squabble: to argue about something that is not important

Outlaw: to make something officially illegal

Argument: an angry discussion with someone in which you both

disagree

Clientele: the regular customers of a business

Hesitate: to pause before doing something, especially because you

are nervous or not certain

Queue: a row of people waiting for something, one behind the other
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Vocabulary Celebrations
New Year´s Eve
christening
gift
balloons
cake
candles
reception

Vocabulary Transformations
change
alteration
modification
imagination
innovation
creativity
remake
expectation
Vocabulary Areas of work and careers
Accountant
Actor
Engineer
Chef
Dentist
Occupation
Resume
Boss
Office
Company
Board room
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EXPRESSING OPINION

Personal:
In my opinion...
In my experience...
Speaking for myself...
Personally, I think...
I (strongly) believe that...
I really feel that...
If you ask me...
General:
Some people say that...
Many/Most people think/believe that...
Everybody knows that...
According to scientists...
The thing is that...
The point is that...

Giving Opinions
Elementary
1. I (really) think that …
2. I believe (that) …
3. I’m sure that …
4. In my opinion / My opinion is …
Pre-intermediate
1. I agree with …
2. I feel that …
3. I guess/imagine …
4. I have no doubt that / I’m certain that …
5. I strongly believe that …
6. I’ve never really thought about this before, but …
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7. My personal opinion is that / Personally, my opinion is that …

8. To be honest / In my honest opinion, …
Intermediate
1. As far as I know, …
2. I agree with the opinion of …
3. I could be wrong, but …
4. I’d definitely say that …
5. I’d guess/imagine that …
6. I’d say that …
7. I’m absolutely certain that …
8. I’m fairly confident that …
9. I’m no expert (on this), but …
10. I’m positive that …
11. I’m pretty sure that …
12. It seems to me that …
13. It’s a complicated/difficult issue, but …
14. My (point of) view (on this) is …
15. Obviously, …
16. Some people may disagree with me, but …
17. This is just my opinion, but …
18. Without a doubt, …
19. You probably won’t agree, but …
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Verbs Followed by Gerunds and Infinitives

In English, if you want to follow a verb with another action, you must
use a gerund or infinitive. For example:

Þ We resumed talking. (gerund – verb + ing)

I want to see a movie. (infinitive – to + base verb)

**There are certain verbs that can only be followed by one or the
other, and these verbs must be memorized. Many of these verbs
are listed below.

Common verbs followed by a gerund:

Example: He misses playing with his friends.
abhor endure postpone
acknowledge enjoy practice
admit escape prevent
advise evade put off
allow explain recall
anticipate fancy recollect
appreciate fear recommend
avoid feel like report
be worth feign resent
can’t help finish resist
celebrate forgive resume
confess give up (stop) risk
consider keep (continue) shirk
defend keep on shun
delay mention suggest
detest mind (object to) support
discontinue miss tolerate
discuss necessitate understand
dislike omit urge
dispute permit warrant
dread picture
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Common verbs followed by an infinitive:

Example: She threatened to quit if she didn't get a raise.
agree decide mean seem
appear demand need shudder
arrange deserve neglect strive
ask determine offer struggle
attempt elect pay swear
beg endeavor plan tend
can/can’t expect prepare threaten
afford fail pretend turn out
can/can’t get profess venture
wait grow (up) promise volunteer
care guarantee prove wait
chance hesitate refuse want
choose hope remain wish
claim hurry request would like
come incline resolve yearn
consent learn say
dare manage seek
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Verbs followed by a gerund or infinitive with little to no change

in meaning:
Example: It started to rain. / It started raining.

begin
can’t bear
can’t stand
continue
hate
like
love
prefer
propose
start

Verbs followed by a gerund or infinitive with a change in

meaning:

Forget
I forgot to meet him. (I didn’t meet him because I forgot to do it.)
I forgot meeting him. (I don’t have the memory of meeting him
before.)

Go on
He went on to learn English and French. (He ended one period of
time before this.)
He went on learning English and French. (He continued learning the
languages.)

Quit
She quit to work here. (She quit another job in order to work here.)
She quit working here. (She quit her job here. She doesn’t work
here anymore.)
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Regret
I regret promising to help you. (I’m sorry that I made the promise.)
I regret to tell you that we can't hire you. (I’m telling you now, and
I’m sorry.)

Remember
She remembered to visit her grandmother. (She didn’t forget to
visit.)
She remembered visiting her grandmother. (She had memories of
this time.)

Stop
I stopped to call you. (I interrupted another action in order to call
you.)
I stopped calling you. (I stopped this activity. Maybe we had a fight.)

Try
I tried to open the window. (I attempted this action but didn’t
succeed.)
I tried opening the window. (This was one option I sampled. Maybe
the room was hot.)
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What are Gerunds?

A gerund is a verb in its ing (present participle) form that functions
as a noun that names an activity rather than a person or thing. Any
action verb can be made into a gerund.

Gerund Examples
Gerunds can appear at the beginning of a sentence when used as a
subject:

Ex: Jogging is a hobby of mine.

Gerunds can act as an object following the verb:

Ex: Daniel quit smoking a year ago.

Gerunds can serve as an object after a preposition:

Ex: I look forward to helping you paint the house.

Note: The same spelling rules that apply to the progressive tenses
also apply to gerunds. Some verbs and verb phrases are directly
followed a gerund:

Ex: Paul avoids using chemicals on the vegetables he grows.

Some verbs can be followed by a gerund or an infinitive without

causing a change in meaning:

Some people prefer getting up early in the morning.

Some people prefer to get up early in the morning

Some verbs can be followed by a gerund or infinitive but with a

change in meaning:

He remembered sending the fax. (He remembered the act of send

the fax)He remembered to send the fax. (He remembered the fax
and sent it.)
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What are Infinitives?

An infinitive is a verb form that acts as other parts of speech in a
sentence. It is formed with to + base form of the verb. Ex: to buy,
to work.
Infinitives can be used as:
Þ an object following the verb:

Ex: Jim always forgets to eat

Þ a subject at the beginning of a sentence:

Ex:To travel around the world requires a lot of time and money.
Þ an adverb modifying a verb:

You promised to buy me a diamond ring.

Þ an adjective modifying a noun:

Tara has the ability to succeed.

Þ Some verbs are directly followed by an infinitive:

Do you want to call your family now?

Þ Some verbs are directly followed by a noun or pronoun and

then by an infinitive:

I convinced Catherine to become vegetarian.

He advised me to sell all my shares of stock.

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Þ Some verbs can be followed by an infinitive or a gerund

without causing a change in meaning:

Will you continue working after you give birth?

Will you continue to work after you give birth?

Þ Some verbs can be followed by an infinitive or a gerund but

with a change in meaning:

He stopped drinking coffee. (He never drank coffee again.)

He stopped to drink coffee. (He stopped what he was doing and

drank some coffee.)