Glosario

de Inglés I

• Salón de clases
Tema 2

INSTRUCCIONES DENTRO DEL SALON DE CLASE

VERBOS
EXPRESIONES TRADUCCIÓN EJEMPLO
Act Actuar You have to act immediately.
Ask your partners Pregunta a tus compañeros Ask your partners about their family.
Answer the questions Responde las preguntas Now, you have to answer the questions.
Check your answers (with a Checa tus respuestas (con tus You have to check your answers.
partner) compañeros)
Choose the correct answer Escoge la respuesta correcta In the next activity, choose the correct
answer.
Circle the correct answer Pon un círculo a la respuesta correcta In your answer sheet, circle the correct
answer.
Close your books! Cierra los libros Close the books and listen to me!
Come in! Entrar/ pasar. May I come in?
Complete Completar Complete that sentence, please.
Compare Comparar. Compare the pictures with the sentences.
copy Copiar Copy that page, please.
Correct Corregir He needs to correct his homework.
Cross Cruzar We need to cross the street.
Count Contar Count until ten.
Draw Dibujar Draw a cat on your notebook.

Find Hallar, encontrar I can’t find it.
Know (don’t know) Saber, conocer (no saber - no I know you are intelligent but I don’t
conocer) know your name.
Learn by heart Aprender de memoria. Learn by heart the verbs.
Listen (to) Escuchar Listen to your friends.
Look (at) Mirar Look at that house.
Match Corresponder (a) That copy has to match with its original.
Number the sentences. Enumera las oraciones. First, number the sentences in the correct
order.
Open your books… Abre tus libros. Everybody, open your books.
Practice with a partner. Practica con tu compañero. In the next exercise, practice with a
partner.
Raise your hand. Levanta la mano If you don’t understand, raise your hand.
Read the instructions… Lee las instrucciones… Read the instructions carefully.
Repeat Repite. Repeat after me!
Say hello! ¡Di hola! Say hello to everybody!
Unscramble … Descifrar. Unscramble letters to form words.
Sit down! ¡Siéntate! Sit down, please!
Speak louder, please! Habla fuerte, por favor. Can you speak louder, please?
Speak slowly, please! Habla despacio, por favor. Teacher, can you speak slowly, please?
Speak up please! ¡Habla más alto, por favor! Pablo, speak up please!
Stand up! Pararse. Now, stand up!
Spell Deletrear How do you spell your name?
Turn to page … Ve a.., da vuelta a…. Turn to page 27.
Translate Traducir Translate the paragraph for me, please.
Underline (the correct answer) Subrayar (la respuesta correcta) Underline that word on your notebook.
Understand Entender Do you understand the sentence?
Work by yourself. Trabaja tú mismo. Don’t copy, work by yourself.
Work in groups. Trabajar en grupo. In the next activity, you work in groups.
Work (in pair) Trabajar (en pareja) Work in pairs for the lesson!
Write your name on your notebook Escribe tu nombre en tu libreta. Remember to write your name on your
notebook.
Expresiones
EXPRESIONES TRADUCCIÓN EJEMPLO
May I come in? ¿Puedo pasar? Sorry to be late, may I come in?
May I go out? ¿Puedo salir? I have to go to the dentist, may I go out?
May I step out? ¿Puedo salir? I have to go to the doctor, May I step
out?
How do you say…in English? ¿Cómo dices….. en Ingles? How do you say pizarrón in English?
What’s the meaning of..? ¿Qué significa…? What’s the meaning of that word?
What does “…” mean? ¿Qué significa…? What does “notebook” mean?
I don’t know No sé Teacher, I don’t know the answer.
Sorry, I don’t understand… Lo siento, No entiendo Sorry, I don’t understand what you are
saying.
How do you spell…? ¿Cómo deletreas…? How do you spell “Switzerland”?
Could you spell that for me, please? ¿Podrías deletrearme eso, por favor? I don’t know how to write the word.
Could you spell that for me, please?
How do you pronounce…? ¿Cómo pronuncias…? How do you pronounce “sheep and
ship”?
How do you write …? ¿Cómo escribes…? How do you write “watch”?
Please, speak slowly. Por favor, habla lento. Please, speak slowly. I can’t understand
anything.
Can you repeat, please? ¿Puedes repetirlo, por favor? I don’t understand. Can you repeat,
please?
Say it again, please Dilo otra vez, por favor I didn’t listen. Say it, again.
Again please Otra vez, por favor Do your homework again, please.
I have a question Tengo una pregunta/duda Teacher, I have a question about the
homework.
I didn’t do homework No hice la tarea I didn’t do homework yesterday.
Can you lend me…, please? ¿Puedes prestarme…., por favor? Can you lend me your book, please?
What’s this? ¿Qué es esto? What’s that? That is my house.
What’s that? ¿Qué es eso? What’s this? This is my pen.
What are these? ¿Qué son estos? What are these? These are my keys.
What are those? ¿Qué son aquellos? What are those? Those are my books.
Right! ( correct) Bien, correcto Your translation is right!
This is… Esto es… This is a pencil.
That is… Eso es… That is an eraser.
These are… Estos son… These are keys.
Those are… Esos son… Those are
What’s this? ¿Qué es esto? What’s that? That is my house.
What’s that? ¿Qué es eso? What’s this? This is my pen.
Correct Correcto Your answer is correct.
That’s right (Eso) está bien That’s right, my class begins at 8:00.
That’s wrong (Eso) está mal That’s wrong, it is incorrect.
Wrong Mal, equivocado The last sentence is wrong.
SUSTANTIVOS
EXPRESIONES TRADUCCIÓN EJEMPLO
Alphabet Alfabeto Do you know the alphabet?
Class Clase What is the name of that class?
Cassette player Grabadora There is a cassette player on my desk.
Classroom Salón (de clase) Where is your classroom?
Competition Competencia What competition is that?
Exam (examination) Examen They have to take that exam.
Example Ejemplo Follow the example.
Homework Tarea We have to finish our homework.
Language Lenguaje Her language is Spanish.
Lesson Lección What is the number of the lesson?
Letter (as in alphabet) Letra I don’t know what letter that one is.
Mistake Error Sorry, it is my mistake.
Number Número What is her phone number?
Question Pregunta What is the question?
School Escuela Is that your school?
Sentence Oración Complete the next sentence, please.
Test Prueba, examen He needs to pass that test.
Text Texto That is an interesting text.
Tick Palomear Tick the correct answer.
University Universidad She goes to the university.
Word Palabra Repeat the last word, please.
Sustantivos
OBJETOS TRADUCCIÓN EJEMPLO
Board Pizarrón Write that sentence on the board.
Book Libro They read that book.
Cassette player Reproductor de casetes That cassette player is nice.
Chair Silla Sit on that chair.
Chalk Gis, yeso Take that piece of chalk.
Computer Computadora They have a computer at home.
Desk Escritorio The book is on the desk.
Dictionary Diccionario Use your dictionary.
Eraser Borrador Take that eraser near the board.
Map Mapa We need a map.
Marker Marcador Take the red marker.
Mouse Ratón There is a mouse in the kitchen.
Notebook Libreta Show me your notebook.
Pen Pluma What color is your pen?
Pencil Lápiz Take that yellow pencil on the desk.
Picture Fotografía That is a beautiful picture.
Piece of paper Hoja de papel Can you give me a piece of paper, please?
Table Mesa Put your books on that table.
Wall Pared There is a picture on the wall.
Wastebasket Bote de basura Put those papers in the wastebasket.
Workbook Cuaderno de trabajo The workbook is to practice exercises.