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SOCIAL NETWORKS
GRAMMAR

Auxiliary verbs

Be: Is, am, are

Have: present perfect

Past participles

Reflexive pronouns

We use that when the object and the subject in a sentence are the same person of thing

I myself

You yourself/yourselves (p)

He himself

She herself

It itself

We ourselves

They themselves

VOCABULARY

Relationships

1. Boss/manager jefe/gerente
2. Parents/parents I law padres/suegros
3. Acquaintance/stranger conocido/extraño
4. Passenger/passerby pasajero/transeunte
5. Coworker or colleague/teammate compañero de trabajo o colega/compañero de equipo
6. Couple/partner pareja/compañero
7. Close friend/best friend amigo cercano/major amigo
8. Roommate/classmate compañero de cuarto/compañero de clase.

Phrasal verbs

1. Ask out invitar a salir (con fines amorosos)

2. Get along (with) llevarse bien (pasarla bien)
3. Meet up (with) reunirse
4. Run into encontrarse de la nada (meet by accident)
5. Break up (with) romper (una relacion)
6. Show up aparecer (arrive, appear)
Phrasal verbs

1. Hang out pasar el rato

2. Count on contar con
3. Talked it over hablar sobre esto
4. Go away irse (en especial en vacaciones)
5. Make up solucionar
6. Take care of cuidar de
7. Dropped out abandoner (una institucion educativa cuando te graduas)
8. Took up tomé (empezar una nueva actividad o interés)

READING & LISTENING

Broad banned!

A podcast about profile pictures

PRONUNCIATION

Emphatic stress

Intonation: question tags

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: SMALL TALK

SPEAKING TASK: OFFERING SOLUTIONS

 I’m no sure, but I think talking always helps.

 I think in that case, you have to get angry with her.
 I suppose you could do your shopping separately.
 One other thing you could do is put a list of jobs on the refrigerator door with people’s names next
to each one.
 You could always try complaining about her on Facebook.

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2. EXPERTS
GRAMMAR

The present

Present simple

Present continuous

Present perfect

Used to do/ Used to doing

Used to (solia)

We use used to + infinitive to talk about situations, habits or repeated actions in the past.

I used to live in Paris.

I didn’t use to speak French.

Did you use to eat out a lot?

Be/Get used to (me estoy acostumbrando)

VOCABULARY

Health

1. Acupuncturist
2. Chiropractor
3. Herbalist
4. Homeopath
5. Midwife
6. Nurse
7. Pharmacist
8. Shaman
9. Specialist
10. Surgeon
11. Antibiotics
12. Backache
13. Bruise
14. Bump
15. Cough syrup
16. Infection
17. Injection
18. Insomnia
19. Operation
20. Painkillers
21. Rash
22. Temperature
23. Vaccination

Medicine

1. Pediatrician paramedic
2. Patient surgeon
3. Nurse midwife
4. Ward operating room
5. Bandage band-aid
6. Self-diagnois self-medication
…ever

1. Whenever
2. Whatever
3. Whoever
4. Whichever
5. However

READING & LISTENING

Putting the fun Back into Fitness

Opinions about health issues

PRONUNCIATION

Shifts in stress

Intonation: Stress

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: MAKING POLITE REQUESTS

 I wonder if you could help me.

 Would you mind taking a look at it?
 Could you tell me if its broken?
 Would it be possible to bandage it?
 Do you have any idea how long I’ll have to wait?

WRITING TASK: A BLOG GIVING ADVICE

 It’s important to know exactly what you want to do.

 My advice would be to find out as much as you can online.
 You can’t overestimate the importance of choosing the right major.
 Take time to visit as many as you can.
 If I were you, I’d wait before making a final decision.
 Whatever you do, don’t rush into a decision.

3. SURVIVAL
GRAMMAR

Narrative Tenses

adverbs

VOCABULARY

Survival

1. Binoculars
2. Compass
 3. First-aid kit
4. Flashlight
5. GPS
6. Lifeboat/life raft
7. Life jacket
8. Radar
9. Ropes
10. Sails
11. Thermal underwear
12. Waterproof clothing
13. Courageous
14. Determined
15. Experienced
16. Irresponsible
17. Mature
18. Reckless
19. Resilient
20. Resourceful
21. Self-sufficient
22. Well-prepared

Talking about danger

1. About
2. Go
3. In
4. Into
5. Take
6. took

Weather

1. Fog
2. Nailstone
3. Thunder
4. Blizzard
5. Snowdrift
6. Gale
7. Lightings
8. Tornado

READING & LISTENING

An article about Chilean miners

Solo sailing
PRONUNCIATION

Sentence adverbs

Intonation: warnings

FUNCTIONAL LANGUAGE: GIVING WARNINGS

SPEAKING TASK: BEING SUPPORTIVE

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