UNIT 5
A poor area of a town where the houses are in very bad condition
slums
Synonym for famous (compound adjective)
well-known
relocate
To experience a bad/difficult situation
When there are too many inhabitants in a city, there is...
How do we call the subjects we study at school, university, etc?
curriculum
How do we say 'huerto'?
allotment
To accept or be patient with something or someone
to put up with
Why do we use the passive voice?
- To give more importance to the action or the object
- We don't know who does the action
- To be more formal
Is this sentence correct? If not, correct it.
Class start at 7, you need be here at 6:55 so we can to go inside together.
No, it's not.
Class starts at 7, you need to be here at 6:55 so we can go inside together.
Is it possible to say this?
They must be dying to take a break if they've been working for so long.
Yes, it is.
If + PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE, MODAL VERB (continuous)
Not have enough of something, for example, money
to run out of
Transform this with a causative.
The technician is fixing my washing machine next week.
I'm having/getting my washing machine fixed next week (by the technician).
Phrasal verb to say that we can live without something
do without
Talk about wishes:
Buying that expensive motorbike was a bad idea.
If only/I wish I hadn't bought that expensive motorbike.
To finally find or make the time to do something
to get around to + ing
Change this into passive:
People are saying that climate change will still be a problem in the future.
Climate change...Climate change is being said to still be a problem in the future.
Compound adjective used to describe a film, for example, about the process of going from childhood/adolescence to adulthood.
coming-of-age
Make the mix conditional from this situation
He didn't take that plane, so he is dead.
If he had taken that plane, he wouldn't be dead now.
to look down on