English Department 2009/2010

IES Gabriela Mistral Batxillerat 1

STUDY CHECKLIST – TERM 2

A. GRAMMAR

1. Verb tenses:

• Simple Present ( I live / she lives // I don’t live / she doesn’t live // Do I live / Does she live)
Habits; routines; general truths; timetables (future value)

• Present Continuous (I am living // I am not living / Am I living? )

Actions taking place now; arranged plans in the future

• Simple Past ( I lived / I didn’t live / Did I live?)

Actions taking place in the past. Finished actions

• Past Continuous ( I was living / I wasn’t living / Was I living?)

Actions in progress at an specific time in the past

• Simple Future ( I will………….)

Threats, promises, offers; spontaneous decisions about the future; predictions about the future
without clear evidence

• Future Continuous ( I will be eating………..)

Actions in progress in the future

• Present Perfect ( I have seen / she has seen // I haven’t seen….)

Actions which started in the past and have continued up till now
Actions which started in the past and have finished recently but have a consequence in the
present

• Present Perfect Continuous ( I have been working……….)

Actions which started in the past and have continued up till the recent present. The focus is on the
time, not on the action

• Past Perfect ( I had eaten…)

Past before another past action

• Conditional ( I would like……..)

Unreal situations in the present

2. Comparison of adjective (inferiority, equality, superiority, superlative) (page 115)

3. Personal pronouns (I, my, me, mine…………..)

4. Stative verbs (understand, think, know, like, love, prefer, hate…)

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5. Wh- and How questions (page 117)

6. Still, already, just, ago, during, for (page 123)

7. Relative clauses and relative pronouns

• Defining clauses (He is the man who sells computers)

• Non-defining clauses (That girl, who is only fourteen, stole a bag from a shop)
• When can we omit the relative? ( Is this the house X you like?)

8. Expression of future (see tenses above)

9. Modal verbs:

B. VOCABULARY:

1. Adjectives of personality (see photocopy of opposites and synonyms)

2. Vocabulary from Unit 1

• Get married, retire, be born, vote
• Age: Adolescent, adult, childish, elderly, immature, mature, middle-aged, teenage, under-
age, youthful
• Go & get: Go bald, bo blind, go deaf, go mad, go crazy, go brown, go red, go green , go
grey, get old, get sick, get better, get worse, get stronger, get bored, get excited, get
tired…
• False friends: educated, retire
• Suffixes: acceptable, memorable, celebration, investigation, recently, anxiously,
traditional, respectful, beautiful, calm, celebration, environmental, organization

3. Vocabulary from Unit 2

• Fashion: Designer, label, logo, sponsor, brand, trend, trendy, baggy, birth, casual,
comfortable, conservative, dark, impractical, patterned, plain, practical, shocking, simple,
smart, sophisticated, tight-fitting, fit, match, suit, look
• Confusing pairs: advertisement- warn; casual-chance; educated-polite
• Adjective suffixes: tactical, natural, childish, stylish, successful, faithful, productive,
manipulative, comfortable, fashionable, studious, adventurous, useful, disastrous,
washable, original, luxurious

4. Vocabulary from Unit 3

• Adjectives to describe mood: expressive, sociable, impulsive, extroverted, fun,
insecure, introverted, shy, pessimistic, moody, balanced, sensitive, sympathetic,
competitive, fair, self-critical, dependable
• Compound adjectives: Big-headed, cold-hearted, dark-skinned, red-faced, short-sighted,
strong-willed, two-faced
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• Negative adjectives: Unreliable, unsociable, unstable, unkind, unsympathetic,
unfriendly, unfair; indecisive, independent, insensitive, insincere, intolerant; immoral,
impolite, impatient, impractical; irrational, irregular, irresponsible; distrustful, dishonest,
illegal
• Confusing pairs: sensible- Sensitive; , sympathetic- nice; calm-quiet

5. Vocabulary from Unit 4

• Holiday vocabulary: Pack, unpack, sightsee, sunbathe, hire, go camping, go trekking,
tent, feel homesick, go abroad, book, backpack, guide-book
• Compound nouns: mosquito net, CD player, airport café, summer holiday, money belt,
insect spray, pen knife, hiking boots, travel agency, camping equipment, train ticket,
tourist office, skiing resort / village
• Phrasal verbs: set off, leave behind, come across, go on, get back, see off, take off, get off,
put on, turn on, turn off
• Confusing pairs: travel-trip; camping-campsite; approve-pass

6. Vocabulary from Unit 5

• Education: punishment, boarding school, high school, head teacher, principal, suspend,
expel, subject, fail, cheat, take, fail, get high marks, get low marks, revise, retake
• Noun suffixes: installation, inspiration, education, possession, government,
punishment, patience, violence, silence, defence, security, curiosity, unhappiness,
criticism, curiosity, silence,
• Confusing pairs: bookshop-library; career-degree; mark-note; fail-suspend

7. Irregular verb list (page142)

8. (Check vocabulary listed on pages 136-139)

C. WRITING: TEXT TIPOLOGY

• Formal letter
• Informal letter
• Description of a person / place
• Narrative

D. SPEAKING
• Talking about oneself (hobbies, likes-dislikes, location, description)
• Talking about others (description)
• Talking about fashion, education, holidays, personality
• Comparing and contrasting
• Predict the future / talking about the future
• Talking about the past (narratives, descriptions….)
• Talking about present situations and new experiences
• Asking for and giving opinions