2n Batxillerat EnglishLesson 1

Some phrasal verbsHang out (infml.) To spend a lot of time in a place or with someone

I have been hanging out backstage with the band.

Hang about /around To spend time somewhere, usually doing very little

It was great because the whole time I was able to ride my skateboard and hang around with my friends, and I had a lot of fun

Turn in / hand in (smth) – students To give a piece of written work to a teacher

Have you handed in your history essay yet?

Hand out (something) : Give something to each person in a group or place

The teacher asked her to hand out the worksheets

And some phrasesBe on time: Neither early not late.

So, I will be on time for my English class this year.

Keep to something: Stay focused

I wish you’d keep to the point!

AccentDesert – The Sahara desert

Dessert My favourite dessert is Custard

‘vɛdʒtəbəlz

Hitchhiking / give someone a lift

The birthplace of Pizza

ROOFTOP POOL AT THE MARINA BAY SAND HOTEL IN SINGAPORE: An optical illusion?

Making guesses … Appears / looks / seems +

adjective This man seems busy

Looks like / seems like + noun He looks like an intellectual

It looks / seems as if / thought + clause It seems as if he does not have

much of a life.

… must be …. He must be quite untidy.

May / might / could be He could be crazy

… Appears / looks / seems + adjective

Looks like / seems like + noun

It looks / seems as if / thought + clause

… must be ….

… May / might / could be…

… Can’t be …

I imagine…

… Appears / looks / seems + adjective

Looks like / seems like + noun

It looks / seems as if / thought + clause

… must be ….

… May / might / could be…

… Can’t be …

I imagine…

Present simple for generalizations

Water boils at 100ºC.

Present simple for repeated actions

I play tennis every Wednesday.

Present continuous for actions happening now or

in the near future

I am playing tennis now / this afternoon

Simple past for completed actions

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1x

I lived in New York many years ago.

Past continuous for interrupted actions

I was playing tennis in New York when my nephew was born.

Past continuous to talk about two parallel actions

in the past

1 x2 x

1 John (arrive)2 Mary (leave)

While John was painting the room, Mary was studying for the exam.

Present perfect (simple or continuous) to talk about

specific time

I have lived in Brazil since 2013.

Present perfect to talk about unspecific time

I have always hated snakes.

Past perfect to talk about past before the past,

specified or not

I had live in Venezuela before I lived in New York.

Past perfect continuous – How long

How long had you been living in Barcelona before you moved to Madrid?

Future

Planned – I am going to travel to Brussels next week (I have the tickets

Predictions – Normal people will travel to the moon one day.

Future perfect for completed actions in the

future

I will have completed this presentation in five minutes.

Future perfect continuous – How long before a future

action

They will have been talking for an hour before Mary arrives