EXCHANGE STUDENT

VOCABULARY

Afford, issue, get around, finalcial, easygoing

IDIOMS

I'm dying for...

Traduction

Morirse por...

Meaning

To want something badly

Pocket money

Traduction

Paga

Meaning

Small amount of money

GRAMMAR

PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE

Use

Actions in the past (unspecified time)

Actions in the past → still influence the present

Key words

Already, yet, still, just, never…

+ Subj + have/has + past perfect + complement
- Subj + have/has + not + past perfect + complement
? Have/has + Subj + past perfect + complement + ?

PRESENT PERFECT CONTINIOUS

Use

Actions that started in the past and have a consequence now

Key words

How long, for, since

+ Subj + have/has + been + V-ing + complement
- Subj + have/has + not + been + V-ing + complement
? Have/has + Subj + been + V-ing + complement + ?

COULD

Use

Modal verb with several uses

Permission

Possibility

Suggestion

Meanings

Past of can

I could do it, but I didn’t.

Politeness

Could you pass me the pencil?

SUBORDINATED CLAUSES OF REASON

Use

Shows the reason why something is done

Connected to the main clause by a subordinated conjunction

Because, since, as, due to…

"Because" and "due to" can also be used to express reason with a noun phrase instead of a subordinate clause

CONJUNTIONS

Either ... or ...

To make a choise between 2 ideas

You can not do both at the same time

Both ... and ...

Used to emphasize the addition of 2 things