Unidad 3 Flashcards

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1
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-Suffixes
r -ist, -eer, -ee, -ian

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To create people

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Suffixes
-ance -ation ence -ion -ity -ness -ment

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To create nouns

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Intensificadores +

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by far/ very/ pretty/ quite

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Intensificadores for small diferences

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a bit, a little, slightly

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Superlativos: difference between one person or thing

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easily, by far the most IN

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Igualdad

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as- as, so- as

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7
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Irregular comparative structure

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the___ er, the more___

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(Verb) more of a/ an ___

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It may become more of an challenge

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9
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I’m nearly not as interested in playing video games
now…

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as I used to be.

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10
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-er C y -est S

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For regular one syllable

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Amost the same size as

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Comparativo

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Articulo definido THE

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1.- only one of something
2.- something mentioned again
specific aspect (the history of)
3.- to speak generally about certain groups of singular
countable nouns. (The whale)
4.- Adjetives referring to general classes of people (the homeless)
5.- Musical instruments
6.- transport
7.- Oceans

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13
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No article

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1.- General sense to plural or uncountable nouns (love)
2.- Streets, towns, cities, countries.

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14
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further/ farthest

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distancia abstracta/ distancia fisica

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Terrific/ terrifying/ terrible

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good/ scary/ bad

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16
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Set

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ambientarse

17
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So for…

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1.-Adjectives and Adverbs
Not for Nouns
2.- much, many, little, few
3.-

18
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Such for..

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NOUNS
1.- singular countable nouns (the indefinite article a/an is also needed). such an interesting film
2.- uncountable nouns and plural countable nouns (the articleis not needed).
I haven’t eaten such good food for a long
3.- THAT clauses: It was such a bad film that we left before the end. (it can be omited)

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Less/ fewer

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Uncontables/ contable

20
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Past simple 4

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1.- Acciones terminadas
2.- Se puede identificar cuando se realizo la acción (for three years)
3.- Cosas o comportamiento habitual (yo jugaba) when I was a child
4.- Serie de eventos consecutivos
(He kissed her, said goodbye and closed the door)
TIME LINKERS
before, when

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Past Continuos

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1.- Actividades temporales o en progreso en un momento particular
(Last week we were sitting on the beach.)
2.- Una situación que estaba en progreso cuando otra acción lo interrumpió (I was reading to my son when the lights went out.(pasado simple))
3.- Actividades que pasaron al mismo tiempo (Ann was cutting the grass while I was cooking.)
4.- Para dar contexto
It was snowing heavily and a cold wind was blowing.

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Past perfect

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1.- show that a past action or situation occurred primero que another past action or situation. (When I saw Tim, he had just passed his test.)
2.- We use the continuous form to emphasise the duration of the first past action or situation.
(She had been waiting for over 2 hours when he phoned to say he couldn’t come.) estaba en progreso y termino antes de otra acción
TIME LINKERS
after, before, by the time, as soon as, once, when, until.

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Afterwards

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means after that, and can go at the beginning
or the end of a clause.

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At last

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suggests that something good happens after a long period of time or more than one attempt.
Algo positivo

25
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In the end/ at the end

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algo que tuvo desafios/ cuando algo termina

26
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As/when/while

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can all be used with the past continuous to introduce an action which was already in progress when another action occurred.

27
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Less/ least

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Opuesto a More/ most
Menos/ el menos
Uncountable

28
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-ed/ -ing

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Pasivo. / Activo
Estoy molesto/ soy molesto

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Fewer/ fewest

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Contable nouns