FUNCIONES
DEL "PAST PERFECT"
El
"past perfect" hace referencia a un tiempo anterior al pasado
reciente. Se emplea para señalar que un evento ocurrió antes que
otro en el pasado. No importa cuál de los eventos se mencione primero,
porque el tiempo verbal deja claro el orden temporal en que acontecieron.
En
estos ejemplos, el Evento A es el que primero ocurrió y el Evento B tuvo lugar
a continuación, es el más reciente:
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Evento
A
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Evento
B
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John had
gone out
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when I arrived in the office.
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Evento
A
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Evento
B
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I had saved my document
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before
the computer crashed.
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Evento
B
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Evento
A
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When
they arrived
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we had already started cooking.
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Evento
B
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Evento
A
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He
was very tired
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because he hadn't slept well.
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I had not
[hadn’t] visited the Louvre before so I didn’t know where the Mona Lisa was.(No
había visitado el Museo del Louvre antes, así que no sabía donde estaba la Mona Lisa. )
They had not [hadn’t] studied English before
they went to London.(No habían estudiado inglés antes de irse a Londres.)
Henry changed careers even though he had not
[hadn’t] worked as an accountant for long.(Henry cambió de profesión a pesar de
que no había trabajado como contable durante mucho tiempo.)
ˌfed ˈup
adjective
informal annoyed or bored, and wanting something to
change
She felt tired
and a bit fed up.
fed up with
I’m really fed
up with this constant rain.
Anna got fed up
with waiting.
sur‧prised /səˈpraɪzd $ sər-/ ●●● S2 W2 adjective
having a feeling of surprise
He looked
surprised to see Cassie standing by the front door.
surprised at/by
- We were greatly surprised at the news.
surprised (that)
- She was surprised that no one was there to greet her.
pleased /pliːzd/ ●●● S2 W3
adjective
1 happy or satisfied
Your dad will
be so pleased.
pleased by something
She seemed
pleased by the compliment.
pleased about something
I could tell
they were pleased about the news.
pleased with something
Gwinn was
pleased with the results.
pleased for somebody
That’s
wonderful! I’m really pleased for you.
pleased (that)
Her mother was
pleased that she chose a college close to home.
pleased to hear/see/report etc
I’m pleased to
tell you that you’ve got the job.
guilt‧y /ˈɡɪlti/ ●●● S2 W3 adjective
1 ASHAMED feeling very ashamed and sad because you
know that you have done something wrong
guilty about/for/at
- I feel really guilty about forgetting her birthday
again.
- She looked self-conscious and guilty.
- It was his guilty conscience that made him offer to
help.
Register
In everyday English, people often say that
they feel bad about something rather than say that they feel guilty about it:
I feel bad about leaving him on his own.
2 OF A CRIME having done something that is a crime OPP
innocent
guilty of
- The jury found her guilty of murder.
- He was found not guilty of the death of PC Jones.
- He pleaded guilty to two charges of theft.
stress‧ful /ˈstresfəl/ ●○○ AWL
adjective
a job, experience, or situation that is stressful
makes you worry a lot
Moving to a new
house is a very stressful experience.
-ed adjectives
Adjectives that end ‘-ed’ describe emotions – they
tell us how people feel about something.
- I was very bored in the maths lesson. I almost fell
asleep.
- He was surprised to see Helen. She’d told him she
was going to Australia.
- He was feeling tired and depressed, so he went to
bed.
-ing
adjectives
Adjectives that end ‘-ing’ describe
the thing that causes the emotion – a boring lesson makes you feel
bored.
- Have you seen that film? It’s absolutely
terrifying.
- I could listen to him for hours. He’s one of the
most interesting people I’ve ever met.
- I can’t eat this! It’s disgusting! What is it?
Estar –ed
Ser –ing
p. 105
My grandmother died 3 days before turning 100.
TURN
AGE/TIME [transitive] to become a particular age, or
to reach a particular time
somebody turns 15/20/40 etc
- My son’s just turned 18.
it’s turned 2 o'clock/5/midday etc
- It’s just turned three.
p. 106
intense /ɪnˈtens/ UK US adjetivo
1
intenso -a
[dolor, calor]
with
intense interest con sumo interés
2
intenso -a, fuerte
[emoción]
3
vehemente
[persona]
compliment /ˈkɒmplɪmənt/
UK US sustantivo
1
cumplido, piropo
to
pay sb a compliment hacerle un cumplido a alguien, echarle un piropo a
alguien
When people take advantage of you
When people are not loyal and don’t respect you.
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