English Summary - A2P2

Embedded Sentences

Statements: I think [that] extreme sports are dangerous.

Wh- Questions: I wonder / what have cell studies [invert subject with verb tense] shown

Yes/No Questions: Do you know [if] / can we [invert subject with verb tense] climb that mountain

Imperatives: I'm asking you [to] make me a snack

Vocabulary

• wholesome → comida integral
• sue → processar
• livestock → pecuária
• entrée → main part of a meal
• problems with traditional farming → not enough farmlands, use of chemicals
• strike → struck → struck/striken
• shake → shook → shaken
• crowdsourcing → when the origin of an idea comes from the people

Phrasal Verbs

• wake up
• apply to
• break up
• break down
• get along
• apply for
• calm down
• cheer up
• dress up
• count on

Conditionals

Zero Conditional

Structure: If + present simple → present simple

If you heat water to 100°C, it boils.

First Conditional

Structure: If + present simple → will + base verb

If it rains, we will cancel the trip.

Second Conditional

Structure: If + past simple → would + base verb

If I won the lottery, I would travel.

Third Conditional

Structure: If + past perfect → would have + past participle

If I had studied, I would have passed the exam.

Mixed Conditional

Structure: If + past perfect → would + base verb

If I had studied, I would have a job now.

Verb Tenses

Present

• Present Simple – she eats breakfast
• Present Continuous – she is eating breakfast
• Present Perfect – she has eaten
• Present Perfect Continuous – she has been eating

Past

• Past Simple – she ate breakfast
• Past Continuous – she was eating breakfast
• Past Perfect – she had eaten
• Past Perfect Continuous – she had been eating

Future

• Future Simple – she will eat breakfast
• Future Continuous – she will be eating breakfast
• Future Perfect – she will have eaten
• Future Perfect Continuous – she will have been eating

Linkers

• Although / even though / though
• So (conclusion)
• If (condition)
• Whether → two alternatives
• Unless → if not
• In case → to prepare for something in the future

Collocations

• in a hurry
• in danger
• by all means (com certeza)
• by far (definitivamente)
• by accident
• by moderate
• for a change (para variar)
• for good (forever)
• at once (immediately)
• at most (no more than)

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