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Translation Booklet

LIST 1 - Possessive pronouns / adjectives (1)

Vaughan
S Y S T E M S

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Dnde est el mo? Quin tiene el de Pepe? Los mos y los de l son muy parecidos. Los nuestros no fueron elegidos. Por qu son ms grandes los tuyos que los mos? El de ellos es del mismo color que el de ella. Los de Pepe no llegarn hasta finales de mes. Estos se parecen mucho a los de l. De quin son estos? De quines eran los que vi ayer? De quin es este libro? Antes era mo pero ahora es de Pepe. El mo es el que est en el estante. El de ellos es el azul. El verde antes era mo. El de ella es el que est en el suelo. El tuyo se perdi. Los nuestros son mucho ms brillantes que los de l. El de ella no lleg a tiempo para ser incluido. Por qu fue excluido el nuestro? El de ellos estaba encima del mo. El libro de Mara est al lado del tuyo. El vuestro fue rechazado. El de l fue aceptado. Pars es famoso por su arte.

Wheres mine? Who has Pepes? Mine and his are very similar. Ours werent chosen. Why are yours bigger than mine? Theirs is the same color as hers. Pepes wont arrive until the end of the month. These look a lot like his. Whose are these? Whose were the ones I saw yesterday? Whose book is this? It used to be mine but now its Pepes. Mine is the one on the shelf. Theirs is the blue one. The green one used to be mine. Hers is the one on the floor. Yours was lost. Ours are much brighter than his. Hers didnt arrive in time to be included. Why was ours excluded? (Left out) Theirs was on top of mine. Marys book is next to yours. Yours was rejected. His was accepted. Paris is famous for its art.

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LIST 2 - Possessive pronouns / adjectives (2)

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Tu libro y el mo estn hechos de un material parecido. El nuestro gan el primer premio. El tuyo ni siquiera recibi un premio de consolacin. Mi libro es mo y es para m. Tu libro es tuyo y es para ti. Su libro (de l) es suyo y es para l. Su libro (de ella) es suyo y es para ella. Nuestro libro es nuestro y es para nosotros. Vuestro libro es vuestro y es para vosotros. Su libro (de ellos) es suyo y es para ellos. Mis libros son mos y son para m. Tus libros son tuyos y son para ti. Sus libros (de l) son suyos y son para l. Sus libros (de ella) son suyos y son para ella. Nuestros libros son nuestros y son para nosotros. Vuestros libros son vuestros y son para vosotros. Sus libros (de ellos) son suyos y son para ellos. La casa de Pedro est cerca de la ma. Las llamadas de Mara son menos importantes que las tuyas. El perro del Sr. Bruno ladra ms que el nuestro. Dame el mo. Dale (a l) el suyo. Dale (a ella) el suyo. Danos el nuestro. Dales el suyo.

Your book and mine are made of a similar material. Ours won first prize. Yours didnt even receive a consolation prize. My book is mine and its for me. Your book is yours and its for you. His book is his and its for him. Her book is hers and its for her. Our book is ours and its for us. Your book is yours and its for you. Their book is theirs and its for them. My books are mine and theyre for me. Your books are yours and theyre for you. His books are his and theyre for him. Her books are hers and theyre for her. Our books are ours and theyre for us. Your books are yours and theyre for you. Their books are theirs and theyre for them. Peters house is near mine. Marys calls are less important than yours. Mr. Brunos dog barks more than ours. Give me mine. Give him his. Give her hers. Give us ours. Give them theirs.

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LIST 3 - Pronouns in general (1)

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Te dar el tuyo. Tengo el mo porque me pertenece a m. Tienes el tuyo porque te pertenece a ti. l tiene el suyo porque le pertenece a l. Ella tiene el suyo porque le pertenece a ella. Tenemos el nuestro porque nos pertenece. Tenis el vuestro porque os pertenece. Tienen el suyo porque les pertenece. Guardo mi libro donde guardas el tuyo. Guardas tu libro donde guardamos el nuestro. l guarda su libro donde ella guarda el suyo. Ella guarda su libro donde ellos guardan el suyo. Guardamos nuestro libro donde l guarda el suyo. Guardis vuestro libro donde yo antes guardaba el mo. Guardan su libro donde antes guardbamos el nuestro. Me gusta el mo porque me ayuda. Te gusta el tuyo porque te ayuda. Le gusta (a l) el suyo porque le ayuda. Le gusta (a ella) el suyo porque la ayuda. Nos gusta el nuestro porque nos ayuda. Os gusta el vuestro porque os ayuda. Les gusta el suyo porque les ayuda. Ensame el tuyo. Te ensear el mo. Ensale (a l) el nuestro.

Ill give you yours. I have mine because it belongs to me. You have yours because it belongs to you. He has his because it belongs to him. She has hers because it belongs to her. We have ours because it belongs to us. You have yours because it belongs to you. They have theirs because it belongs to them. I keep my book where you keep yours. You keep your book where we keep ours. He keeps his book where she keeps hers. She keeps her book where they keep theirs. We keep our book where he keeps his. You keep your book where I used to keep mine. They keep their book where we used to keep ours. I like mine because it helps me. You like yours because it helps you. He likes his because it helps him. She likes hers because it helps her. We like ours because it helps us. You like yours because it helps you. They like theirs because it helps them. Show me yours. Ill show you mine. Show him ours.

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Vocabulary Booklet

LIST 27 - Phrasal Verbs (1)

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Mrale. Bscales. Cudales. Si no recoges a Tom, yo lo recoger. Si no pruebas la ropa, la probar yo. Si no te pones esa corbata, me la pondr yo. Si t no investigas la cuestin, yo la investigar. Si t no sacas la basura, yo la sacar. Si t no llamas a Jennifer, yo la llamar. Si no recuperas la clase ahora, no podrs recuperarla. Si no pones a Tom a prueba ahora, no podrs ponerle nunca. Todo saldr bien. Todo saldr bien. Cmo sali todo? No entres en el coche. No salgas del coche. No subas al autobs. No bajes del autobs. No entres en el ascensor. No salgas del ascensor. Habla ms alto, por favor. Me quedar con un cachorro y regalar los otros. Por favor no los regales. Ojo! Cuidado! Cuidado con ese coche!

Look at him. Look for them. Take care of them. (Look after them.) If you dont pick up Tom, Ill pick him up. If you dont try on the clothes, Ill try them on. If you dont put on that tie, Ill put it on. If you dont look into the matter, Ill look into it. If you dont take out the garbage, Ill take it out. If you dont call up Jennifer, Ill call her up. If you dont make up the class now, you wont be able to make it up. If you dont try out Tom now, youll never be able to try him out. Everything will turn out fine. Everything will work out fine. How did everything come out? Dont get into the car. Dont get out of the car. Dont get on the bus. Dont get off the bus. Dont get into the elevator. Dont get out of the elevator. Speak up, please. Ill keep one puppy and Ill give away the others. Please dont give them away. Look out! (Watch out!) Look out for that car! (Watch out for that car!)

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LIST 28 - Phrasal Verbs (2)

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Si no buscas la palabra en el diccionario, yo la buscar. No mires atrs. Un polica se me acerc. Se me acerc andando. Se me acerc corriendo. Me acerqu al polica. Le ped un cigarro. Se lo ped educadamente. l sac dos cigarros de su paquete. Los sac con su mano izquierda. Apag el cigarro que tena en la boca. Lo apag con sus dedos. Si no apagas el incendio, yo lo apagar. Si no apagas la vela, yo la apagar. Si no apagas la luz, yo la apagar. Si no enciendes la luz, yo la encender. Si pones la radio, yo la apagar. Si no subes el volumen, yo lo subir. Si no bajas el volumen, yo lo bajar. El profesor no se present para la clase. Escchame. Si no cancelas la reunin, yo la cancelar. Qutate el abrigo. Qutatelo ahora. Repasa el informe primero. Despus lo repasar yo. Pasemos a la lista siguiente.

If you dont look up the word in the dictionary, Ill look it up. Dont look back. A policeman came up to me. He walked up to me. He ran up to me. I went up to the policeman. I asked him for a cigarette. I asked him for it politely. He took two cigarettes out of his pack. He took them out with his left hand. He put out the cigarette he had in his mouth. He put it out with his fingers. If you dont put out the fire, Ill put it out. If you dont blow out the candle, Ill blow it out. If you dont turn off the light, Ill turn it off. (Switch off) If you dont turn on the light, Ill turn it on. (Switch on) If you turn on the radio, Ill turn it off. If you dont turn up the volume, Ill turn it up. If you dont turn down the volume, Ill turn it down. The teacher didnt show up for the class. (Turn up) Listen to me. If you dont call off the meeting, Ill call it off. Take off your coat. Take it off now. Look over the report first. Then Ill look it over. Lets go on to the next list.

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LIST 29 - Phrasal Verbs (3)

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Quin le sustituy? Cundo despeg el avin? Me encontr (casualmente) con Juan el otro da. Choqu contra un rbol. Nos hemos quedado sin gasolina. Se me ha acabado la paciencia. Estamos sin dinero. Tendrs que inventar una historia. Si t no aclaras este punto, yo lo aclarar. Si t no despiertas a la nia, yo la despertar. Djame en esta esquina. (Van en coche.) Si defraudas a tu gente, me defraudars a m tambin. Has omitido el punto 3.Yo lo omit tambin. Salieron para Chile anoche. Atravesaron la barrera del sonido. Si no guardas tus juguetes, quin los guardar? No te des por vencido. No des tu brazo a torcer. Si t no distribuyes las notas, yo las distribuir. Si t no revisas el informe, yo lo revisar. S suficiente ingls para salir del paso. Me las apaar. Llegu al hotel 10 minutos tarde. Si no superas la enfermedad hoy, la superars pronto. Aljate del humo.

Who took over for him? When did the plane take off? I ran into John the other day. I ran into a tree. Weve run out of gasoline. (Petrol) Ive run out of patience. Were out of money. Youll have to make up a story. If you dont clear up this point, Ill clear it up. If you dont wake up the little girl, Ill wake her up. Let me off at this corner. If you let down your people, youll let me down too. You left out point 3. I left it out too. (Se usa el pasado.) They left for Chile last night. They broke through the sound barrier. If you dont put away your toys, who will put them away? Dont give up. Dont give in. If you dont give out the grades, Ill give them out. If you dont look over the report, Ill look it over. I know enough English to get by. Ill get by. I got to the hotel 10 minutes late. If you dont get over the illness today, youll get over it soon. Get away from the smoke.

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Presentations & Public Speaking

Telephoning and conference calls Vocabulary for dealing with questions Interview evaluation sheet

Public Speaking

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TELEPHONE EXPRESSIONS

This is Sonia.

Answering a call

Sonia speaking. How can I help you? (Not 'I am Sonia!')

Excuse me, who's calling please?

Asking who is on the telephone

May I ask who's speaking? Who shall I say is calling? (Not 'Who is this?')

Could you please tell me the number of your Madrid branch?

Asking for a number

Could you give me the number of the Human Resources department? Do you have the number for....?

Is this the Customer Service Department? Could I speak to...

Asking for someone

Is Maria there/in? Could you put me through to Extension 123? Can I have Extension 123?

I'll just put you through.

Connecting someone

Can you hold the line? Can you hold on a minute/moment? Hold please.

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Public Speaking

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TELEPHONE EXPRESSIONS

I'm afraid Maria is not available at the moment.

When someone is not available

Maria's out/away at the moment... The line is busy; could you call back later?

Taking a message

Can/Could/May I take a message? Would you like to leave a message?

Leaving a message

Could I leave a message for her? Could you pass on a message to Sonia for me please?

Have I got this straight? Have I got that right?

Checking information

Let me just check the details... Just to confirm, you are arriving on the 27th, is that right?

I'm sorry, this connection is terrible. Could you repeat that please?

Problems with the line

I think there's some interference on the line. I'm sorry, I think we got cut off just then. You're breaking up do you have a land line I could call you on?

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Public Speaking

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TELEPHONE EXPRESSIONS

Thank you for calling. Is there anything else I can help you with? Very nice to talk to you. If there's anything else, you can reach me on my mobile/ my extension is 8893. Talk to you again soon.

Ending a call

Add any further sentences you can think of

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Appendices
Cloverdales Characters Sudoku Ingls Most Common Irregular Verbs Pronunciation of Common Regular Verbs Common Errors by Spanish Speakers

Cloverdales Characters

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Philip Johnson
Phillip Johnson is 39 years old. Hes married and has two children. He lives in a nice house in Lincoln, Nebraska. He is a businessman and he works in a bank in the center of Lincoln. He is the General Manager of the bank. He goes to work every day at 8:30 in the morning. He gets to the office at 9:00. He parks his car under the bank in the parking garage. In the morning, he usually works from 9:00 to 12:30. He spends a lot of time talking on the telephone and reading financial reports. He usually has lunch near his office. There are many good restaurants in the center of Lincoln. He goes back to the office at 1:30 and stays there until 6:00. After work, he usually goes home, but sometimes he goes to his sons school to watch him play basketball or baseball. He usually gets home from work at 6:30, but when he goes to see his son, he gets home around 8:00. He likes his job because he has a good salary and because he works with a lot of interesting people. He doesnt travel very often in his job, but from time to time he needs to go to Omaha, a city 150 miles from Lincoln. When he goes to Omaha, he usually comes back to Lincoln on the same day, but sometimes he needs to spend the night there. He usually stays at the Omaha Sheraton Hotel, but sometimes he stays in the Holiday Inn. He prefers the Sheraton because it has a breakfast buffet.

1. How old is Phillip? 2. Is he married or single? 3. Does he have any children? 4. How many children does he have? 5. Does he live in New York? 6. Where does he live? 7. Does he live in a nice house? 8. Is he an actor? 9. What does he do? 10. Does he work in a pharmacy? 11. Where does he work? 12. Is the bank outside of Lincoln? 13. Where is the bank? 14. Does he have an important job? 15. Whats his position in the bank? 16. Does he go to work every day? 17. What time does he go to work? 18. Does he get to the office at 8:45? 19. What time does he get to the office?

20. Does he park in the street? 21. Where does he park? 22. How long does he work in the morning? 23. Does he spend a lot of time with customers? 24. What does he spend a lot of time doing? 25. Does he have lunch at home? 26. Where does he usually have lunch? 27. Are there many good restaurants near his office? 28. What time does he go back to the office after lunch? 29. Does he stay at the office until 7oclock? 30. How long does he stay at the office? 31. Does he go to a bar with his friends after work? 32. Where does he usually go after work? 33. What time does he usually get home? 34. Does he always go home after work? 35. Where does he sometimes go? 36. Why does he go to his sons school?

37. What time does he get home when hes with his son? 38. Does he like his job? 39. Why does he like it? 40. Does he often travel in his job? 41. Where does he need to go from time to time? 42. How far is Omaha from Lincoln? 43. Does he usually stay in Omaha for several days? 44. How long does he usually stay in Omaha? 45. Does he always spend the night in Omaha? 46. Does he usually stay at the Palace Hotel in Omaha? 47. Where does he usually stay? 48. Where does he sometimes stay? 49. Which hotel does he prefer? 50. Why does he prefer it?

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Cloverdales Characters

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Nancy Johnson
Nancy Johnson is 38 years old. She is Phillips wife. She lives with her husband and children in Lincoln, Nebraska. Shes from Kansas, the state immediately south of Nebraska. She is an interior decorator. In the morning, she teaches interior design at a technical school 20 miles from Lincoln. She starts her classes every day at 10:00 and finishes at 12:00. She has two classes, each with about 15 students. Then she goes home to have lunch. After lunch, she goes to her husbands bank where she spends about 30 minutes with the woman responsible for expansion. She looks at the plans for the new bank branches and gives recommendations about the interior design and decoration. She doesnt receive a salary for this. She does it because the woman is a good friend of hers. In the afternoon, she works as an independent decorator. Some days, she spends two or three hours visiting different clients and other days she stays at home creating decoration plans or calling people. She decorates offices, restaurants and homes. She doesnt like to decorate offices very much because the companies usually prefer functional decoration and this is boring for her. She doesnt like to decorate restaurants either, because often the owner of the restaurant thinks that hes a professional decorator too. She likes to decorate homes because she is free to make more decisions and to be more creative.

1. Is Nancy 33 years old? 2. How old is she? 3. Is she Nigels wife? 4. Whose wife is she? 5. Who does she live with? 6. Where does she live? 7. Is she from Nebraska? 8. Where is she from? 9. Is Kansas far from Nebraska? 10. Is it near Nebraska? 11. Is it north or south of Nebraska? 12. Is Nancy a school teacher? 13. What does she do? 14. Does she teach? 15. What does she teach? 16. Does she teach interior design in the evenings? 17. When does she teach it? 18. Does she teach it at a university? 19. Where does she teach it? 20. Is the technical school in the center of Lincoln? 21. Where is it? 22. How many days a week does she teach?

23. What time does she start her classes? 24. What time does she finish? 25. Does she have three classes? 26. How many classes does she have? 27. Are there 20 students in each class? 28. How many students are there in each class? 29. Does she have lunch near the technical school? 30. Where does she have lunch? 31. Does she stay at home after lunch? 32. Where does she go after lunch? 33. Does she stay at the bank all afternoon? 34. Does she spend an hour there every day? 35. How much time does she spend at the bank? 36. Does she spend this time with her husband? 37. Who does she spend the time with? 38. What is this woman responsible for? 39. Does Nancy help this woman? 40. What kind of plans does she look at? 41. Does she give recommendations? 42. What kind of recommendations does she give?

43. Does she receive a nice salary for this help? 44. How much money does she receive? 45. Does she help the woman because shes bored? 46. Why does she help the woman? 47. What does Nancy do in the afternoon? 48. Does she work in an office? 49. Where does she work when shes not visiting clients? 50. What does she do when she is working at home? 51. Does she visit her clients every day? 52. How often does she visit clients? 53. Does she only decorate homes? 54. What kind of places does she decorate? 55. Does she like to decorate offices? 56. Why not? 57. Does she like to decorate restaurants? 58. Why not? 59. Does she like to decorate homes? 60. Why does she like to decorate homes?

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Cloverdales Characters

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Paula Eisenbach
Paula Eisenbach is 22 years old. She is in her last year at the University of Heidelberg, where she is studying computer systems and graphic arts. She is from Munich, in the south of Germany. Heidelberg is a town in Germany famous for its beauty and for its university. Paula likes it very much. She lives in a flat with two other friends. One of them studies graphic arts, too, and the other works in a fashion shop in the center of the town. Paula spends all of her time attending classes, doing homework, and helping Tom, an American student who lives near her in Heidelberg.Tom is studying graphic arts, too, but he is also working part-time for Walt Disney Corporation as an artist for Disney cartoons. Tom receives a lot of instructions from the Disney people in California over the Internet. With these instructions, he draws the cartoon characters and scenes and sends them back to California by computer. Disney sends him a lot of work and he gives some of it to Paula. Paula helps him in the evenings and sometimes on the weekends. She likes the artistic work because she wants to improve her technique. She likes to draw, and shes very artistic, but she doesnt have the patience or discipline to spend a long time developing complicated scenes or characters.Tom is the opposite and Paula is learning a lot by working with him. They are very good friends. Tom is from California and he wants to go back for the Christmas holidays. He wants to invite Paula to go with him. Shes not sure because she doesnt know Tom very well yet.

1. Is Paula Eisenbach 40 years old? 2. How old is she? 3. Does she live in Frankfurt? 4. Where does she live? 5. Does she live there because she works there? 6. Why does she live in Heidelberg? 7. What is she studying at the university? 8. Is she from Heidelberg? 9. Wheres she from? 10. Wheres Munich? 11. Is Heidelberg famous for its beer? 12. What is Heidelberg famous for? 13. Does Paula like Heidelberg? 14. Does she live in a house or in a flat? 15. Does she live alone? 16. Who does she live with? 17. What does one of the friends study?

18. Is the other friend a student too? 19. Is she a fashion model? 20. Where does she work? 21. Wheres the shop? 22. What does Paula spend all her time doing? 23. What country is Tom from? 24. Is he a student? 25. Does he live outside of Heidelberg? 26. Where does he live? 27. What is he studying? 28. Who does he work part-time for? 29. What does he draw for the Disney Corporation? 30. Who does he receive instructions from? 31. Does he receive the instructions by telephone? 32. How does he receive them? 33. How does he send the drawings back to California?

34. Does Tom do all the work alone? 35. Who helps him? 36. When does she help him? 37. Does she like this work? 38. Why does she like it? 39. Is she artistic? 40. Does she like to spend a long time drawing? 41. Why not? 42. Is Tom similar to Paula in this respect? 43. Is Paula learning a lot from Tom? 44. What is their relationship? 45. Where is Tom from in the U.S.? 46. When does he want to go back? 47. Does he want to go back alone? 48. Who does he want to invite? 49. Does Paula want to go? 50. Whats the problem?

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SUDOKU INGLS 2

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SUDOKU INGLS 4

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SUDOKU INGLS 5

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Most Common Irregular Verbs

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am, is, are become begin blow break bring build buy catch choose come cost cut deal with do drink drive eat fall feel fight find fly forget get give go grow have hear hold hurt keep know

was, were became began blew broke brought built bought caught chose came cost cut dealt with did drank drove ate fell felt fought found flew forgot got gave went grew had heard held hurt kept knew

been become begun blown broken brought built bought caught chosen come cost cut dealt with done drunk driven eaten fallen felt fought found flown forgotten got/gotten given gone grown had heard held hurt kept known

lead leave lend let lose make mean meet pay put quit read ring rise run see sell send set shut sit sleep speak spend stand steal take teach tell think throw understand wear win

led left lent let lost made meant met paid put quit read rang rose ran saw sold sent set shut sat slept spoke spent stood stole took taught told thought threw understood wore won

led left lent let lost made meant met paid put quit read rung risen run seen sold sent set shut sat slept spoken spent stood stolen taken taught told thought thrown understood worn won

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Pronunciation of Common Regular Verbs

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There are many more important verbs not listed here, but these, barring an oversight, are the most commonly used.

Hard d sound
Agreed Allowed Answered Appeared Arrived Believed Belonged Called Carried Changed Cleaned Closed Continued Copied Covered Cried Died Earned Enjoyed Explained Followed Gained Happened Joined Listened to Lived Moved Offered Owned Planned Prepared Played Preferred Pulled Rained Raised Received Retired Saved Seemed Served Showed Smiled Snowed Stayed Studied Tried Used Worried

t sound
Asked Checked Cooked Crossed Danced Escaped Finished Helped Hoped Jumped Laughed Liked Looked Missed Noticed Parked Passed Picked Progressed Promised Pushed Reached Stopped Talked Walked Washed Watched Wished Worked

id sound (additional syllable)

Accepted Acted Added Attended Attracted Avoided Contacted Counted Created Decided Depended on Divided Eliminated Existed Expanded Expected Hated Included Insisted Invented Invited Landed Lifted Lasted Needed Pointed Printed Rented Rested Shouted Started Treated Waited Wanted Wasted

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Common Errors By Spanish Speakers

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The following list outlines some of the most common problems for Spanish speakers caused by direct translation.

SPANGLISH

ENGLISH - CORRECT VERSION!!

To depend of something To spend money in something To pay something To buy to someone To work in something To focus in something To know to do something To be related with something To be committed with something Near of/from somewhere Close of/from somewhere To be based in something To be responsible of something To be the guilty (Im the guilty) According with someone I must to study I can to swim I will to go Tell to us Ask to him

To depend on something To spend money on something To pay for something To buy from someone To work on something To focus on something To know how to do something To be related to something To be committed to something Near somewhere Close to somewhere To be based on something To be responsible for something To be ones fault (Its my fault) According to someone I must study (NEVER to) I can swim (NEVER to) I will go (NEVER to) Tell us (NEVER to) Ask him (NEVER to)

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Common Errors By Spanish Speakers

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SPANGLISH

ENGLISH - CORRECT VERSION!!

Call to Mary I am agreed Are you agreed? To explain you To listen me To listen it To propose them An important problem The best important The important is... To do a purchase To make a travel To make a question To make business To make research To take a drink/meal To arrive to an agreement To get an objective To have sense People is Persons We are three

Call Mary (NEVER to) I agree Do you agree? To explain to you (ALWAYS to someone) To listen to me (ALWAYS to someone) To listen to it (ALWAYS to something) To propose to them (ALWAYS to someone) A big problem The most important The important thing is... To make a purchase To make/take a trip To ask a question To do business To do/carry out research To have a drink/meal To come to/reach an agreement To reach/achieve an objective To make sense People ARE People There are three of us

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ENGLISH - CORRECT VERSION!!

Actually (= actualmente) Illusioned (= ilusionado) Really (= en realidad) Impressing How curious! (= Qu curioso) In a future Question (= asunto) To discuss (= disputar) May I take lent your pen? To count a history To assist to class To remember someone to do something The competence (= competencia) Nothing of nothing Particular lessons To learn English is funny Customer fidelity A familiar car Tonight (= anoche) This night (= esta noche) All the days All the day

Currently/presently Hopeful/excited Actually Impressive Thats funny/interesting In the future Issue/matter To argue May I borrow your pen? To tell a story To attend class To remind someone to do something The competition/competitors Nothing at all Private lessons Learning English is fun Customer loyalty A family car Last night Tonight Everyday All day (long)

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Common Errors By Spanish Speakers

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S Y S T E M S

SPANGLISH

ENGLISH - CORRECT VERSION!!

During 4 years Its for this reason that... Its the same the same than/that different that I have 21 years 10% of discount 10 thousands of people 1 thousand million (= 1,000 million)

For 4 years Thats why... It doesnt matter The same as Different than I am 21 years old A 10% discount 10 thousand people 1 billion [U.S.A.]

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