Módulo 1: 1: Learning Languages
Place & Language: Scotland | scottish gaelic | Ireland | irish | Wales | welsh | Isle of Man | Manx | Cornwall | cornish | Britania | breton | Galicia | galician
Grammar
- If you go to Ireland, you'll be able to practice your English
- Although the test was difficult, I managed to pass it | managed
- My sister can speak French fluently
- I'd like to be able to speak a lot of languages Después de would like, se puede usar infinitivo
- Because he studied very hard, he managed to pass the exam first time | managed
- He hasn't been able to read it yet
- Are you good at speaking english?
- I like being able to speak the language when I go abroad
- I couldn't read until I was five
| General capacity | Capacity on a specific occasion | No capacity | |
| Past time | I could swim | I was able to swim |
I couldn’t swim I wasn’t able to go |
Present time |
I can swim |
I can’t swim |
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Future time |
I will be able to swim |
I will be able to swim |
I won’t be able to swim |
Vocabulary: Palabras parecidas en español pero con distinto significado
- I went to a bookshop to buy a book | library
- Joe wanted to watch football in TV and Bob wanted to watch a film so they had a long arguments about it | arguments | plot
- Kevin had a exam of biology on Monday so he was sensible and stayed in and revised all weekend | sensible | sensitive
- Our local library allows us to take out books, cds and videos for up to four weeks | library
- Clara is six month pregnant. The baby's due in May | embarrassed
- Silvia is a very sensitive little girl. She cries easily | sensible | sensitive
- What's the plot of the film? | arguments | plot
- We had to give an oral presentation in a class from a list of topics. I chose sport | topics
- I always learn so much from listening to the Politics lecturer. She's a very educated woman | educated | polite person
- The police arrested the driver of the car | driver | conductor
- The stadium was full of people. It took us twenty minutes after the game finished to find the exit | exit | success
- I lost my folder with all my papers and class notes | folder | carpet
- The conductor of the orchestra waved his arms around a lot | driver | conductor
- They bought a beautiful handmade carpet for their bedroom when they went to Turkey | folder | carpet
- Lots of people came to the party. It was a great success | exit | success
- He is a very polite little boy. He always say 'please' and 'thank you' | educated | polite person
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