UNIT 5 (revision)

Vocabulary - show business:

shoot a video, break up, sack someone, audition
Vocabulary - idiomatic expressions related to fame:
an overnight sensation, runaway success, pop queen, dead end, one-hit wonder
Vocabulary star qualities: nouns adjectives:
luck lucky, style stylish, good looks good-looking, talent talented
Particles used along with the present perfect:
o JUST: the action has happened recently

My film has just got a really good review. (Mi pelcula acaba de recibir una crtica muy buena.)

o ALREADY: anticipation; the action has happened before we expected

My film has already got five good reviews. (Mi pelcula ya ha recibido cinco buenas crticas.)

o STILL / YET: the action hasnt happened and we are waiting for it to happen

I still havent found what Im looking for. (An/todava no he encontrado lo que estoy buscando.)
I havent met you yet. (An no te he conocido; todava no hemos quedado.)
Have the auditions finished yet? (Han acabado ya los castings?)

o FOR + a period of time:

He has played in that band for six years. (Ha tocado en ese grupo desde hace seis aos.)

o SINCE + a moment in the past:

He has played in that band since 2009. (Ha tocado en ese grupo desde 2009.)

UNIT 5 (revision)
PAST SIMPLE or PRESENT PERFECT?
Past simple (revision):
o Structure:
AFF:
Subject + V + -ED ending, OR 2nd column of the irregular verbs list
NEG:
Subject + DIDNT + V
INT:
DID + Subject + V?
o Key words to identify it: ___________ ago, last _____________, yesterday

Present perfect (revision):

o Structure:
AFF:
Subject + HAVE/HAS + PAST PARTICIPLE*
NEG:
Subject + HAVENT/HASNT + PAST PARTICIPLE*
INT:
HAVE/HAS + Subject + PAST PARTICIPLE*?
*Be careful with regular/irregular past participles!

o Action starts in the past and continues to the present

o Consequence in the present of a past action
o Key words to identify it: just, already, still, yet,
for + period of time, since + moment in the past

Writing a biography: was born in, he/shes been involved in since,

his/her big break came in, at the age of, since then