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SÍNTESIS
NOMBRE: ________________________ GRADO: OCTAVO
AREA: INGLÉS FECHA: PERIODO: CUARTO
DOCENTE: Maher Góngora
COMPETENCIAS: Lingüística, pragmática y sociolingüista
DBA: Comprendo textos cortos y puedo dar información sobre actividades cotidianas, de mi
interés, sobre otras asignaturas y mi entorno social.
VOCABULARY: PHRASAL VERBS
Information taken from Richmond students’ book
Phrasal verbs are verbs accompanied by an adverb or preposition modifying the verb
meaning.
For example:
1. Dress + up = Dress up
2. Get + back = Get back

GRAMMAR: REPORTED SPEECH

(Information taken from Richmond students’ book)

Also known as “indirect Speech” is used when we want to report what other people say or have said.
1. To make the report we usually change the tenses of the verbs used
Typical changes for reported speech.
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Examples:

2. We also change the pronouns and possessive adjectives

3. We need to change words referring to tome and place

4. The PAST PERFECT is NOT changed.

VOCABULARY: CELEBRATIONS

Information taken from Richmond students’ book

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GRAMMAR: SAY AND TELL
(Information taken from Richmond students’ book)
Say and Tell are very common in reporting what people say.
Remember: We use TELL if we want to specify WHO the person was talking to, and we used SAY if we
DON’T want to give this information.
Example:

GRAMMAR: REPORTED YES / NO QUESTIONS

(Information taken from Richmond students’ book)
When we report yes / no questions, we use IF before the reported question and we put the subject before
the verb.
Example:

To make the changes don’t forget to take into account the tenses changes showed in the REPORTED
SPEECH grammar.

VOCABULARY: ABSTRACT NOUNS

(Information taken from Richmond students’ book)

GRAMMAR: BE ABLE, CAN AND COULD

Information taken from: https://whatsup.es/blog/be-able-can-y-could-cuando-y-como-usarlos
We use be able, can and could when we want to talk about an ability and possibility.
a. The verb can is the easiest way to express ability
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Example: I can swim for hours without getting tired
b. Could have three fundamental uses with different meanings
- As a simple past: She could fly to Berlin
- As a simple conditional: I could do it by myself, but I prefer to have some help
- As a present of subjunctive: They could come later today
c. What do we do in cases where we can not use neither can nor could? To meet these limitations, we
have the construction be able to.
- Future: I will be able to speak English by the time I'm thirty
- Present Perfect: I have been able to read in English for a long time.
- We also can use be able to instead of can / could to talk about abilities or possibilities

GRAMMAR: QUESTION TAGS

(Information taken from Richmond students’ book)
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VOCABULARY: PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT
(Information taken from Richmond students’ book)

GRAMMAR: PERSONAL AND POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

(Information taken from Richmond students’ book)

Examples:

GRAMMAR: REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

(Information taken from Richmond students’ book)

We use reflexive pronouns if the subject and the object are the same person or thing.
Examples: