Unit 2 study guide

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1. VOCABULARY
Natural disasters: avalanche, danger zone, drought, heat wave, hurricane,
mudslide, starvation, tornado, tsunami
Weather: chilly, fog, foggy, forecast, freezing, frost, frosty, hail, hailstone,
humidity, icy, mist, misty, pressure, rainy, thunderstorm, visibility
Others: allowance, appliance, dehydration, edge, engine, equator, joy,
label, lifestyle, lollipop, pill, safety, sink and tap.
Verbs: avoid, collapse, complain, exceed, explode, fill, flow, lie, restart, rise,
rotate, shine, slip, strike, swallow, unplug (know these in past and present
perfect)
Adjectives and adverbs: anti-clockwise, asleep, clockwise, fertile, heavily,
magnetic, still, stolen, uncontrollable, uninhabited, woolly

2. Hint:
Monolingual Dictionary: http://www.learnersdictionary.com
English/Spanish Dictionary: http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp
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2. CATEGORIZING VOCABULARY
Use the weather words from activity 1 to complete this table. Can you
place all the vocabulary into these categories?
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Verbs
(infinitive or –ing)
nouns Adjectives
(usually end in –y)
freezing fog foggy
3. DEFINING VOCABULARY IN YOUR OWN WORDS.
Especially about natural disasters and the weather.
Drought is when the land is dry and it doesn’t rain for a long period.
Drizzle means….
Lightning….
humid
hurricane
Hint: Which are easier for you? Nouns, verbs, adjectives?
Practice the ones that are the hardest for you the most!
Practice weather vocabulary here:

3. http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/category/topics/weather
http://learnenglishteens.britishcouncil.org/grammar-vocabulary/vocabulary-exercises/
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weather
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4. Modal verbs of obligation and prohibition
You must find shelter. You mustn’t use the phone.
Se forma así = must/mustn’t + infinitive
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/gra
mmar-games/modals-must-and-mustnt
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5. Verb forms for obligation
You have to take your phone.
Se forma así = has/have to + infintive
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6. Lack of (falta de) obligation
You don’t have to wear a helmet.
Se forma así = he/she it doesn’t
I/you/we/they don’t have to + infinitive

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7. Definite future plans with going to (√)
I’m going to buy some new shoes on
Sunday.
Se forma así = am/is/are going to +
infinitive
https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/gram
mar-reference/future-plans
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8. Possible future plans with might, may,
could:
I might go fishing on Saturday.
They may sleep for 14 hours on Sunday!
She could be studying all weekend!
Se forma así = might + infinitive
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5. may + infinitive
could + infinitive
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9. Modify the sentences as indicated using (-), (?), or
(past simple)
1. She’s going to go to the supermarket.
They’re going to the supermarket.
(-) She isn’t (is not) going to the supermarket.
They aren’t (are not) going to the supermarket.
ADEMÁS, EL VERBO “BE” Y SUS FORMAS (BE/ARE/WAS/WERE) NO
REQUIERE OTRO VERBO PARA FORMAR LA INTERROGATIVA.
¡MOLA!
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She/he/it=is/was
you/they/we=are/were
I =am/was
2. They are going to sleep all day.
She is going to sleep all day.
(?) Are they going to sleep all day?
Is she going to sleep all day?
El VERBO “BE” NO NECESITA OTRO VERBO PARA FORMAR UNA
PREGUNA Y VA PRIMERO ( A NO SER QUE TENGAS LAS PALABRAS
who, what, when, where, why, how…entonces esas palabras van primero
y luego “be”.) ¡Mola!
3. She might give a presentation.
(-) She might not give a presentation.
La forma negativa de might no es mightn’t
Pasa lo mismo con may; no se puede decir mayn’t
En el caso de could, para hablar de posibles planes de futuro no se usa en

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negativo.
4. It is going to rain tomorrow.
(?) Is it going to rain tomorrow?
5. They are very happy.
(Past
simple)
They were very happy.
He/she/it = is/was
We/you/they/= Are/were
10. Speaking with your teacher about definite and possible future plans.
What are you
going to do next
week?
What are you
going to do on
Friday?
(?)
I may/could/might
(√)
I’m going to play soccer all
afternoon.
11. Writing. Your friend Allison lives in Dublin. Write here a letter describing a hot
Spanish summer and your obligations and prohibitions in extreme hot weather.
(60 words).
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