1. 2n Batxillerat English
Lesson 1

2. Some phrasal verbs
Hang out (infml.) To spend a lot of time in a place or with someone
I have been hanging out backstage with the band.
Hang about /around To spend time somewhere, usually doing very little
It was great because the whole time I was able to ride my skateboard
and hang around with my friends, and I had a lot of fun
Turn in / hand in (smth) – students To give a piece of written work to a teacher
Have you handed in your history essay yet?
Hand out (something) : Give something to each person in a group or place
The teacher asked her to hand out the worksheets

3. And some phrases
 Be on time: Neither early not late.
So, I will be on time for my English class this year.
 Keep to something: Stay focused
I wish you’d keep to the point!

4. Accent
 Desert – The Sahara desert
 Dessert My favourite dessert is Custard
 ‘vɛdʒtəbəlz

5. Hitchhiking / give someone a
lift

6. The birthplace of Pizza

7. ROOFTOP POOL AT THE MARINA BAY SAND HOTEL IN
SINGAPORE: An optical illusion?

8. Making guesses
 … Appears / looks / seems +
adjective
 This man seems busy
 Looks like / seems like + noun
 He looks like an intellectual
 It looks / seems as if / thought +
clause
 It seems as if he does not have much
of a life.
 … must be ….
 He must be quite untidy.
 May / might / could be
 He could be crazy

9.  … Appears / looks / seems +
adjective
 Looks like / seems like + noun
 It looks / seems as if / thought +
clause
 … must be ….
 … May / might / could be…
 … Can’t be …
 I imagine…

10.  … Appears / looks / seems +
adjective
 Looks like / seems like +
noun
 It looks / seems as if /
thought + clause
 … must be ….
 … May / might / could be…
 … Can’t be …
 I imagine…

12. Present simple for
generalizations
Water boils at 100ºC.

13. Present simple for repeated
actions
I play tennis every Wednesday.

14. Present continuous for
actions happening now or in
the near future
I am playing tennis now / this afternoon

15. Simple past for completed
actions
15
1
x
I lived in New York many years ago.

16. Past continuous for
interrupted actions
I was playing tennis in New York when my nephew was born.

17. Past continuous to talk about
two parallel actions in the past
1 x
2 x
1 John (arrive)
2 Mary (leave)
While John was painting the room, Mary was studying for the
exam.

18. Present perfect (simple or
continuous) to talk about
specific time
I have lived in Brazil since 2013.

19. Present perfect to talk about
unspecific time
I have always hated snakes.

20. Past perfect to talk about past
before the past, specified or
not
I had live in Venezuela before I lived in New York.

21. Past perfect continuous –
How long
How long had you been living in Barcelona before you
moved to Madrid?

22. Future
Planned – I am going to travel to Brussels next week (I have the
tickets
Predictions – Normal people will travel to the moon one day.

23. Future perfect for completed
actions in the future
I will have completed this presentation in five minutes.

24. Future perfect continuous –
How long before a future
action
They will have been talking for an hour before Mary arrives