U4.

U4.

1. 4.4 Do you speak English as often as possible?

   • Comparative and superlative adjectives in English are used when making comparisons between two things or groups of things (comparative) or groups of more than three things (superlatives), these comparisons are used to establish differences between characteristics shared.
     • Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives, as … as
     • Comparatives:
       • SHORT......ER
       • THAN
       • LONG.....MORE
     • Superlatives:
       • SHORT..... EST
       • THE
       • LONG......MOST
   • Vocabulary
     • easy. cheap. nice. pretty. rich. funny. sleepy. small. thin. light. heavy.

2. 4.5 How many pets have you had?

   • Understanding an anecdote:
     • Vocabulary
       • neurotic/neurótico. kitten/gatito. detergent/detergente. reluctant/reacio. supposed/supuesto. noises/ruidos. rentiate/alquilar.
     • SO / BUT
       • Use so for consequences. Use but for contrast.

3. 4.3 Has your taste in music changed?

   • a.#love2download b. #streaming4ever c. #cantbeatCDs d. #vinylisthebest
   • Vocabulary
     • *CDs or vinyl records/CD o discos de vinilo. *A turntable plus LPs, or a CD player and CDs/Un tocadiscos más LP, o un reproductor de CD y CD. *Download or stream music/Descargar o transmitir música.

4. 4.1 Were you spoiled as a child?

   • make or do.
     • (Do) se relaciona con acciones que se ejecutan, como por ejemplo: To do the homework – hacer los deberes.
       • (Make) significa más bien fabricar, como por ejemplo: To make a dress – fabricar un vestido.
   • Vocabulary Childhood
     • lazy/perezoso
     • fight/pelear
     • kind/amable
     • make fun of/burlarse de
     • laugh/reír
     • spoiled/consentido.
     • shy/tímido.
     • hardworking/trabajo duro.

5. 4.2 What did you use to do as a child?

   • 3 Grammar Used to and simple past
     • Happened one time (OT) or over a period of time (PT).
       • Form questions and negatives using the auxiliary did(n’t) + use to
   • 1 Normal for a kid. 2 A bit embarrassing. 3 Seriously embarrassing!
     • Vocabulary
       • embarrassed/avergonzado. humiliated/ humillado. ironic/irónico. adopt/adoptar. Obviously/Obviamente. magically/por arte de magia.