UNIT 6. KEY TO BACHILLERATO 2

• WE WILL WORK WITH THESE WORDS

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• APPLY FOR A JOB

• APPOINT

• TURN DOWN A JOB

• DO AN INTERNSHIP

• SCHOLARSHIP

• make an official request for a job

• assign a job or role to someone

• reject something offered or proposed

• take a training time at a workplace

• grant or payment made to support a student's education

• DO A DEGREE​

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• GET A GOOD GRADE

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• CLAIM BENEFITS

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• START A BUSINESS

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• GRADUATE FROM

• to study for a qualification at a university

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• to get a good mark

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• get financial support from the state​​

• to set up a business

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• finish university

• DETERMINED

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• ENTHUSIASTIC

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• IRRATIONAL

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• STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES

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• ANALYTICAL

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• CAUTIOUS

• strongly motivated to succeed

• having or showing great excitement and interest

• not based on reason or logic

• internal factors that may affect your performance in your job or studies

• intending to understand the nature of something

• ​careful

• SMART

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• FOCUSED

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• NERVOUS​

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• DISORGANIZED

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• UNRELIABLE

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• PERCEPTIVE

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• POSITIVE​

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• CALM​

• clever

• concentrated

• worried, anxious

• messy; not neat; not able to find things

• not able to be trusted or depended on

• having sympathetic insight or understanding

• optimistic

• not showing or feeling nervousness

A GUIDE

• TO SHOW PURPOSE: "She missed the premiere to study at home"

• AFTER CERTAIN VERBS: "These students managed to succeed"

• AFTER AN ADJECTIVE: "Chet was happy to get by on his salary"

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• DISAPPOINTED

• GLAD: "I’m glad to see you"

• ANXIOUS

• PLEASED

• RELIEVED: "Sue was relieved to learn that she didn't have cancer"

• SURPRISED: "he was surprised to find the door unlocked"

• SAD

• AS THE SUBJECT OF THE CLAUSE: "Being a high-flyer might not make you happy"

• AFTER A PREPOSITION: "After graduating she continued her studies"

• AFTER CERTAIN VERBS: "He started working ten hours a day"

• AFTER CERTAIN EXPRESSIONS: "He spent time programming software"

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• LOOK FORWARD TO: "We’re really looking forward to seeing you"

• BE WORTH: "That movie is not worth seeing"

• CAN'T HELP: "I can’t help falling in love"

• DON'T MIND

• FEEL LIKE

• LIKE

• LOVE: "I love playing/to play the violin"

• START

• HATE

• BEGIN

• STOP

• TRY

• REMEMBER

• FORGET

Stop + -ing means the action is not happening any more.

"I've stopped buying the newspaper because now I read the news online"

Stop + to + infinitive means that someone or something stops an activity so that they can do something else.

"He stopped the video to ask the students some questions"

Try + -ing means that you are trying something as an experiment, especially as a possible solution to a problem, to see if it works or not.

"Have you tried turning the computer off and on again?"

Try + to + infinitive means that something is difficult but you are making an effort to do it. 

I'm trying to learn Japanese but it's very difficult.

Remember + -ing and forget + -ing refer to having (or not having) a memory of something in the past.

I remember watching this film before.

I'll never forget meeting you for the first time in this café.



Remember + to + infinitive and forget + to + infinitive refer to recalling (or not recalling) that there is something we need to do before we do it.

Please remember to buy some milk on the way home.

He forgot to lock the door when he went out.