English Grammar and Vocabulary: Future Tenses and Housing
Vocabulary and Idiomatic Expressions
Trade off: Equivalente a compensación o sacrificio.
All mod cons: Se refiere a todas las comodidades (all modern conveniences).
Don't get me wrong: Traducido como "no me malentiendas".
Now you're talking: Expresión utilizada para indicar "ahora sí" o estar de acuerdo con una propuesta.
Over the top: Algo muy extremo o exagerado.
Miss the boat: Perder una oportunidad.
Well equipped: Bien equipado/a (mencionado en el texto como "bien equivocada", probablemente un error de transcripción por "equipado").
Open-plan: Un espacio sin paredes divisorias.
Testicled jeshing do: Término transcrito del material original.
Energy-efficient: De bajo consumo energético.
Urban: Urbano.
Ingenious: Ingenioso.
Affordable: Pagable o asequible.
Spacious: Espacioso.
Central heating: Calefacción central.
Facilities: Instalaciones.
Proportions: Proporciones.
Remote control: Control remoto.
Smart appliance: Cosas o electrodomésticos inteligentes.
Staircase: Escalera.
Storage: Almacenaje (transcrito como "Blage").
Work surfaces: Lugar de trabajo o encimeras.
Future Continuous
Structure:
Usage: Se utiliza para hablar de una acción que estará en progreso en un momento específico del futuro.
Key Indicators/Clues:
"By the time next week…"
"This time next (week, day, etc.)"
Para hablar de rutinas en el futuro (e.g., "She will be working out as usual").
Example from Transcript: "By the time next week, you'll be living away from home for the first time."
Future Perfect Simple
Structure:
Usage: Se utiliza para hablar de una acción que estará completada antes de un momento específico en el futuro.
Key Indicators/Clues:
"By the end of the (year, day, week, etc.)"
Examples from Transcript:
"By the end of the year, you will have learned how to live with other people."
"I will have finished my exam at tomorrow."
Future Perfect Continuous
Structure:
Usage: Se utiliza para expresar cuánto tiempo habrá estado una acción en progreso en un momento específico del futuro.
Examples from Transcript:
"Before you even start your study day, you'll have been commuting for up to an hour."
"Will have been working as a teacher for years."
"Next year in June, I will have been living in this house for years."
Exercise Solutions (Page 52)
Exercise 3
will be spending
will have been speaking
will have improve (Nota: El participio correcto es improved).
Exercise 4
I will be landing
I will have been travelling
I will haven't started (Nota: Forma negativa del Future Perfect Simple).
I will be starting
I will have been attending
I will have be (Nota: Posiblemente will have been).
I will have been practi (Nota: Posiblemente practicing).
I will have made