Capítulo Repaso: Vocabulario y Gramática

Vocabulary Related to Movies and Crime

  • alquilar: to rent

  • el amor: love

  • arrestar: to arrest

  • capturar: to capture

  • el crimen: crime

  • el (la) criminal: criminal

  • el crítico, la crítica: critic

  • el (la) detective: detective

  • enamorarse (de): to fall in love (with)

  • (estar) enamorado, -a de: (to be) in love with

  • la estrella (del cine): (movie) star

  • el (la) extraterrestre: alien

  • fascinar: to fascinate

  • el fracaso: failure

  • el galán: leading man

  • he visto: I have seen

  • has visto: you have seen

  • el ladrón, la ladrona: thief

  • pl. los ladrones: thieves

  • matar: to kill

  • la película de acción: action film

  • ¿Qué tal es…?: How is (it)?

  • recomendar (e→ie): to recommend

  • robar: to rob, to steal

  • será: he/she/it will be

  • tener éxito: to succeed, to be successful

  • tratarse de: to be about

  • la víctima: victim

  • la violencia: violence

Review Chapter Points

To prepare for the test, ensure that you:

  • Know the new vocabulary and grammar

  • Can perform the tasks on p. 343

Indirect Object Pronouns

  • me: me

  • te: you

  • le: him/her/it

  • nos: us

  • OS: you (plural, informal)

  • les: them

Present Perfect Tense

  • Formed using haber + past participle

    • Examples:

    • he estudiado: I have studied

    • has estudiado: you have studied

    • ha estudiado: he/she/it has studied

    • hemos estudiado: we have studied

    • habéis estudiado: you (plural, informal) have studied

    • han estudiado: they have studied

    • Past participles:

    • hablar: hablado

    • comer: comido

    • vivir: vivido

Irregular Past Participles

  • decir: dicho

  • devolver: devuelto

  • escribir: escrito

  • hacer: hecho

  • morir: muerto

  • poner: puesto

  • romper: roto

  • ver: visto

  • volver: vuelto

Key Vocabulary for Film Production

  • la dirección: direction

  • el director, la directora: director

  • los efectos especiales: special effects

  • la escena: scene

  • estar basado, -a en: to be based on

  • el papel: role

  • hacer el papel de: to play the role of

  • el personaje: main character

Additional Vocabulary

  • Refer to pages 498-499 for more vocabulary related to the theme of television and cinema.