REVIEW OF GRAMMATICAL AND SYNTACTICAL STRUCTURES:

• YOU ARE ALWAYS LEAVING THE LIGHTS ON: IT'S A COMPLAIN.
• YOU ALWAYS LEAVE THE LIGHTS ON: IT'S A FACT.

•  IF YOU'LL OFFER US A LARGER DISCOUNT, WE'LL PAY WITHIN TEN WORKING DAYS. USING will THE SENTENCE IS MORE FORMAL.

• HAD WE NOT SEEN THE ROCK IN TIME... : IF WE HADN'T SEEN THE ROCK IN TIME...

•  HE TRIED TO STOP US PLAYING BUT HE COULDN'T, THE GAME HAD  ALREADY STARTED.
•  HE TRIED TO STOP US TO PLAY BEFORE WE ARRIVE TO THE PARK.

•  HE SUGGESTED THAT I SPOKE / SHOULD SPOKE TO THE DIRECTOR. (I'M THE ONE SPEAKING WITH THE DIRECTOR)
•   HE SUGGESTED SPEAKING WITH THE DIRECTOR. (WE DON'T KNOW WHO IS THE THE SPOKESPERSON).

• IT MUST HAVE BEEN JACK YOU SPOKE TO: 100% SURE HE WAS JACK.
• IT CAN'T HAVE BEEN JACK YOU SPOKE TO: 100% SURE HE WASN'T.

• WE NEEDN'T HAVE TAKEN THE UMBRELLA: NO NECESITABAMOS HABER TRAIDO EL PARAGUAS PERO LO TRAJIMOS. THERE WAS NO NEED TO TAKE THE UMBRELLA.
• WE DIDN'T NEED TO TAKE THE UMBRELLA BUT WE HAD TO TAKE A  VELVET COAT. WE TOOK THE UMBRELLA, BUT THERE WAS NO OBLIGATION TO DO IT EVEN WE DID.
• NEEDN'T VS DON'T NEED TO IN BBC.

•  THE MAYOR CAUSE - THE MAIN REASON. (BE CAREFUL FIX EXPRESSIONS)

• NO SOONER HAD WE ARRIVED AT THE BAR THAN IT CLOSE: AS SOON AS WE ARRIVED TO THE BAR IT CLOSED. (AWESOME INVERSIONS)

• I WAS GOING TO SHUT / I WAS ABOUT TO SHUT.

DESCRIPTIONS IN ENGLISH

I have just finished that little but usefull quick guide. It talks about a wide range of words, phrases and grammatical patterns. Many cartoons and understable texts appears in the book...

• -ISH: tallish


• KEEP + ING


• BREATHTAKING


• BROAD-MINDED


• COLOUR+Y + COLOUR: blueY-green


• CRESCENT-SHAPED


• DOESN'T WORK


• FOR A WHILE


• FREEZING COLD


• FROM SIDE TO SIDE


• IMPRESSED WITH


• IN LOVE WITH


• IN THE BACKGROUND


• MILES FROM ANYWHERE


• HAVE NO DOUBT AT ALL THAT...


• TO BE NOT BAD AT...


• OUT OF ORDER


• OVERWEIGHT


• SMELL LIKE


• SORT OF


• THERE AND BACK

And of course, the book includes reviews to check your progress.

STATIVE VS DINAMIC VERBS

Common stative verbs (not usually in the continuous form):
AGREE, APPEAR, BE BELIVE, BELONG, COST, DISLIKE, FORGET, HATE, HAVE, KNOW, LIKE, LOVE, MATTER, MEAN, NEED, OWN, PREFER, REALIZE, REMEMBER, SEEM, SPEND, THINK, UNDERSTAND AND WANT.