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Before you start

The route through the notebook, and why it isn’t another cram pack.

IntroHow this notebook worksYawn-free English. The why, not the cram — and the route through four blocks.Inglés sin bostezos. Hecho para Bachillerato y la Selectividad.

Grammar

Seventeen C1 moves. One sheet each — from adjectives that refuse ‘very’ to questions that aren’t really questions.

G1Advanced AdjectivesBecause ‘very tired’ is strictly for amateursporque «muy cansado» es de aficionados
G2Hedging & Discourse MarkersHow to sound clever without sounding cockycómo sonar listo sin sonar creído
G3Inversion & FrontingNever have you sounded this dramaticjamás has sonado tan dramático
G4Cleft SentencesIt was the spotlight that did itfue el foco quien lo hizo
G5Advanced ConditionalsHad you read this sooner, you’d be sortedde haberlo leído antes, ya lo tendrías resuelto
G6Advanced Relative & Participle ClausesMany of whom are lost already — stay with memuchos de los cuales ya se han perdido — no te vayas
G7Nominalisation & Complex Noun PhrasesTurning verbs into pure academic swaggerconvertir verbos en puro postureo académico
G8Advanced PassivesMistakes were made… by nobody in particularse cometieron errores… por nadie en particular
G9Advanced Modality & SpeculationYou must have done the reading. must you?seguro que hiciste la lectura. ¿seguro?
G10Advanced NegationNot bad. not bad at all.nada mal. nada mal en absoluto.
G11Cohesion: it, Substitution & EllipsisSo you don’t say it, then say it, then say it againpara no decirlo… pero decirlo y repetirlo
G12Advanced Reported SpeechHe said, she said, the examiner weptél dijo, ella dijo, y el examinador lloró
G13Phrasal & Multi-word VerbsThe verbs that flatly refuse to behavelos verbos que se niegan a portarse bien
G14Formal Linkers & Prepositional StyleAlbeit posh, notwithstanding the eye-rollaunque pijo, pese a las miradas
G15Advanced Quantification & DeterminersFew will bother; a few will ace itpocos se molestarán; unos pocos lo bordarán
G16Advanced FutureThis time next year you’ll have been showing offel año que viene, a estas alturas, ya llevarás tiempo presumiendo
G17Questions for EffectWho doesn’t love a rhetorical question?¿a quién no le gusta una pregunta retórica?

Vocabulary

Six themes that show up in Selectividad essays: work, tech, the planet, society, movement, language.

Power words

Academic Word List bands 6–10. The vocabulary that makes an essay sound like it did the reading.

Pronunciation

Sounding C1, not robotic. The sheet headline is the lesson; if the margin label differs, it’s listed underneath.

Spelling

The mistakes that survive a spell-check and still cost a mark.

Pocket reference

False friends, the slang decoder, texting shorthand, and the answer key.