\documentclass[10pt,a4paper]{article} % Packages \usepackage{fancyhdr} % For header and footer \usepackage{multicol} % Allows multicols in tables \usepackage{tabularx} % Intelligent column widths \usepackage{tabulary} % Used in header and footer \usepackage{hhline} % Border under tables \usepackage{graphicx} % For images \usepackage{xcolor} % For hex colours %\usepackage[utf8x]{inputenc} % For unicode character support \usepackage[T1]{fontenc} % Without this we get weird character replacements \usepackage{colortbl} % For coloured tables \usepackage{setspace} % For line height \usepackage{lastpage} % Needed for total page number \usepackage{seqsplit} % Splits long words. %\usepackage{opensans} % Can't make this work so far. Shame. Would be lovely. \usepackage[normalem]{ulem} % For underlining links % Most of the following are not required for the majority % of cheat sheets but are needed for some symbol support. \usepackage{amsmath} % Symbols \usepackage{MnSymbol} % Symbols \usepackage{wasysym} % Symbols %\usepackage[english,german,french,spanish,italian]{babel} % Languages % Document Info \author{Gossip1185} \pdfinfo{ /Title (cheatsheet-de-ingles-nivel-a1.pdf) /Creator (Cheatography) /Author (Gossip1185) /Subject (CHEATSHEET DE INGLÉS: NIVEL A1 Cheat Sheet) } % Lengths and widths \addtolength{\textwidth}{6cm} \addtolength{\textheight}{-1cm} \addtolength{\hoffset}{-3cm} \addtolength{\voffset}{-2cm} \setlength{\tabcolsep}{0.2cm} % Space between columns \setlength{\headsep}{-12pt} % Reduce space between header and content \setlength{\headheight}{85pt} % If less, LaTeX automatically increases it \renewcommand{\footrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove footer line \renewcommand{\headrulewidth}{0pt} % Remove header line \renewcommand{\seqinsert}{\ifmmode\allowbreak\else\-\fi} % Hyphens in seqsplit % This two commands together give roughly % the right line height in the tables \renewcommand{\arraystretch}{1.3} \onehalfspacing % Commands \newcommand{\SetRowColor}[1]{\noalign{\gdef\RowColorName{#1}}\rowcolor{\RowColorName}} % Shortcut for row colour \newcommand{\mymulticolumn}[3]{\multicolumn{#1}{>{\columncolor{\RowColorName}}#2}{#3}} % For coloured multi-cols \newcolumntype{x}[1]{>{\raggedright}p{#1}} % New column types for ragged-right paragraph columns \newcommand{\tn}{\tabularnewline} % Required as custom column type in use % Font and Colours \definecolor{HeadBackground}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{FootBackground}{HTML}{666666} \definecolor{TextColor}{HTML}{333333} \definecolor{DarkBackground}{HTML}{A3A3A3} \definecolor{LightBackground}{HTML}{F3F3F3} \renewcommand{\familydefault}{\sfdefault} \color{TextColor} % Header and Footer \pagestyle{fancy} \fancyhead{} % Set header to blank \fancyfoot{} % Set footer to blank \fancyhead[L]{ \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{C} \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \vspace{-7pt} {\parbox{\dimexpr\textwidth-2\fboxsep\relax}{\noindent \hspace*{-6pt}\includegraphics[width=5.8cm]{/web/www.cheatography.com/public/images/cheatography_logo.pdf}} } \end{tabulary} \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{11cm}{L} \vspace{-2pt}\large{\bf{\textcolor{DarkBackground}{\textrm{CHEATSHEET DE INGLÉS: NIVEL A1 Cheat Sheet}}}} \\ \normalsize{by \textcolor{DarkBackground}{Gossip1185} via \textcolor{DarkBackground}{\uline{cheatography.com/212731/cs/46311/}}} \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \fancyfoot[L]{ \footnotesize \noindent \begin{multicols}{3} \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{LL} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheatographer}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Gossip1185 \\ \uline{cheatography.com/gossip1185} \\ \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Cheat Sheet}} \\ \vspace{-2pt}Published 9th May, 2025.\\ Updated 9th May, 2025.\\ Page {\thepage} of \pageref{LastPage}. \end{tabulary} \vfill \columnbreak \begin{tabulary}{5.8cm}{L} \SetRowColor{FootBackground} \mymulticolumn{1}{p{5.377cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sponsor}} \\ \SetRowColor{white} \vspace{-5pt} %\includegraphics[width=48px,height=48px]{dave.jpeg} Measure your website readability!\\ www.readability-score.com \end{tabulary} \end{multicols}} \begin{document} \raggedright \raggedcolumns % Set font size to small. Switch to any value % from this page to resize cheat sheet text: % www.emerson.emory.edu/services/latex/latex_169.html \footnotesize % Small font. \begin{multicols*}{2} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{1.672 cm} x{3.04 cm} x{2.888 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{3}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sección 1: GRAMÁTICA BÁSICA}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Tema}} & {\bf{Estructura}} & {\bf{Ejemplo}} \tn % Row Count 1 (+ 1) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} Verbo TO BE & I {\bf{am}} / You {\bf{are}} / He {\bf{is}} & "{\emph{She {\bf{is}} a doctor}}" \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 3) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Artículos} & A (consonante) / An (vocal) & "{\bf{{\emph{A}} cat, an apple}}" \tn % Row Count 6 (+ 2) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Plurales} & + -s / -es (box → boxes) & "{\emph{Dogs, watches}}" \tn % Row Count 8 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Presente Simple}} & {\bf{Estructura}} & {\bf{Reglas}} \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 3) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Afirmativo} & Sujeto + verbo & 3ra persona: +s/-es \tn % Row Count 13 (+ 2) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Negativo} & {\bf{Don't/Doesn't}} + verbo & {\emph{"He doesn't like milk"}} \tn % Row Count 15 (+ 2) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} \seqsplit{Preguntas} & {\bf{Do/Does}} + sujeto + verbo & {\emph{"Do you speak English?"}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 2) % Row 8 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} \seqsplit{Adverbios} & Always, usually, never & Van {\bf{antes}} del verbo principal \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}---} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.08 cm} x{5.92 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sección 2: VOCABULARIO ESENCIAL}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Categoría}} & {\bf{Palabras/Frases}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Números}} & 1-10: one, two... ten / 11-20: eleven... twenty \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Familia}} & Parents, siblings (brother/sister), grandparents, aunt/uncle, cousins \tn % Row Count 7 (+ 3) % Row 3 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Colores}} & Red, blue, green, yellow, black, white \tn % Row Count 9 (+ 2) % Row 4 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Saludos}} & "{\emph{Hello, Goodbye, How are you?, Thank you}}" \tn % Row Count 11 (+ 2) % Row 5 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Tiempo}} & Days (Monday-Sunday), months, seasons / {\emph{"What time is it?" → "It's 3 PM"}} \tn % Row Count 14 (+ 3) % Row 6 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Comida}} & Apple, bread, water, coffee / {\emph{"I like...", "I don't like..."}} \tn % Row Count 17 (+ 3) % Row 7 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Lugares}} & Supermarket, hospital, park, school / {\emph{"Where is...?", "Next to..."}} \tn % Row Count 20 (+ 3) \hhline{>{\arrayrulecolor{DarkBackground}}--} \end{tabularx} \par\addvspace{1.3em} \begin{tabularx}{8.4cm}{x{2.16 cm} x{5.84 cm} } \SetRowColor{DarkBackground} \mymulticolumn{2}{x{8.4cm}}{\bf\textcolor{white}{Sección 3: FRASES ÚTILES}} \tn % Row 0 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Situación}} & {\bf{Frase}} \tn % Row Count 2 (+ 2) % Row 1 \SetRowColor{white} {\bf{Presentarse}} & "{\emph{My name is... / What's your name?}}" \tn % Row Count 4 (+ 2) % Row 2 \SetRowColor{LightBackground} {\bf{Origen}} & "{\emph{Where are you from? 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