Session 12

 

12th December 2024 

 chilly , partly cloudy 

Thursday 

https://scoalamirceaeliadepitesti.ro/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Subiecte-clasa-a-VII-a-A.pdf

to be used to + V+ing = a fi obisnuit sa 

I didn't use to wake up early but now I am used to doing it .

TRUANT = chiulangiu 

https://scoalaalexandrudavilapitesti.ro/2023/02/25/olimpiada-de-limba-engleza-subiecte/

TO BE WORKED ON 

INDIRECT SPEECH 

Folosim vb fara ' to ' dupa LET,  MAKE si HELP .

Ex : His father let him go out until 11 pm. 

He made me cry nervously .

They help their kids solve the Maths problems. 

Vb urmate de alte vb cu -ing : 

- love/ like/ enjoy ...

- start / finish 

- phrasal verbs : look after / go into ...

- phrases like : 

BE BUSY 

We are busy working at the the new project .

IT'S NO USE 

It's no use buying what you do not need .

IT'S NO GOOD 

It's no good using chat GPT to do your homework.

IT'S NOT WORTH 

It's not worth skipping classes .

THERE IS NO POINT IN 

There is no point in learning for PE.

WHAT IS THE USE OF 

What is the use of making noise in the street ?

CAN'T HELP 

She can't help laughing during the French class ?

CAN'T STAND 

We can't stand being stung by mosquitoes.

- AVOID 

Ianis always avoids being asked in the math class .

- ADMIT 

She admitted losing her temper when he pushed her. 

-CONFESS

She confessed skipping her last classes.

-DENY 

My colleagues often deny giving me their homework.

- LOOK FORWARD TO ( a astepta cu nerabdare sa ...) 

Around Christmas all the children look forward to getting presents. 

- MIND 

Do you mind smoking in public places ?

-REGRET 

Do you regret selling your old car ? 

- RISK 

He has already risked gambling his money .

-SPEND 

They have spend a year travelling around the world. 

-SUGGEST

Can / Shall I suggest talking to your relatives ?

Idioms and fixed phrases

https://www.ieltsbuddy.com/idioms-practice.html

to have a chip on his shoulder = a fi cu capsa pusa 

to jump the gun = a actiona pripit 

https://www.liveworksheets.com/w/en/english-second-language-esl/607791

to see eye to eye with someone = a fi in totalitate de acord

to speak of the devil = tocmai ce vorbeam despre ...

to kill two birds with a stone = a impusca doi iepuri dintr-o lovitura 

4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

            Kevin Adams 1)....................(love) trains. He first 2)........................(see) one

when he was four years old and he 3) ..............................(think) it was great. He 4).........................(go) to a different railway station every week and 5).........................(write down) the engine number of every train he sees. He 6)............................(do) this since he was eight. By the time he was fifteen he 7).............................(collect) over 10.000 different engine numbers in various counties. Once, while he 8).............................(stand) in a station in Cheshire he saw something very unusual. He 9)............................(wait) for over an hour for a train to go by when suddenly he 10)..............................(see) a very old steam train coming down the track. It 11).............................(not/stop) at the station and, as it was passing, Kevin noticed that all the passengers 12)..............................(wear) old-fashioned clothes. When he told the station guard about this, the poor man turned pale. He said that no steam train 13)...........................(pass) through that station for years, and that the last one 14)...........................(crash), killing everyone on board.

 

5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, scientists, politicians and theologians

1) .......................................... (discuss) the question of whether or not the cloning of human beings

2) ..........................................(should/allow). If cloning does become a reality one day, it

3) ..................................(raise) many questions. Many scientists want cloning 4)............................(be) legalised. They believe that if it 5) .....................................(be) legal to clone human beings, it

6) ....................................(be) possible to create a superior race. Many childless couples also wish the goverment  7).......................................(allow) cloning. If this 8) ...............................(be) the only way for you to have a child, you might agree with them too.

Session 11

 

5th DEcember 2024 

 chilly , cloudy 

Thursday 

Homework - contexts 

to snarl (ed) = a vorbi manios sau agresiv 

sneer= suras dispretuitor

to growl = a marai 

in the least = in nici un chip (-)  

to cluck =  a cloncani 

ramshackle= improvizat 

pinch = stramtoare 

slink- slunk- slunk = a se furisa

nimbly = sprinten 

glee= bucurie/ voiosie

coo= gangurit 

slick = ingenios 

tot = copilas / gagalice

fib = minciuna

trim = aranjament 

trap = lat 

pooh-pooh = dispret

to whizz = a trece in goana 

    It was Christmas Eve. Down in Whoville, the Whos were celebrating by singing and having a feast. The Grinch HATED Christmas. We don't know the reasons but maybe his head wasn't screwed on properly, his shoes were too tight or perhaps his heart was two sizes too small.

     Then, he thought about ruining the Whos' Christmas. At night, he dressed up as Saint Nick and taped an antler to his dog's head to make him look like a reindeer. He crafted a ramshackle sleigh and he sluck into their houses. 

    The Grinch stole all of their food, trimmings and trappings, presents and their Christmas trees. He stuffed them all up the chimneys and took all of them up a mountain to dump them.  He considered that he would hear loud cries. Instead he couldn't believe his ears: the Whos were carolling in spite of not having any presents or Christmas decorations. 

    The Grinch realized that Christmas wasn't all about presents, it was about people bonding together. Understanding that, the Grinch's heart grew twice its size so he could feel the same as the others. It wasn't a wonder that he came back with all the stuff he had stolen. Then, he enjoyed singing with the others and even cut the roast beast. That was the Christmas that changed his view.

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

When Francis Lee was a boy he 1) ...........wanted..................  (want) to be an astronaut. He

2)  ……was watching........…….(watch) TV one day in 1969 when he 3)   ………saw……………. (see) Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Since then he 4) ……has always dreamed……….......………  (always/dream) of doing the same. Every night when there is a full moon, he 5)…stares……….……….. (stare) up at it for hours and 6) ……imagines………..........…….  (imagine) himself walking around on it. At the moment, however, he 7)  …is working…………….(work) as a night-watchman at a meat factory. He 8) ………has been doing…………………. (do) the same job since he left school fifteen years ago, but he still hopes that one day his dream 9) ………..will come...........………….. (come) true. He 10) ……has heard…………… (hear) that in the 21^st century they 11)  …..will sell................. (sell) tickets to fly to the moon. For this reason he 12) … has been saving………….............(save) half of his wages every month for the past two years.

 

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

Sue Thomas is a fashion designer. She 1) ... has been making....  (make) clothes ever since she 2)  …was……….(be) a young girl. She 3)   …………got………………. (get) her first job in a clothes factory when she was sixteen. She 4) ……was sewing………………  (sew) buttons  onto a shirt  one day when she 5)………had…………..   (have) a brilliant idea for a design. After she 6) ……had spoken…………….  (speak) to her bank manager, she got a loan and she 7)  ……opened……....…….(open) her own little workshop. Now she 8) ……is making……………………. (make) lots of money. Next year she 9) ……is opening…………….. (open) a shop which will sell all her own designs. She 10) …is going to sell……………… (sell) clothes to a lot of famous people, including film stars and singers, and she 11)  ….thinks..................... (think) she will be very rich soon.