Saturday, 7 December 2024

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.

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