30th January 2025
cloudy, chilly
Thursday
holy = sacred
funeral = burial
vault = tomb
dynasty = reign
successful = prosperous
heritage = legacy
vengeance = revenge
highest-grossing = the best sold
Thursday, 30 January 2025
Thursday, 23 January 2025
Session 15
23rd January 2025
sunny, chilly
Thursday
PAST PERFECT
A finished action before another action in the past.
- When we arrived, the film had started (= first the film started, then we arrived).
- I'd eaten dinner so I wasn't hungry.
- It had snowed in the night, so the bus didn't arrive.
- The film started before we arrived / the film had started before we arrived.
Thursday, 16 January 2025
Session 14
16th January 2025
sunny, chilly
Thursday
Use Present Continuous + ALWAYS when you talk about an annoying situation / habit which you'd like to change/ stop.
Ex. My colleagues are always arriving late at their classes.
Verbs followed by other verbs with -ing :
- like/ dislike, love/ hate ; enjoy , prefer , adore , loathe
Ex ; I enjoy sleeping late .
- after ' go ' : go swimming / hunting / jogging / hiking / climbing
- after phrases as : it's ( not ) worth ; it's (no) good; can't help ; can't stand ; be busy ; there is no point in ...;
Ex ; It's not worth crying over the spilled milk .
to cry over the spilled milk = a plange ( in van ) dupa ce ai facut o greseala
- after prepositions
Ex ; She is looking forward to receiving their answer.
- after verbs as : suggest / risk / admit / avoid / deny / mind / regret / confess...
Ex ; You should avoid having eye contact under pressure .
He has confessed vandalising the school bathroom .
- after verbs : begin / start/ end / finish / continue ...
Ex; She has finished eating the Christmas leftovers .
After ' make ' ( force ) , "help" and" let " we use infinitive without ' to '
Ex ; She has made him LEAVE the house .
They were helped arrive safely in the foreign country .
I wasn't let go out alone until I turned 12.
ACCESS
111, 112 , 113 , 114
to behave yourself = a te comporta civilizat
Homework
ACCESS page 113 ex 8, 9
Composition
- beginning with " When I opened the door I couldn't believe my eyes..."
Thursday, 9 January 2025
Session 13
9th January 2025
chilly , partly cloudy
Thursday
Plan or intention - to be going to
After " I think / believe/ don't think ..." - 'will ' future
Present Continuous with future meaning - am / are / is + V-ing
Ex : The next weekend we are visiting a new place .
Present Simple - future action part of an official schedule
Ex ; The plane to Lisbon is at 6 am next Saturday .
wintry = de gheata / foarte rece / hibernal
crude = scris putin inteligibil / brut / nefinisat
HOMEWORK
Ways of expressing future
https://test-english.com/grammar-points/b2/future-forms-expressing-future-time/
+ Composition
1. They ______are____________________ driving to New York tomorrow evening. (DRIVE)
2. I offered him a job last week and I think he _______will take___________________ it. (TAKE)
3. I hope the weather _______will be___________________ nice when you get to Sardinia. (BE)
4. We _______are getting/are going to get___________________ married on June 25th. (GET)
5. I suppose real estate prices ________will go__________________ up again next year. (GO)
6. What ________are you going to do__________________ when you grow up? – I _______am going to be___________________ a pilot. (YOU DO, BE)
7. I am _______going to play/playing___________________ football this afternoon so I can't make it to the party. (PLAY)
8. Put your wallet away. I _________will pay_________________ for the tickets. (PAY)
9. I ________am meeting_____________________ John at the airport tomorrow at 5.30. (MEET)
10. Take the umbrella with you. I think it _________will rain_________________ in the afternoon. (RAIN)
11. I think I ________will have__________________ a cup of tea after all. (HAVE)
12. Ask Mary. She ___will probably know_______________________ the answer (PROBABLY KNOW)
13. Which car _____are you planning_____________________ to buy? (YOU PLAN)
14. Jack missed the train. He ________will be __________________ late again. (BE)
15. All our stores __________will be open/open________________ next Monday at 10.00 a.m. (OPEN)
16. We _________are spending/are going to spend_________________ our holidays in France next year. (SPEND)
17. What do you want to eat? – I think I ________will have__________________ a sandwich. (HAVE)
18. We have to go now. It __________will get________________ late. (GET)
19. I can't talk about it now, but I ______will send____________________ you a mail next week. (SEND)
20. The Jacksons _________are having_________________ a party tomorrow afternoon, but they haven't invited us. (HAVE)
-ING OR TO ... VERBS ?
Verb + ing after :
- love / like/ hate / adore / enjoy / dislike/ loathe
Stefan likes going out with his friends.
- after 'go ' + activity
Stefan doesn't go swimming in winter. He sometimes goes skiing .
- start / begin / stop / end / pause / finish / continue
Stefan continues solving olympiad English subjects.
- phrases : be busy ; it's no use ; it's no good ; it's (not) worth ; there is no point in ; what's the use of ...; can't help ( nu ma pot abtine ) ; can't stand ( a nu suporta)
-after prepositions : to be good AT / keep up
Stefan is good at using English .
- avoid / admit / confess/ deny / look forward to / mind / regret / risk / spend/ suggest
TO PRACTICE