Session 7

 

3rd November 2025

sunny, cool

Monday 

HARD TIMES 

countless = fara numar 

bakery = brutarie

spark = scanteie 

to tend (ed)  the fire = a aprinde focul 

to stock (ed) = a face provizii/ a stoca 

warehouse = depozit 

lodger = chirias 

to lodge (ed) =a inchiria

to scream in terror = a tipa cuprins de teama 

flee - fled - fled = a parasi un loc pe fuga 

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• Complete the sentences with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs. Write in your notebook.
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  • While people were runningtowards the river, a warehouse exploded. (run / explode)
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  • 1. When they NOTICED  how serious the situation was, they TOOK their possessions and TRIED to get away. (notice / take / try)
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  • 2. A man WAS LOOKING  for his family when he FOUND a baby in the street. (look / find)
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  • 3. While they WERE WONDERING how to stop the fire, it  BECAME clear that little could be done. (wonder / become)
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  • 4. While the people in the bakery WERE MAKING bread, a small fire STARTED . (make / start)

EX 4/ 24 

Complete the sentences with the past simple or past perfect form of the verbs. Then write down the action that happened first.

• We hadno house any more because the fire had destroyedit. (have / destroy)
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• 1. A helicopter 
  the people before the boat 
  . (rescue / explode)
• 2. The firefighters 
   the building until they 
   the fire 
   . (not enter / put out)
• 3. The fire alarm 
  them 
   when the firefighters 
   . (wake up / arrive)

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• Complete the conversation with the correct form of the verbs. Use the tenses from Exercise 1. Write in your notebook.
  • burn
  • try
  • see
  • have
  • run
  • sit
  • walk
  • go
  • open
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• I 0 had a real scare yesterday. As I 1 WAS WALKING  up to our house, I 2 SAW smoke coming from the window.
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• 3 WAS something BURNING ?
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• Fortunately not. I 4 RAN into the house, 5 OPENED the kitchen door and there was my brother. He 6 WAS SITTING on the floor, in shock. He 7 HAD TRIED to do science experiments! One of them 8 WENTwrong and exploded.

• Replace the underlined words with words from Exercise 1. Change the form if necessary. Write in your notebook.
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  • He picked up a stone and broke the windscreen of the car.

    smashed
  • The thief stole a motorbike and ran away. FLED
  • When I got there, I heard somebody shouting with fear. SCREAMING
  • They knocked down the houses to make space for new shops. DEMOLISHED
  • The man took my wallet from me quickly and ran away.  GRABBED
  • The car lost control and hit another vehicle. STRUCK
  • He took off his clothes and jumped into the water. DIVED