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
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
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.
Thursday, 5 December 2024
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 21st 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.
Thursday, 28 November 2024
Session 10
28th November 2024
cold, cloudy
Thursday
Olimpiada judeteana Bucuresti 2023
It's the tenth time ....ALWAYS FOLLOWED BY PRESENT PERFECT !
to infuriate (ed) = a infuria
to misbehave (ed) = a se comporta neadecvat
to be interested in = a fi interesat de ...
memorable = memorabil / de neuitat
unintentionally = fara intentie
to simplify(ed ) = a simplifica
WORD FORMATION https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/word-formation-index.htm
https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf083-ivory.htm
ALL TENSES IN TEXTS
1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:
Tom Wilson 1) .... is.... (be) an explorer. He 2) ……HAS BEEN…….(be) to nearly every country in the
world, but the most exciting time he 3)
…HAS EVER HAD………………………. (ever/have) was when he 4) ………WENT…………… (go) to the
13) ……HAD ACTUALLY MET………………(actually/meet) the famous explorer. She
14) ……KNEW……… (know)
how he 15) ………HAD DIED…………………….(die). Tom 16)
……BECAME…………………….(become) very
friendly with the natives and now he 17) ………IS PLANNING……………………
(plan) to go back and see them again. He is sure they 18)
………WILL WELCOME…………………………..(welcome) him back.
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