Session 21

 

3rd April 2025 

sunny, cool 

Thursday 

TRIWORDS 

Teo 110

Alex 117

orange - 3 

 green - 2 

 yellow- 1

4/ 72 

1. My daughter , who lives in Madrid , is an author. 

2. The film , which stars HW , is now on DVD. 

3. The storyteller whose work takes him all over the world, is in Japan at the moment.

4. Prague, where the boy in the story grew up , is  my hometown . 

5. The heroine of the story , whose father is FRench , is called Sophie. 

 novel = roman 

short story = nuvela 

anecdote = joke

to engage (ed) = a capta ( interesul ) ; a se logodi 

influential = care influenteaza 

to pass (ed) down = a se transmite ( un mit / obicei / traditie) 

to revisit (ed) =  a relua / revedea / reciti 

nought = zero 

setting = loc / locatie 

plot = poveste / scenariu 

villain = ticalos 

RX=  prescription ( short)= reteta medicala

XR = extended-release = eliberare lenta 

strengths and weaknesses = puncte tari si puncte slabe 

Session 20

 

27th March 2025

cool, cloudy 

Thursday 

WORD FORMATION 

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf087-school-trip-to-museum.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf083-ivory.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf076-art-forgery-on-the-rise.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf075-nasa-discovers-new-star-system.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf074-word-formation-sentences.htm#google_vignette

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf073-word-formation-sentences.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf071-negative-forms.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf070-adjectives.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf067.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf068-sentences.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf069-sentences.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/word-formation/wf063-sentences.htm

sESSION 19

 

20th March 2025 

sunny , cool 

Thursday

 

 to molt (ed) = a naparli 

fearsome = de temut 

lethal = letal 

to cartwheel = a se da de-a dura 

sturdy = indesat / grasut 

arachnophobic = cu teama de paienjeni 

5 most interesting facts about spiders : 

- they have eight legs and the same number of eyes

- the largest of them can eat birds

- their web is very strong 

- there are very few spiders which can kill people 

- they can move in different ways: crawling , jumping , cartwheeling

ape = primata 

pith = maduva 

a troop of gorillas = un grup de gorile 

5 most interesting facts about gorillas :

- they are 6 times stronger than humans

- unlike monkeys they don't have tails

- they beat their chests when they want to impress or intimidate 

- they weigh around 200 kg

- despite their number of kg, they are good climbers.

shed = magazie / aplecatoare 

to issue (ed) = a publica

hardly = de abia 

 to board the plane _ a se imbarca in avion 

to strengthen = a intari 

provocative = provocator 

claim = cerere/ cerinta 

unquestionably = fara dubiu / indoiala

disclosure = dezvaluire 

upbringing = educatie 

endeavour = realizare 

to seal (ed) = a sigila

bond = legatura

spark= scanteie 

to ignate (ed) = a aprinde 

marvel = minune 

beacon = avertisment 

token = simbol 

to sway = a se legana 

rivets = nituri 

Session 18

 

13th March 2025

partly cloudy, warm 

Thursday

to scold (ed) = a mustra 

to stamp (ed) = a stampila / a composta 

4 / 68 

1. exercise

2. sick 

3. makes 

4. behaves 

5. rules

6. off 

7. punished

ex 5/ 68 

1. was

2. had spent 

3. he had been writing 

4. started 

5. had been 

6. got 

7. had been driving 

8. realised 

9. had left 

show - showed - shown = a arata 

6/ 68 

1. A new school was built.

2. Another film about Titanic was made . 

3. Football is shown on TV every day.

4. The fountain pen was invented by PP. 

page 69 

by the way = apropo/ fiindca a venit vorba ....

Session 17

 

6th March 2025 

sunny , warm

Thursday 

I empty the rubbish bins .  ( diateza activa)

The rubbish bins are  emptied by me . ( diateza pasiva ) 

page 60 

to charge you = a te taxa 

parcel = pachet 

ex 4 

1.  is written 

2. is put 

3. are put 

4. is posted 

5. collects 

6. takes 

7. are sorted 

8. is done 

9. wasn't done 

10. was done 

11. are taken 

12. are given 

ladder = scara 

satnav = navigatie prin satelit 

6/ 61 

1. had read 

2. would have eaten 

3. wouldn't  have lost 

4. hadn't studied 

5. hadn't been 

6. wouldn't have bought 

7. would she have joined 

ex 7/ 61 

1. If he had heard the phone , Dan would have talked to him . 

2. Terry wouldn't have been bored if he hadn't been on his own all afternoon . 

3. If he hadn't gone to bed at 6 pm he wouldn't have woken up at midnight. 

4. If he had gone back to sleep hje wouldn't have been tired on Monday . 

5. If he hadn't been tired he wouldn't have found the Maths test difficult . 

6. If Terry hadn't got a bad mark his teacher wouldn't have been disappointed . 

to get told off = a fi certat

to weave (ed) = a tese

2/ 63 

1. got told off 

2. break the rules

3. behave well

4. do what you are told . 

3/ 63 

1. ...nobody seems to notice. 

2...don't study .

3...you might be punished 

4. ...I manage to solve it . 

5...my English teacher calls my mom. 

5/ 63

1...I want to know an international language.

2..I don't go out

3...do so much homework ....I can't go out tonight.

4...have  bad behaviour ...it is dirt and rubbish everywhere around . 

apex = punct culminant 

to bow (ed) = a face o plecaciune / a se indoi 

pufferfish = peste balon 

to bask (ed) = a sta la soare

burrow = vizuina 

Session 16

 

27th February 2025 

misty, chilly 

Thursday 

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/key-word-transformation/kwt011.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/key-word-transformation/kwt010.htm

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/key-word-transformation/kwt009.htm

Conditional 3 

Daca ai fi venit , as fi stiut ( comentariu pe ceva petrecut ) 

If + had + V3 ; would + have + V3 

If you had come, I would have known . 

roundabout = sens giratoriu 

validate 

referee = arbitru la fotbal 

used to = a obisnui sa ...( obicei trecut ) 

ex ; She didn't use to eat broccoli when she was younger . 

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

ex. Alex is used to sleeping in the afternoon when he feels exhausted . 

https://www.english-grammar.at/online_exercises/key-word-transformation/kwt008.htm

Session 15

 13th February 2025 

cloudy, chilly 

THursday 

Olimpiada locala cls a7-a 

to take after =  a semana cu ...

to go on = a continua 

unless = if not 

useless = nefolositor

affordable = accesibil

speech = discurs

unexpensive = cheap 

indecisive = indecis 

to be mistaken = to be wrong 

I would rather = as prefera 

then = apoi

than = decat 

today's newspaper 

ten minutes' walk 

country's president

 Olimpiada locala clasa a 8-a 

to fancy = to like 

to sew - sewed - sewn = a coase 

to employ (ed) =a angaja

employer = angajator 

employed # unemployed 

(angajat)

employee = angajat 

strength = putere 

to boost (ed) = a propulsa / a da putere 

tremendous = enorm 

odd # even 

(impar ) # (par)

pages 54, 55