Session 21

11th April 2024 

sunny, warm 

Thursday

Piranhas 

in a frenzy = frenetic / rapid si vioi 

shoal/ school = un banc ( de pesti ) 

prey = prada

to ambush (ed) = a ataca prin ambuscada

to interlock (ed) =  a se inchide/ cupla  perfect 

to clamp (ed) = a prinde strans 

to hatch (ed) = a ecloza 

fiercely = cu ferocitate 

page 77

I wish/ If  only  I were outside . ( like cond II - something that you would like to be different; present wish  ) 

I wish / If only you hadn't called ( like cond III- regret ) 

I wish Gica wouldn't smoke so much . ( annoying ) 

Gica is always smoking . ( annoying ) 

AFTER " I " AND " WE " we use ' COULD ' instead of " would " . 

 

a good eyesight = o vedere buna 

I wish my brother wouldn't ask me to play with him all the time. 

ex 2/ 77 

2...didn't have to stay in bed 

3...didn't take medicine ...

4..didn't have to stay in hospital 

5. ...could be home.

6...could go to work 

3/ 78 

2...hadn't been late 

3.had known 

4...had had / hadn't left 

5...had answered 

ex 4 / 78 

2. She wishes she had a job . 

3. She wishes she bought / had a car . 

4. She wishes she hadn't failed the driving test.

5. She wishes she hadn't lost her purse.

6. She wishes she earned / would earn more money . 

ex 5 

2. If only I had got up early . 

3. If only I could have enough time. 

4. If only it wouldn't rain / wasn't raining . 

5. If only I didn't have so much homework to do . 

6. If only I had enough money to go on holiday. 

ex 6 

2. I wish I could play better . If only he couldn't catch my balls.

3. I wish I could feel / felt better. I wish I hadn't caught the cold.

4. I wish I caught the bus . If only I hadn't missed the bus . 

Speaking 

I wish I were on holiday. If I were on holiday, I would go out with my friends.

If I went out with my friends, I would go skating in the park.

If I went skating in the park, I wouldn't sit down.

If I didn't sit down, I would move more.

If I moved more, I would feel better.

If I felt better, the others would like me more.

I'm not on holiday. Take it or leave it!

If only I had learned how to ski, I would have gone more in the mountains if I had known how to ski. 

If I had gone more in the mountains, I wouldn't have been so stressed.

If I hadn't been so stressed, I would have been happier.

If I had been happier, I would have had more friends.

That way it would be difficult to go out with all of them at the same time.

1. Those of you who dID not give in their names last week must do so today.

 - Unless you HAD GIVEN IN YOUR NAMES , YOU SHOULD GIVE THEM IN TODAY . 

2. Those of you who haven’t got cars will have to take the bus. 

- Unless you HAVE A CAR , YOU WILL TAKE THE BUS. 

 3. I didn’t know anything about it. Otherwise, I’d told you. 

- If I HAD KNOWN SOMETHING ABOUT IT, I WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU. 

4. It may not fit you. In that case, you can return it to the shop. 

- If IT DOESN'T FIT YOU , YOU CAN RETURN IT .

5. You didn’t tell me in time. Otherwise, I might have been able to help. 

- If YOU HAD TOLD ME IN TIME, I WOULD HAVE BEEN ABLE TO HELP.

6. You could have had an accident and your family would have blamed me. 

- If YOU HAD HAD AN ACCIDENT YOUR FAMILY WOULD HAVE BLAMED ME .

7. If you aren’t on a diet, try the cheesecake. 

- Unless YOU ARE ON A DIET , YOU COULD TRY THE CHEESECAKE. 

8. Danny wants to lose weight, but he doesn’t have any will power.

 - If D HAD SOME WILL POWER , HE WOULD LOSE WEIGHT.

 9. Sue didn’t mention the tennis game so I didn’t turn up to watch.

 - If S HAD MENTIONED THE TENNIS GAME I WOULD HAVE TURNED UP. 

10. In my opinion, you should drink low-fat milk. 

- If  I WERE YOU I WOULD DRINK LOW -FAT MILK. 

HOMEWORK 

After the contest , write down  about 10 things that could have been otherwise.