SEssion 25

30th May 2024 

sunny, warm , stuffy 

Thursday

 to obey (ed) =  a respecta ( reguli ) 

obedience = ascultare 

obedient # disobedient 

( ascultator ) # ( neascultator) 

despite = regardless 

forbidden = mustn't 

advertisement / advert / ad = reclama/ anunt 

coach = autocar 

litterbug = persoana care arunca gunoi pe strada 

to tell smb's fortune =  a ghici viitorul cuiva 

to inherit (ed) = a mosteni 

 inheritance = mostenire   (fig + pr. )

legacy = mostenire ( fig ) 

recurrent = recurent / care revine

REported Speech 

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-1.html

Questions

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-7.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-6.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/reported-speech-exercise-2.html

would you like + to+ V1 

do you like + V-ing 

can = to be able to 

may = to be allowed to 

must = have to 

THINGS I DISLIKE 

1. SOMETHING INHERITED ROM MY PARENTS

2. AN UNFULFILLED WISH 

3. A GADGET 

4. A PHOTO 

5. A DREAM

6. A MISTERY

Homework 

Family discussion - why Iustin and Teo ? 

101, 100

Session 24

 

23rd May 2024 

sunny, warm 

Thursday 

pages 81, 82  

ex 2/ 62 

1. attending 

2. well-known 

3. going to rain

4. better not eat 

5. rather see

6. had played

7. will improve 

8. you have 

9. or  I will 

10. could come 

MODAL VERBS 

When we assume something POSITIVE about a situation : 

EG.  That noise MUST BE from my stomach. I am starving ! 

When the assumptation is NEGATIVE we suse : 

EG. NOOOO, I don't believe you . My English teacher CAN'T DO that. 

https://www.dailystep.com/must-and-cant-logical-conclusions/

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/modal-verbs-of-probability-exercise-2.html

https://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/grammar/b1-b2-grammar/modals-deductions-about-past

twitch = tic nervos 

to fidget (ed) = a nu sta locului 

THINGS I DISLIKE 

1. A discussion I always dislike having 

2. A fear of mine I dislike

3. A  twitch you don't like at smb/ sb 

4. A period of the day I dislike

5. A cartoon character that I have never liked

6. A choice I have made and I can't change it anymore

Session 23

 

 16th May 2024 

sunny, warm 

Thursday 

HAD BETTER = ar fi mai bine sa ...

bare infinitive = forma de infinitiv fara ' to ' 

* advice  (should/ ought to ) 

You had better read some books!

   WOULD RATHER =  mai degraba as prefera ...

* I would rather not read what is mandatory .

Present / future preferences in sentences about the same subject - bare infinitive:

* Iustin would go to the park than go to school . 

Past situations about the same subject - present perfect :

* I'd rather have gone to a larger town for my Romanian competition.

When there are different subjects :

Past tense for present desires ( I wish + past tense ) 

* I would rather Iustin stopped seeing red whrenever I win at a game. 

Past perfect for past actions/ regrets  ( I wish + past perfect ; cond III)

* I 'd rather my Maths teacher hadn't been so disorganised . 

page 79 

1. take 

2. turned the TV down 

3. had better not call

4. do

5. not go 

6. to eat 

7. have stayed 

8. going 

9. have seen 

10. not forget 

4/ 80 

1. You had better ask 

2. I wouldn't waste 

3. I found / could find 

4. had told me 

5. you invite

6. rather stay 

7. you went to 

8. camping to 

https://www.grammarism.com/would-rather-exercises/

https://www.englishgrammar.org/wish-would-rather-had-better-grammar-exercise/

Session 22

9th May 2024 

rainy, cool 

Thursday  

overwhelming = coplesitor 

complexion = ten 

hotter and hotter = din ce in ce mai cald 

the more, the merrier = cu cat mai multi , cu atat mai multa voiosie 

the later, the darker = cu cat mai tarziu , cu atat mai intunecat 

worn out = uzat 

Listening tests B1

https://english-practice.net/practice-english-listening-tests-for-b1-listening-test-01/

https://english-practice.net/practice-english-listening-tests-for-b1-listening-test-02/

Listening B2 

https://english-practice.net/practice-english-listening-tests-for-b2-listening-test-01/

inaccurate = inexact 

https://english-practice.net/practice-english-listening-tests-for-b2-listening-test-02/#google_vignette

Comparisons page 110,111