Session 5

17th October 2024 

sunny, windy, cool 

Thursday  

7th Nov - next session 

pen = tarc 

crowds = multimi

when...past simple 

past continuous ....while ...past continuous 

to gossip (ed) = a barfi 

a loaf of bread = o paine 

mill = moara / rasnita 

Past Perfect (mmcp)

- act petrecuta INAINTEA alteia din trecut ( after/ before ) 

had +V3 

Past Continuous ( imperfect ) 

- act in desf intr-un anume mom din trecut 

was / were + V-ing 

USED TO / WOULD 

We only use 'would' to describe actions or situations that were repeated again and again and again...
But we use 'used to' for any extended action or situation in the past.

'Would' is only good for actions or situations that were repeated many times;
'Used to' is good for any action or situation that continued for a period of time in the past, including repeated actions or situations.

to live / be/ think / have/ see ....= se folosesc doar cu used to 

She used to be a housewife. 

Her father used to / would compete in marathon. 

mole = alunita / cartita 

mole cricket = coropisnita 

old/ elderly = in varsta

petrol = benzina/ motorina 

oil = petrol

household = locuinta

mattress = saltea

to spread - spread - spread = a se raspandi 

to take to court = a duce la tribunal 

to flee- fled - fled =a pleca dintru-un loc / a parasi in graba 

to rage (ed) = a se infuria / a se dezlantui 

to break out = a izbucni 

1./ 19 

descriptive verbs 

1. screamed / screamt 

2. dived 

3. demolished 

4. fled 

5. grabbed

6. smashed

2/ 19 

1. fled 

2. smashed 

3. screamed 

4. grabbed 

5. demolish 

6. broke out 

7. raging 

8. diving 

3/ 19

flame

spark

oxygen

fuel

disaster

catastrophe

5/ 20 

1. M was called Cottonopolis because there used to be over 100 cotton mills.

2. They have been living in M for a year.

3. Because the air in the mill was hard to breathe / full of cotton dust . 

4. He was working under the machines collecting waste.

5. She had been working for a few months when she had the accident

6. After the accident she had another job where she did not need a hand./ she could use only one hand . 

danced ....after they had heard