THE NUMERAL

1. Read aloud the following: 1) numbers, 2) years, 3) dates, 4) room numbers, 5) telephone
numbers:
1) 31
2) 1907
3) January 11th 1945
February 18th 1972
79
1914
314
1918
March 29th 1930
918
1944
January 3rd 1936
253
March 8th 1985
1965
5325
1985
8972
39.287
87.529
4) 107
5) 610.49.18
513
221.29.13
829
611.39.53
1003
649.44.27
777.36.28
777.36.77
2. Turn the following cardinal numerals into ordinal ones and use them in sentences of your
own:
-2, 3, 9, 11, 12, 19, 22, 100, 181
3. Translate the following sentences into Romanian and state what kind of numerals are used:
1. I shook my head as for the twentieth time since my arrival he held out his
lottery tickets to me. (S.Maugham). 2. Four of the five shook their heads, but our
man spoke. (S.Maugham). 3. It will not cause a delay of more than five minutes.
(S.Maugham). 4. That perhaps at first sight may appear not very momentous.
(J.Swift),. 5. He was then past his prime being twenty-eight years and three
quarters old. (J.Swift). 6. Ask my G.P. and he will tell you that half his job is
sympathizing with people. That is ten times as difficult as treating them.
(R.Gordon). 7. A few dozen young men had an afernoon intellectual chat with the
examiners. (R.Gordon)., 8. In a couple of years the Government is going to send
me on a pension. (R.Gordon). 9. Give twice and thrice and twenty times their
money. / And get your souls again. (W.B.Yeats).
4. State the type of the following numerals:
the first, five-eights, nine-fortieths, 3.25, 0.35, couple, brace, dozen, gross, single,
triple (treble) for times, a hundred times, every ten days, by twos, two by two,
several, (a) few, a lot of, a number (of).

5. Translate into English:

1. W. Shakespeare s-a nscut la 23 aprilie 1564 la Stratford-upon-Avon, un orel
la 92 de mile de Londra, fiind al treilea copil al lui John Shakespeare. 2. A fost
decorat de trei ori pentru meritele sale deosebite. 3. Pentru c pasiunea lui este
vntoarea i-a cumprat o pereche de cini de vntoare. 4. Studenii au intrat n
sala de examen unul cte unul. 5. Sute de oameni ateptau cu nerbdare rezultatul
acestui meci de football, foarte important pentru campionatul mondial. 6. Avem
seminar de limba englez de dou ori pe sptmn. 7. O treime din locuitorii
oraului nostru a vizitat Muzeul de Art.

PAST TIME
PAST (when?)
PAST PERFECT
(had + Past Participle)
(-ed)
by 10 oclock yesterday
yesterday; last;
in 1987; ago
I HAD WRITTEN a letter
by ten oclock yesterday
before I went to school
------------------I told them I
-HAD WRITTEN a letter
(by 10 oclock) the previous
day
-had never
written
already
------------------If I had written it yesterday
they would have received it.

I WROTE a letter last

night
I havent received any
reply since I wrote the
letter
-----------------I told him I wrote letters
every day.
-----------------If I wrote it now, it could
still get it in the mail.

PRESENT
PRESENT PERFECT
(have + Past Participle)
a) Sometime between
past and present (with
present consequences)
b) unfinished actions
ever?
IVE just
WRITTEN
already
a letter
seldom
often
always
sometimes
never
not yet.
today
this morning
recently
She has known me for
two years / since 1985.
Ill play chess when Ive
done my homework.

TEMPORARY ACTIONS IN
in the period of time
between past and present
+ FOR, SINCE
I HAD BEEN WRITING
I WAS WRITING a IVE BEEN WRITING a
a letter for two hours.
letter
letter..
- by ten oclock yesterday
- when the tell rang.
- for two hours
- when the telephone rang.
----------------- since 5 oclock.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - I told him I was writing - since I returned home.
I told them I had been a letter at that moment.
writing the letter for two
hours.
PAST PERFECT
PAST CONTINUOUS
PRESENT PERFECT
CONTINUOUS
CONTINUOUS
by 10 oclock yesterday
+ FOR, SINCE

This time yesterday

TIME
PRESENT
(3rd sg: (e)s)
every day; usually

I WRITE letters on
Sundays
When does the plane land?
(schedule future)
When I write that letter
tomorrow Ill let them
know about your success.
(future time clauses)
-------------------

FUTURE TIME
FUTURE PERFECT
FUTURE
(Will + Perfect Infinitive)
a) (Will + Infinitive)
b) be going to
by 10 oclock tomorrow
tomorrow
Ill HAVE WRITTEN a ILL WRITE a letter next
letter.
week.
- by ten oclock tomorrow Im going to write a letter.
- before I go to school
(near future; plans)

------------------- -----------------FUTURE PERFECT

FUTURE IN THE PAST
IN THE PAST
He said he would have He said he would write a
writen a letter
letter the next day
If I write that letter - by 10 oclock the mext
tomorrow, will you post it? day.
- before I went to school.

PROGRESS
Now

By 10 oclock tomorrow
+ FOR, SINCE

IM WRITING a letter
-------------------

ILL
HAVE
BEEN
WRITING a letter for
two hours.
Im writing a letter - by ten oclock tomorrow
tonight.
(arrangements, - when the bell rings
plans for future)

PRESENT
CONTINUOUS

FUTURE PERFECT
CONTINUOUS

This time tomorrow

ILL BE WRITING a
letter tonight
------------------Polite questions:
How long will you be
staying?
FUTURE
CONTINUOUS