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Exercitii de Gramatica Limbii Engleze PDF
Exercitii de Gramatica Limbii Engleze PDF
THE ARTICLE
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(ARTICOLUL)
1. Daţi forma corectă a articolului nehotărât în faţa următoarelor substantive: student, teacher,
electrician, opera-singer, room, living-room, Englishwoman, school-boy, artist, classmate, girl, economist,
boy, sir-hostess, office, school, engineer, house.
3. Completaţi spaţiile goale folosind ”a” sau ”the”, dacă este necesar:
a)If I want to write… poem, I must have… ball-pen, some paper and… imagination.
b)This door is made of… wood and… metal.
c)If… engineer wants to mend… engine he needs… patience and… skill.
d)Is… book on… table or on… shelf?
e)If you drive… car you must stop when see… red light.
f)We need… kettle to boil… tea.
g)After… breakfast, he goes to… school and after… dinner he goes to… theatre.
h)Where did you find… dictionary?
i)I put… stamp on… envelope.
11. Folosiţi ”a” sau ”an”, introducându-le în faţa substantivelor după caz:
MODEL: They gave Sussan piece of cake and cup of tea.
They gave Sussan a piece of cake and a cup of tea.
a)He can wash up and clean kitchen at same time.
b)I’d like slice of bread.
c)Glass of lemon juice is very refreshing, while cake makes us thirsty.
d)I put apple in your basket and lemon in my pocket.
e)From top of this hill I can admire a splendid panorama.
f)In most towns of world you can find someone who speaks English language.
15. Folosiţi articolul hotărât sau nehotărât după caz, dacă este necesar:
a)They stood in front of… museum to admire its splendour.
b)I found the children on… beach, playing with… ball.
c)… Danube is one of the most impressive rivers.
d)I have never visited… Sahara or… Gobi.
e)… Bucharest is… busy tourist and industrial centre.
f)… Father is out, but… Granny is in.
g)… winter lasts for three months: … December, … January and … February.
h)I have always been… great admirer of… nature.
i)… Everest is… highest peak in… Himalaya.
16. Traduceţi în limba engleză folosind corect articolele (hotărât, nehotărât sau zero) după caz:
a)În zori este frig; de fapt, am răcit.
b)De regulă, mă plimb prin parc.
c)Nu-ţi lua ochii de la el.
d)Am cumpărat maşina de ocazie; a fost un chilipir.
e)În ansamblu, trăiesc de pe o zi pe alta.
f)Cum călătoreşte: cu avionul, cu vaporul sau pe uscat?
CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR
THE NOUN
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(SUBSTANTIVUL)
15. Folosiţi ”a”, ”an”, ”some” sau ”the” unde este cazul:
a)May I have… tea?
b)Put… salt into… mashed potatoes.
c)I want… cup of milk and… cakes.
d)I like… jazz very much.
e)There is… car in front of… house.
f)Give me… stamps to put on… envelope.
g)We go to… theatre by… car or by… taxi.
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16. Folosiţi forma corectă a verbului din paranteze:
a)The class (is, are) taken by a famous teacher.
b)All his family (was, were) at home.
c)Bad news (travel, travels) extremely fast.
d)Our group (is, are) made of good friends.
e)People (enjoy, enjoys) travelling.
f)Mumps (is, are) a catching disease.
g)Optics (is, are) the science of light.
h)Mathematics (is, are) an exact science.
i)The French people and the Romanian people (have, has) many things in common.
j)Where (is, are) your pyjamas?
k)There (is, are) many people in the street.
l)My knowledge of German (are, is) very poor.
23. Schimbaţi forma de genitiv sintetic la plural, acolo unde acest lucru este permis:
a)the girl’s name
b)the manager’s remark
c)yesterday’s paper
d)his aunt’s house
e)Dickens’ family
f)My cousin’s motorbike
24. Traduceţi în limba română:
a)I want to go to the grocer’s.
b)I buy bread at the baker’s and vegetables from the greengrocer’s.
c)Mother buys meat at the butcher’s.
d)I have enjoyed my two months’ stay in London.
e)His position is on a razor’s edge.
f)Their house is at a three miles’ distance.
g)He had a hair cut at the barber’s, while she was at the hairdresser’s.
CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR
1. a) Those men are engineers/ b) These women are teachers/ c) These girls are going to drink cups of
coffee/ d) The children are going to eat their cakes/ e) My friend wash their hands.
2. boys, women, sheep, potatoes, stories, keys, bees, geese, feet, men, countries, children, balls, buses,
wives, leaves, knifes, handkerchiefs, halves, roofs, oxen, mice, deer, wishes, flies, wolves.
3. a) criterions sau criteria, memorandum sau memoranda, data, geniuses sau genii, stadiums sau
stadia, errata, formulas sau formulae, automatons sau automata, phenomena, oases, bases, crises, these/ b)
workmen, Englishmen, coachmen, fishermen, firemen, statesmen, gentlemen, businesswomen.
4. compass = busolă; compasses = busole, compas/ custom = obicei; customs = obiceiuri, vamă/ moral
= morală; moras = moralitate, moravuri/ work = muncă; works = mecanism/ glass = sticlă, pahar, telescop,
barometru; glasses = varietăţi de sticlă, oglinzi, pahare, ochelari, binoclu/ arm = braţ, armă (infanterie);
arms = braţe, arme (de luptă)/ colour = culoare; colours = culori, drapel/ manner = manieră, fel; manners =
maniere, feluri, moravuri/ number = număr; numbers = numere, versuri/ advice = sfat, sfaturi; advices =
ştiri/ ash = scrum; ashes = cenuşă/ sand = nisip; sands = plajă, nisipul din clepsidră/ spectacle = spectacol;
spectacles = spectacole, ochelari/ air = aer; airs = aere, importanţă/ good = bine, serviciu; goods = bunuri,
mărfuri.
5. a) There is a sheet of paper on the desk/ b) The woman wears black sandals/ c) There is a blue cover
on the type-writer/ d) The schoolboy has a ball-pen in his hand/ e) I cannot send an envelope without a
stamp on it/ f) Put your coat on the peg/ g) Is there an armchair in this bedroom?
6. a) A child is always joyful/ b) (A) Woman wears a light dress/ c) Cat eats a mouse/ d) A man
smokes a cigar/ e) Sheep eats grass/ f) Englishman drinks tea/ g) He has got a healthy tooth.
7. a) The dictionary is on the shelf/ b) He has a flower in his garden/ c) The boy is talking to his friend/
d) Dog is an animal/ e) He has a tree in his street/ f) This school-girl works hard at school/ g) This boy
goes to school every morning/ h) Tulip is a beautiful flower/ i) Chair is a piece of furniture.
8. a) These children are naughty/ b) Those women are going shopping/ c) These cats eat mice every
day/ d) We go to the dentists to pull our teeth/ e) Those men are playing football on Sundays/ f) These
sheep eat grass every morning.
9. a) We have read these books/ b) They took matches from the boxes/ c) Chickens are birds/ d)
Elephants are animals/ e) There are forks on the tables/ f) We need knifes to cut these pieces of meat/ g)
The girls give flowers to their grandmothers/ h) The fields aren’t very large/ i) Chairs are made of wood/ j)
We are eating apples from those trees/ k) We have cauliflowers in our baskets/ l) We drink coffee out of
cups/ m) They have books in their hands and hats on their heads/ n) They hang new curtain in the living
rooms/ o) We haven’t any flowers in the vases/ p) Have you got cats in your houses?
10. Spaniards, Romanians, Norwegians, Danes, Irishmen, Greeks, Italians, Germans, Japanese
(people), Chinese (people), Australians, Russians.
11. a) I met passers-by who showed me the way to the nearest police station/ b) My friends brothers-in-
law are doctors/ c) In this castle you can see very industrious menservants/ d) He offered me delicate
flowers: there were forget-me-nots/ e) These merry-go-rounds are too dangerous for little children/ f) Our
mothers are enthusiastic cinema-goers/ g) My best school-mates are famous writers now.
12. a) a class/ b) a team/ c) a herd/ d) a board/ e) a congregation/ f) a jury/ g) a bunch/ h) a swarm/ i) a
gang/ j) an audience/ k) a party/ l) a fleet, a navy.
13. a) much/ b) much/ c) much/ d) many/ e) much/ f) many/ g) much/ h) much/ i) much/ j) many/ k)
many/ l) many.
14. a) Ştie el multă franceză?/ b) Nu fac multe greşeli de ortografie/ c) Ei au mulţi prieteni în
Danemarca/ d) Câte fotolii sunt în camera ta de zi?/ e) Câţi bani are el?/ f) Nu e multă sare în supa mea/ g)
Aţi avut mult soare în această vară?
15. a) some/ b) some, the/ c) a, some/ d) –/ e) a, the/ f) some, the/ g) the, –, –.
16. a) is/ b) were/ c) travels/ d) is/ e) enjoy/ f) is/ g) is/ h) is/ i) have/ j) are/ k) are/ l) is.
17. a) The entire crew are washing the deck/ b) Where is my luggage?/ c) Your information is false/ d)
The furniture from my study has been changed/ e) Your family is very kind/ f) The pincers and the
scrissors are in the box of hand-tools/ g) The money is into the safe deposit/ h) The news was extremely
exciting.
18. a) is/ b) is/ c) is/ d) was/ e) is/ f) are/ g) are.
19. a) flock/ b) pair/ c) item/ d) bunch/ e) bunch/ f) swarm/ g) chain/ h) crowd/ i) grain/ j) piece sau a
slice/ k) series/ l) gang/ m) fleet.
20. a) I’ve followed your advice/ b) This region is famous for its fruits/ c) I use glasses only when I
watch TV/ d) Her progress in mathematics is amazing/ e) This country has a network of railways.
21. a pair of shoes/ a pint of beer/ a bunch of flowers/ a bar of chocolate/ a pack of cards/ a ball of
cotton/ a kilo of onion/ a cake of soap/ a reel of string/ a slice of meat/ a loaf of bread.
22. a) the children’s toys/ b) Charles’ dictionary/ c) Mr. Stevenson’s bank/ d) St. Paul’s Cathedral/ e)
the girls’ school/ f) Hellen, the dress-maker’s daughter.
23. a) the girl’s names/ b) the manager’s remarks/ c) –/ d) his aunts’ houses/ e) –/ f) my cousins’
motorbike.
24. a) Doresc să merg la băcănie/ b) Cumpăr pâine la brutărie şi legume la aprozar/ c) Mama cumpără
carne la măcelărie/ d) Mi-a plăcut sejurul meu de două luni în Londra/ e) Poziţia sa este pe muchie de
cuţit/ f) Casa lor se află la o distanţă de trei mile/ g) S-a tuns la frizer, în timp ce ea era la coafor.
25. a) The mouth of January is the first month of the year/ b) Harris’ parents have gone out/ c)
Yesterday’s snow has covered the whole village/ d) There is an interesting article on fashion in today’s
paper/ e) My friend Doina’s dictionaries are very useful/ f) My nephews’ toys are on the carpet/ g)
Dickens’ novels were inspired from reality/ h) Yesterday, the children visited Paris’ museums (sau the
museums of Paris)/ i) This is not my watch, it’s father’s/ j) My sister’s dog is clever.
26. a) After a tree hours’ running we were really exhausted/ b) Here are today’s skiing results/ c) These
are my best friend’s magazines/ d) This is my younger’ son’s room/ f) This is my cousin’s son.
27. a) a sale of men’s shoes/ b) day’s meal/ c) the car’s power/ d) lawyer’s (office).
28. a) tobacconist’s/ b) tailor’s/ c) dressmaker’s/ d) chemist’s/ e) baker’s/ f) cleaner’s.
29. a) The door of my room is open/ b) My neighbors’ flat is very large/ c) Whose is this dictionary,
Susan’s or Hellen’s?/ d) On the shelves of my bookcase there are many interesting books/ e) All the
clerks’ cares are parked of the bank/ f) The covers of this dictionary are very attractive/ g) The colour of
my ink is read/ h) Those typists’ typewriters are out-of order.
30. a) the trade of France, France’s trade/ b) the capital of England, England’s capital/ c) Oscar Wilde’s
short stories, the short stories of Oscar Wilde/ d) my father’s car, the car of my father/ e) the population of
Tokyo, Tokyo’s population/ f) the son of my cousin, my cousin’s son.
THE ADJECTIVE
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(ADJECTIVUL)
16. Folosiţi gradele de comparaţie corecte ale următoarelor adjective după următorul model:
MODEL: It sounds alluring.
It sounds more and more alluring/ It sounds ever more alluring/
It sounds much more alluring/ It sounds far more alluring.
a)Her words are becoming (harsh).
b)We are getting (bored).
c)Our voice is getting (weak).
d)The people are getting (hungry).
e)It is becoming (obvious) that he is to blame for it.
18. Completaţi spaţiile libere folosind gradele de comparaţie ale adjectivelor din paranteze:
a)(fast, good) The… this problem is solved, the…
b)(much, good) The… you read, the… pronunication.
c)(quick) The horse ran… and…
d)(hard, good) The… she studies, the… her knowledge of French.
e)(bad) If she does not tell the truth, so much the… for her.
f)(good) You had… go and comfort her.
CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR
1. agreable, anxious, amazed, terrible, fantastic, distressing, characteristic, intelligent, diligent, minute,
invaluable, holy.
2. true, difficult, inhuman, incorrect, beautiful, short, tiny, lax, respectable, discontented, coward, right,
ripe, thin, alive, happy, right, kind-hearted.
3. backward, sleepy, hungry, likely, manifold, dangerous, whitish, feverish, blackish, fiery,
sickish/sickly.
4. a) taller/ b) faster/ c) fast/ d) happiest/ e) warmest/ f) nice, nicer.
5. a) best/ b) interesting/ c) shorter/ d) most beautiful/ e) more expensive.
6. a) younger/ b) old/ c) older/ d) shorter, darker/ e) noisiest.
7. a) as careless as, less careless than, more careless than/ b) as fast as, not so fast as, faster than/ c) as
old as, not so old as, older than/ d) as old as, not so old as, older than/ e) as tall as, not so tall as, taller
than.
8. sad, sadder, the saddest/ dry, driest, the driest/ big, bigger, the biggest/ rich, richer, the richest/ good,
better, the best/ bad, worse, worst/ beautiful, more beautiful, the most beautiful/ powerful, more powerful,
the most powerful/ much, more, the most/ short, shorter, the shortest/ late, later, the latest/ simple, simpler,
the simplest/ little, less, the least/ far, farther-further, the farthest-the furthest.
9. a) hotter/ b) the brightest/ c) the newest/ d) the nicest/ e) oldest/ f) taller.
10. a) This year we had a warmer summer than usual/ b) This is the oldest district of the town/ c) In
spring it is as warm as in autumn/ d) These problems are more difficult than those exercises/ e) She is my
best friend.
11. a) than/ b) as/ c) than/ d) as/ e) than.
12. a) most/ b) most, most/ c) more/ d) more, more.
13. a) older/ b) older/ c) older/ d) eldest/ e) elder.
14. a) comic/ b) comical/ c) historical, historic/ d) historical, historic/ e) electric.
15. a) The windier the weather, the more dangerous the journey/ b) The more modest a man is, the
bigger our admiration becomes/ c) The quicker the solution, the higher the mark/ d) The harsher your
voice, the more obedient he becomes.
16. a) harsher and harsher/ more and more harsh/ b) more and more bored/ c) weaker and weaker/ d)
hungrier and hungrier, ever hungrier/ e) more and more obvious, ever more obvious, far more obvious.
17. a) an old green Chinese silk carpet/ b) big attractive green eyes/ c) a big old Greek mask/ d) a nice
big old house/ e) a short blue silk evening-dress/ f) a red Scottish cotton muffler.
18. a) faster, better/ b) more, better/ c) quicker, quicker/ d) harder, better/ e) worse/ f) better.
19. a) He is no so slim as his brother/ b) After rain, the air is fresher/ c) My sister is the most timid girl
I have ever seen/ d) Your children are more industrious than ours/ e) The colder the weather, the thicker
the people get dressed/ f) Which is the most interesting book you have read?/ g) She is getting more and
more excited/ h) I have got two apples: you can have the bigger one/ i) She was by far the most beautiful
girl in our group/ j) She is getting more and more bashful.
20. a) slimmer/ b) better/ c) more/ d) father/ e) the last/ f) older, younger/ g) the next/ h) best/ i) less/ j)
the worst.
THE ADVERB
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(ADVERBUL)
7. Folosiţi cuvintele din paranteze fie ca adjective, fie ca adverbe, după caz:
a)That is a very… building. The eagles are flying… (high).
b)I shall cut this can… The door is… (open).
c)The cake is… The cakes taste… (sweet).
d)I was… at the party. I came… (early).
e)This car is… He drives… (fast).
1. a) usually goes/ b) always have/ c) have never visited/ d) don’t normally drink/ e) don’t often go.
2. a) quite often goes/ b) often go/ c) almost always go/ d) sometimes go, never does/ e) She visits me
every week./ f) I hardly ever get up.
3. a) best/ b) harder/ c) so fast/ d) largest/ e) more carefully.
4. a) well/ b) good/ c) badly/ d) well/ e) good/ f) angry/ g) terribly/ h) loud.
5. a) I drive carefully/ b) This plane flies fast/ c) They drink slowly/ d) This opera singer sings
beautifully/ e) She types quickly.
6. a) I often take/ b) we generally are/ c) Trains leave Bucharest for Cluj many times a day/ d) She
takes her dog for a walk twice a day/ e) can hardly understand/ f) aunt seldom visits/ g) Have you ever
seen/ h) The sun was shining brightly yesterday/ i) has not come yet/ j) young enough.
7. a) high, high/ b) open, open/ c) sweet, sweet/ d) early, early/ e) fast, fast.
8. fast, faster, the fastest/ late, later, the latest/ carelessly, more carelessly, the most carelessly/
honestly, more honestly, the most honestly/ courageously, more courageously, the most courageously/
beautifully, more beautifully, the most beautifully/ rapidly, more rapidly, the most rapidly.
9. a) as slowly as, more slowly than, not so slowly as/ b) as well as, better than, not so well as/ c) as
badly as, worse than, not so badly as/ d) as hard as, harder than, not so hard as/ e) as badly as, worse than,
not so badly as.
10. a) Is it still snowing/ b) She hasn’t learnt to spell in English yet/ c) Have they bought a new car yet?
d) Have the trains arrived yet? e) We still have/ f) He still has.
11. a) a only a cup/ b) Only the students; The students only/ c) only you, only last week? e) only
helped, my house-work only, only with my housework/ f) only my week-ends, only with him, Only I… /
g) only to please, you only.
12. a) fairly, rather/ b) rather/ c) rather/ d) rather/ e) rather/ f) fairly/ g) rather/ h) rather/ i) rather.
13. a) You play the piano better than your sister/ b) A glacier moves more slowly than a sparrow/ c)
Your dictionary is by far more interesting than my magazine/ d) They gave me (by) far more answers I
had expected/ e) You should speak Spanish more fluently/ f) Of all of us, she drew the best/ g) Who drives
faster, you or your sister?/ h) She spoke to me more severely than my own mother/ i) Her dresses were
highly praised/ j) She drives far too well to have an accident/ k) I was quite shocked by all that had
happened.
14. a) hard/ b) hardly/ c) hardly/ d) hard/ e) hardly.
15. a) This winter hardly any swallow has come in our balcony/ b) I hardly know her/ c) I could hardly
say a word for weeping/ d) In our garden hardly anything grows/ e) I could hardly see a foreigner at the
seaside.
16. a) I went for a walk late in the evening/ b) He went to London in the morning, last week/ c) The
news broadcast at one o’clock p.m. every day/ d) I was wandering through the wood for many hours/ e)
They came back at the hotel late in the afternoon/ f) We shall be here at 11 tomorrow morning.
17. a) Ai citit această carte?/ b) El dorme încă/ c) Fratele meu i-a trimis un cadou de ziua ei de naştere/
d) Nu am expediat încă mesajul/ e) Mai putem prinde următorul autobuz/ f) N-am primit încă nici o
scrisoare de la el/ g) Tot te mai gândeşti la ea?
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THE NUMERAL
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(NUMERALUL)
1. Scrieţi răspunsurile:
a)Fourteen + two =
b)Six + four =
c)Sixteen – five =
d)Seven + seven =
e)Twenty – four =
CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR
THE PRONOUN
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(PRONUMELE)
1. a) Folosiţi pronumele personale ”the”, ”she”, ”it” sau ”they” în spaţiile libere:
a)… is a father.
b)… is a husband.
c)… is a cat.
d)… is a piano.
e)… are girls.
f)… is the queen.
g)… are my parents.
17. Transformaţi propoziţiile de mai jos, folosind pronumele demonstrative după următorul model:
MODEL: This car is red.
This is a red car.
a)This door is open.
b)Those windows are closed.
c)These buildings are modern.
d)Those boys are naughty.
18. Completaţi spaţiile libere cu pronumele demonstrative corespunzătoare:
a)Is… all she has to say?
b)… is my younger sister.
c)… is what he said.
d)… is the fate of an ordinary man.
e)I’d do…
f)… is what I am going to do right now.
25. Folosiţi ”someone”, ”somebody”, ”something”, ”anyone”, ”anybody”, ”anything”, ”no one”,
”nobody”, ”nothing”:
a)What are you doing right now? …
b)Who told you come so early? …
c)Who says that? … in particular.
d)Won’t you have… to drink?
e)I will eat…
f)I have to do… to solve this problem in time.
g)… can see it.
h)Almost… might have done this to you.
27. Folosiţi în spaţiile libere următoarele pronume nehotărâte: ”much”, ”many”, ”little”, ”a little”,
”few”, ”a few”.
a)Ask… to have…
b)It was a terrible accident, but… were injured.
c)… have no idea at all.
d)He does not give me… for my work.
e)They are quite worried: only… were offered to stay.
CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR
A.
1. a) he/ b) he/ c) it/ d) it/ e) they/ f) she/ g) they.
2. a) her/ b) them/ c) me/ d) him.
3. a) he/ b) they/ c) she/ d) it.
4. a) her/ b) he/ c) them/ d) I/ e) him, me/ f) her/ g) me, them.
5. a) you, her, us sau them/ b) you, her sau them/ c) him/ d) it/ e) you, her, him sau us.
6. a) I/ b) I/ c) me/ d) I/ e) me/ f) I.
7. a) Se pare că el nu a spus despre gafa sa/ b) Este frig şi plouă/ c) Este cale lungă până la Paris/ d)
Întâmplător şi noi vom călători cu avionul/ e) Nu e sigur că vom fi acolo la timp/ f) Pare inutil să mai stăm
aici/ g) Nu are rost să plângi laptele vărsat.
8. a) It necessary to think before you speak/ b) It is hard to say which I like best/ c) It is certain that she
will be late/ d) It doesn’t matter which book you take/ e) It is dangerous to cross the avenue when the light
is red/ f) It is wrong to take what is not yours.
9. a) It will take him a year to get a promotion/ b) It takes the dressmaker half a day to make an
evening dress/ c) It will cost you a lot of money to go to his party/ d) It will take me half an hour to reach
you.
10. a) it/ b) it/ c) it/ d) there/ e) it/ f) there/ g) it/ h) it.
11. a) mine/ b) yours/ c) ours/ d) mine/ e) hers/ f) theirs.
12. a) ours/ b) is not his/ c) mine/ d) yours.
13. a) The books belong to you/ b) That ball belongs to them/ c) Does this house belong to you?/ d)
That dog belongs to Mary/ e) Do these coats belong to you?
14. a) yours, mine/ b) theirs/ c) mine, theirs/ d) ours.
15. a) It seems to me that she has lost her umbrella; I’ll give her mine/ b) The mistakes is mine, not
yours/ c) A friend of mine told me everything about them/ d) I have got a letter from a friend of my
mother’s/ e) Many friends of yours will come at the party/ f) Her name is Mary; his is George.
16. a) mine/ b) his/ c) mine/ d) mine/ e) hers.
17. a) This is an open door/ b) Those are closed windows/ c) these are modern buildings/ d) Those are
naughty boys.
18. a) that/ b) this/ c) this/ d) such/ e) the same/ f) this.
19. a) I-am măsurat pe George şi pe Petre şi am descoperit că primul era mai scund/ b) Le cunosc atât
pe Mary cât şi pe Susan. Pe prima am întâlnit-o la Paris, iar pe a doua la Bucureşti/ c) Ei cresc vaci şi cai;
cele dintâi pentru lapte, cei din urmă pentru călărie/ d) Steve şi Paul sunt doi fraţi; primul este chipeş, al
doilea nu.
20. a) Cineva a lăsat un mesaj pentru tine/ b) Puţine lucruri se ştiu despre dispariţia lui listerioasă/ c)
Cei mai mulţi dintre noi sunt nerăbdători s-o vadă înapoi acasă/ d) Mai bine ceva decât nimic/ e) Îmi place
această plăcintă. Mai dă-mi/ f) Cam asta e tot/ g) Unde sunt ceilalţi? Nu-i văd/ h) Preferi primul dicţioner
sau al doilea? Oricare este folositor.
21. a) anybody/ b) something/ c) anything/ d) anywhere/ e) something/ f) anybody.
22. a) anybody/ b) somebody/ c) anybody/ d) anybody.
23. a) few/ b) a little/ c) some/ d) a little.
24. a) Neither of them was at home/ b) Either of tramways takes you to the post-office/ c) Which of
these two kittens do you choose? Either will do/ d) I’ve got two cakes on my dish, but neither is tasty.
25. a) nothing/ b) nobody/ c) nobody/ d) something/ e) anything/ f) something/ g) anybody/ h) anyone.
26. a) I-am întâlnit pe amândoi/ b) Oricine îţi va spune acelaşi lucru/ c) Fiecare dintre elevi a citit deja
acest roman/ d) Cineva a fost de acord cu propunerea lui/ e) Cu toţii ştim adevărul/ f) Îl consider pe
oricare dintre ei doi vinovat/ g) Ai reviste? Da, am câteva.
27. a) much, a little/ b) few/ c) many, a few/ d) much/ e) few.
28. a) neither/ b) either/ c) none/ d) none/ e) neither/ f) either, neither.
29. a) another/ b) others/ c) other/ d) other (one).
30. a) one/ b) the ones, the ones, the ones/ c) the ones/ d) ones.
31. a) Each of these paintings is valuable/ b) They help each other/ c) They paid ten lei each to be
admitted to this museum/ d) They help one another/ e) Each of them has his own work now/ f) Each
exercises should be solved properly.
B
1. a) her, his/ b) your/ c) mine/ d) mine.
2. a) his/ b) its/ c) yours/ d) your/ e) yours.
3. a) She is an enemy of mine/ b) This is a favourite cake of mine/ c) He hates a niece of mine/ d) I
gave you a novel of mine.
4. a) his/ b) our/ c) their/ d) your/ e) my.
5. a) mine/ b) yours/ c) her/ d) your/ e) his.
6. a) him, her sau them/ b) your/ c) me/ d) its.
7. a) a much/ b) fewer/ c) few/ d) many/ e) more/ f) much, less.
8. a) many/ b) many/ c) a lot of/ d) much, plenty of, a lot of/ e) many, a lot of.
9. a) some/ b) any/ c) any/ d) somebody/ e) somebody.
10. a) any, some/ b) some/ c) some/ d) some/ e) any, some.
11. a) one/ b) any, one/ c) all/ d) somebody.
12. a) Nu mai e multă bere în acest pahar/ b) Voi mai servi din această plăcintă/ c) Voi mai servi câteva
prăjituri/ d) Nu avem mulţi prieteni în acest oraş/ e) Foarte puţini copii îşi ascultă părinţii/ f) Câţiva
studenţi au şi citit această carte.
13. a) This is my elder daughter/ b) He had been asking her to give his dictionary back these four
weeks/ c) Is that all you have to say?/ d) ”To be or not to be, that is the question”/ e) I like this painting
more than the other one/ f) Long before this, she gave him this ring.
14. a) this/ b) that, this/ c) this, that/ d) that/ e) such.
THE VERB
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(VERBUL)
3. Puneţi verbele din paranteze la timpul prezent, forma continuă sau nedefinită:
a)I… coffee every afternoon. (drink)
b)At present, my brother… his homework. (do)
c)Leave her alone, she… (study).
d)These boys… to play on the beach. (like)
e)What… this set-phrase? (mean)
f)Keep silent, they… to music. (listen)
g)Who… the bell at this time of night? (ring)
11. Transcrieţi cuvintele următoare alcătuind propoziţii care să conţină verbele la prezentul perfect:
a)I – go – cinema.
b)She – do – homework.
c)We – sell – car.
d)My cousin – find – a gold bracelet.
e)Mother – buy – fruits.
14. Folosiţi ”since” sau ”for” în spaţiile libere şi puneţi verbul la timpul prezentul perfect:
a)They (live) in this district… many years.
b)How much longer they (stay) in England?
c)She (not see) us… last week.
d)He (meet) your lately? Not… last month.
e)It is the best book I (read) ever.
f)We (not play) tennis… a fortnight.
g)How long that telephone (ring)… a couple of minutes.
17. Folosiţi timpul Prezentul Perfect Simplu sau Continuu, introducând ”since” sau ”for” în spaţiile
libere:
a)I (watch) them… the last twenty minutes dancing.
b)… the last week, I (translate) this article.
c)She (get) on my nerves… hours, talking to me like that.
d)… the last couple of years she (do) her best to earn a living.
19. Puneţi verbele din paranteze la Past Tense, forma continuă sau nedefinită:
a)While she (eat), he came in.
b)I (to sleep) when the bell rang.
c)When she came home, they (play) in the playing ground.
d)My sister (send) me a letter yesterday.
e)When I (hear) the news, I started crying.
20. Formulaţi propoziţii folosind cuvintele de mai jos şi cu verbul la Past Tense:
a)Mother – make – a cake.
b)The cat – drink – milk.
c)Children – play – chess.
d)I – lose – my hand-bag.
e)The ball – break – the window.
22. Puneţi verbele din paranteze la Past Tense forma continuă sau nedefinită:
a)As she (go) to the theatre, she (met) John.
b)It (start) to snow while they (come) home.
c)I (not hear) what the lecturer (say).
d)When she (enter) the room, everybody (stop) talking.
23. Puneţi verbele din paranteze la Prezentul Perfect sau la Past Tense:
a)I (read) twenty pages so far.
b)The snow (start) half an hour ago.
c)The train (arrive) yet.
d)I (live) in Bucharest from 1969 to 1987.
e)We (not drink) beer since last summer.
26. Rescrieţi perechile de propoziţii de mai jos astfel încât unul dintre verbe să fie la Past Perfect:
a)They studied mathematics/ They passed the exams.
b)We arrived at the theatre/ The performance began.
c)We chatted for a while/ Mother prepared the lunch.
d)I finished my exercises/ I turned on the TV.
e)They moved in/ They decorated the house.
28. Folosiţi verbele din paranteze la Past Tense sau Past Perfect:
a)They (have) to come back, it (snow) for three hours.
b)How long you (stay) in London when she (discover) you?
c)I (be) an engineer for many years before I (become) a famous artist.
d)After she (leave) the living room, mother (turn) on the radio.
2. Introduceţi ”to” înaintea infinitivelor din paranteze acolo unde este necesar:
a)He made her (do) it.
b)They can (dance) very well.
c)May I (use) your comb?
d)She is expected (arrive) in a few months.
e)Let me (know) your decision in due time.
f)I want (see) this room furnished.
g)You ought to (go) soon.
h)The children used (sing) all day long.
D. ”WISH”
G. THE GERUND
(GERUNDUL)
I.PHRASAL VERBS
(VERBE CU PREPOZIŢIE)
CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR
A.
1. a) is putting/ b) are spending,; go/ c) does she understand/ d) doesn’t hear, I say/ e) are you seeing/ f)
do you go/ g) don’t smoke.
2. a) goes/ b) like/ c) are talking/ d) is making/ e) drive.
3. a) drink/ b) is doing/ c) is studying/ d) like/ e) does this set-phrase mean?/ f) are listening/ g) is
ringing.
4. a) am looking/ b) is making; is smoking/ c) is snowing/ d) are playing/ e) am cleaning; is washing
up.
5. a) is she?/ b) are they/ c) hasn’t he?/ d) don’t they/ e)
can’t I.
6. a) The child washes his hands/ b) This orange is sweet/ c) I buy a newspaper every morning/ d) He/
She has got piano lessons twice a week/ e) He/ She mends engines; she/ he is a mechanic.
7. a) doesn’t he/ b) didn’t he/ c) does she/ d) didn’t he/ e) won’t you/ f) didn’t they/ g) is it?/ h) mustn’t
I/ i) should they.
8. a) Bărbatul care conduce această maşină acum este cel mai bun prieten al meu/ b) Faceţi linişte.
Mama doarme/ c) Plouă, vântul bate/ d) De îndată ce pleacă, îi vom lua ziarul.
9. a) I have read a book/ b) She has typed some letters…/ c) Have they been speaking…/ d) She has
taken…/ e) She hasn’t grown tulips in the garden.
10. a) My sister has lived in Paris for two months/ b) I have been looking for my glasses for half an
hour/ c) I have never seen such a thing/ d) Where have you been all the evening?/ e) I have just eaten my
dessert.
11. a) I have gone to the cinema/ b) She has done her homework/ c) We have sold our car/ d) My
cousin has found a gold bracelet/ e) Mother has bought fruits.
12. a) since/ b) for/ c) since/ d) since/ e) for.
13. a) They have been living in the same house for twenty years/ b) Have you ever read this book?/ c)
The rain has stopped, but the sky continues to be covered/ d) How many English books have you read so
far?
14. a) have lived, for/ b) have they stayed?/ c) hasn’t seen, since/ d) has he met?; since/ e) have ever
read/ f) haven’t played, for/ g) has the telephone rung?; for.
15. a) Is he living in London yet?/ b) I have already had/ c) Have you finished your dinner yet?/ d) I
have already called.
16. a) have been sitting/ b) has wasted, has been wasting/ c) has been/ d) has known/ e) has been
staying.
17. a) have been watching; for/ b) since, have been translating/ c) has been getting, for/ d) for, has been
doing.
18. a) went/ b) was standing/ c) went/ d) did you go/ e) sat/ f) took.
19. a) was eating/ b) was sleeping/ c) were playing/ d) sent/ e) heard.
20. a) Mother made a cake/ b) The cat drank its milk/ c) The children played chess/ d) I lost my hand-
bag/ e) The ball broke the window.
21. a) got/ b) visited/ c) did she do/ d) wrote/ e) left, went.
22. a) was going, met/ b) started, were coming/ c) did not hear was saying/ d) entered, stopped.
23. a) have read/ b) started/ c) hasn’t arrived/ d) have lived/ e) haven’t drunk.
24. a) When did come back?/ b) I haven’t seen you for centuries/ c) I bought a dress for myself a year
ago/ d) Where have you been/ e) I’ve been waiting for you at the station.
25. a) When I entered the room, the children were playing with the hobby-trains/ b) While I was
looking for her phone number, she walked in/ c) While I was listening to the radio, mother was baking a
cake/ d) It was raining when the phone rang/ e) I jumped on to the tram while it was running.
26. a) They had studied mathematics, before they passed the exams/ b) We had arrived at the theatre
before the performance began/ c) We chatted for a while, after mother had prepared the lunch/ d) After I
had finished my exercises, I turned on the TV/ e) They moved in after they had decorated the house.
27. a) had finished/ b) had broken/ c) had invited/ d) had admired.
28. a) had, had snowed/ b) had you stayed, discovered/ c) had been, became/ d) had left, turned.
29. a) I shall swim/ b) the bell will start/ c) the children will be playing/ d) the cat will sit/ e) father will
drive.
30. a) I’ll visit you next week/ b) We’ll bring him the parcel straight home/ c) They won’t be able to
come at our party tonight/ d) Where will he go/ e) Will you be busy this afternoon?
31. a) Sora mea va merge la teatru mâine/ b) Voi veni acasă la două după-amiaza/ c) Voi merge la
librărie mai târziu/ d) Vom lua cina la ora şapte după-amiaza/ e) Vei veni la timp.
32. a) they are going/ b) It is going to/ c) they are going to/ d) mother is going/ e) We are going to.
33. a) I am going to travel/ b) She is going to sit up/ c) The manager is going to ask/ d) We are going to
live/ e) Mary is going to visit.
34. a) will/ b) will/ c) will/ d) will/ e) shall.
35. a) She is going to call him up later/ b) I am going to invite him for dinner/ c) She is going to buy a
red dress for herself/ d) They are going to tell the truth/ e) I am going to stand his rudeness.
36. a) comes/ b) will be waiting/ c) am/ d) will leave/ e) leave.
37. a) shall be playing/ b) will be coming/ c) will be waiting/ d) shall be swimming/ e) will be giving.
38. a) shall have finished/ b) will have reached/ c) will have closed/ d) shall have finished.
B.
1. a) Câte fete urmează să fie invitate la dans?/ b) Unde urmează să-şi pună hainele?/ c) Dacă doreşti să
treci examenele, va trebui să lucrezi din greu/ d) Urmează să-ţi scrii adresa pe plic/ e) Urmează să fii
punctual mâine/ f) Ea urmează să fie plătită cu 11 lire sterline pe săptămână.
2. a) do/ b) dance/ c) use/ d) to arrive/ e) know/ f) to see/ g) to go/ h) to sing.
3. a) I offered to pay it but she refused/ b) She intended to answer the letter/ c) I am willing to
apologize/ d) I’d love to go to the circus/ e) He wasn’t able to mend the engine/ f) I intend to visit her
soon/ g) I used to play the piano when I was five/ h) The police-man told me to move the car.
4. a) too mad to speak/ b) too sick to eat/ c) strong enough to keep/ d) too young to understand.
5. a) sent me to the butcher’s in order to buy/ b) in order to go/ c) in order to buy/ d) in order to
prepare/ e) so as not to wake.
6. a) Here is a magazine for you to look through on the plane/ b) This parcel is to be delivered by mail/
c) She asked me to hurry up so as not miss the show/ d) She is expected to marry soon/ e) I advised him
lie down and send for a doctor/ f) You had better tell us who is the guilty person.
7. a) Am aşteptat ca ea să vorbească prima/ b) Este firesc ca el să gândească astfel/ c) Nu este cel mai
bun lucru ca el să plece tocmai acum/ d) Iată o conservă nouă pe care să o amesteci cu restul mâncării/ e)
Este imposibil ca el să stea mai mult.
C.
1. a) It’s time she had/ b) It’s time we worked/ c) It’s time they get married/ d) It’s time the children
were.
2. a) Fie ce-o fi/ b) Fie ca toate visurile tale să se realizeze/ c) Toată lumea să părăsească hotelul/ d)
Cer ca ea să facă acest lucru imediat/ e) Să ai noroc.
3. a) She was so calm, as if nothing had happened/ b) She talks, as if she were a genuine
Frenchwoman/ c) You talk as if you had a hoarse throat/ d) I feel as if I were the hub of the universe.
4. a) the committee work out/ b) her son take/ c) I take some pills every day/ d) my pupils learn.
5. a) we should put off/ b) the children should join/ c) you should go.
6. a) He was looking at me as if I were crazy/ b) May you win the match/ c) May our son pass the
exam/ d) It is fair that this teacher be appointed the head-master of the school/ e) The doctor insisted that
his patient stay in hospital.
7. a) He may look upset, but…/ b) He may say he is healthy, but…/ c) He may be only 6, but…/ d) It
may seem unbelievable, but…
D.
1. a) I wish we didn’t leave soon/ b) I wish he were not ill/ c) I wish she could come/ d) I wish I had
any…
2. a) Păcat că nu-mi pot permite o maşină nouă/ b) Aş vrea ca vacanţa să vină mai repede/ c) Doresc să
vorbesc cu directorul, vă rog/ d) Doctorul ne doreşte binele/ e) Nu doresc să plec/ f) Cât de mult doreşte ea
să cheltuiască?/ g) Nu vreau să te mai văd/ h) Doresc să rămân singur/ i) Ei doreau ca excursia să ia
sfârşit/ j) Ea ar vrea să fi terminat tema/ k) Îţi doresc ”Succes”/ l) Ea nu doreşte să-l ofenseze/ m) Regret
că nu pot găsi un prieten ideal.
3. a) They wish they had known/ b) I wish my cousin had married/ c) She wishes she had been able/ d)
Don’t they wish their children had passed…
4. a) rained/ b) were/ c) finished/ d) were/ e) were.
5. a) I wish it would stop raining/ b) They wish I wouldn’t do such a thing/ c) Grandfather wishes we
would not talk so loud/ d) Mother wishes I should give up drinking.
6. a) I wish you’d help me cleaning the carpet/ b) I wish you’d tell me…/ c) I wish I’d not forget/ d) I
wish you’d remember/ e) I wish you’d not stay/ f) I wish I’d have/ g) I wish you’d be quiet/ h) I wish
you’d not make/ i) I wish you’d do.
E.
1. a) I waited for him carry the parcel/ b) Who let him take my car?/ c) I made him come in time/ d) He
didn’t want to disturb us in the afternoon/ e) I knew him to be a wise old man/ f) I didn’t think her to be
my neighbor/ g) I saw him dance.
2. a) The girl swimming/ b) us running/ c) mother cooking/ d) him stealing/ e) a gentleman standing/ f)
them driving/ g) her weeping.
3. a) I saw him coming home/ b) I made him tell me everything about this matter/ c) Mother wants us
to learn this poem by heart/ d) They know her to be a nice girl/ e) The employer let them go home earlier.
4. a) Profesorul ne-a făcut să învăţăm întreg citatul/ b) Doresc să-i explici ei totul încă o dată/ c) Ei ştiu
că el este campionul/ d) Am văzut mai multe maşini pe stradă/ e) Am lăsat-o citind în biroul ei.
5. a) I want you help me/ b) I don’t like to disturb him sau your disturbing him all the time/ c) I like her
to play sau playing the piano louder/ d) Mother would like you to study more/ e) I don’t allow you to talk
to that naughty child anymore.
6. a) I saw her dancing at the party for hours/ b) Mother watched her children playing on the carpet/ c)
She felt her heart beating wildly/ d) Father saw us sleeping/ e) I saw him parking his car.
F.
1. a) Let’s go to the seaside/ b) Let’s have cakes/ c) Let’s go shopping/ d) Let’s bring more blankets/ e)
Let’s buy…/ f) Let’s not tell sau Don’t let us tell/ h) Let’s not go sau Don’t let us go.
2. a) Let’s go to the mountains on Sunday/ b) Let’s take the dog along, shall we?/ c) Let’s go by coach/
d) Let’s tell her the truth, shall we?/ e) Let’s start what beginning/ f) Let’s see whether your solution is
better.
3. a) Hai să facem o plimbare prin pădure/ b) Serveşte-te cu încă o plăcintă/ c) Vino acasă imediat/ d)
Ieşi afară/ e) Nu pune întrebări/ f) Să mă gândesc/ g) Să vină ea imediat/ h) Nu o lăsa să-ţi facă aş ceva.
G.
1. a) Nu are nici un rost să plângi/ b) Nu o mai călca pe nervi/ c) Ei m-au împiedicat să plec la oraş/ d)
Mulţumesc pentru că m-aţi ajutat/ e) Mi-am adus aminte că l-am deranjat/ f) Intenţionam să merg la Paris/
g) Nu regreţi că i-ai făcut ei aşa ceva?
2. a) writing/ b) singing/ c) travelling/ d) buying/ e) talking.
3. a) to buy, getting/ b) visiting, to stay/ c) meeting/ d) make up/ e) getting/ f) reading/ g) to drive/ h)
eating.
4. a) I wish you would not keep questioning embarrassing questions/ b) I can’t afford wasting my time
with trifles/ c) She went on talking for hours/ d) I prefer travelling light/ e) I can’t help crying.
5. a) smoking/ b) playing/ c) seeing/ d) wasting.
6. a) making/ b) driving/ c) dancing/ d) smoking/ e) borrowing/ f) going/ g) sleeping, working.
7. a) having/ b) driving, catch up/ c) laughing/ d) making, to get/ e) playing listening/ f) showing, to
handle.
8. a) from/ b) at/ c) by/ d) of/ e) in/ f) to/ g) for.
9. a) Faptil că aţi întârziat dovedeşte că sunteţi nemanieraţi/ b) Nu insista să vin la petrecere la ziua ta
de naştere/ c) Întotdeauna mi-a plăcut să cumpăr haine scumpe/ d) Am avut deja ocazia să vă întâlnesc/ e)
Sunt surprinsă că ţipă aşa/ f) V-ar deranja să îmi duceţi acest pachet?
10. a) Imaginează-ţi să treacă pe la mine la o oră aşa de târzie din noapte/ b) Nu se poate abţine să nu
regrete pe fosta sa soţie/ c) Ce vrei să spui cu asta?/ d) M-am plictisit să rezolv aşa de multe probleme/ e)
Tot acest timp am continuat să mă gândesc la ea.
11. a) speaking/ b) trusting/ c) travelling/ d) cutting/ e) swimming/ f) waiting/ g) doing.
12. a) it needs altering/ b) It needs mending/ c) It needs dusting/ d) It needs taking in.
13. a) She is good at driving/ b) I am good at listening/ c) Mother is excellent at cooking/ d) Mike is
efficient at working.
14. a) It’s worth visiting the museums in Paris/ b) It’s useless cleaning/ c) Do you mind my turning off
the TV?/ d) I insist on inviting them too/ e) I started learning hard/ f) What prevented you from calling up?
H.
1. a) Puteţi pleca acasă acum, fetelor/ b) Poţi lua un taxi dacă te grăbeşti/ c) Pot să deschid fereastra, vă
rog?/ d) Poţi mânca (ai voie) câte portocale doreşti/ e) Este posibil să le fie foame înainte să ajungă acasă/
f) Este posibil să plouă după-amiază.
2. a) Mama poate găti (ştie să gătească) mâncare bună/ b) Nu cred că o pot convinge pe sora mea/ c)
Poţi lua prânzul acum/ d) Nu pot să merg atât de departe/ e) Ce pot mânca la cină?/ f) Este frig, aşa că nu
poţi înota astăzi/ g) Este imposibil ca ea să fi făcut aşa ceva.
3. a) Trebuie să te speli înainte de masă/ b) Fratele meu trebuie să muncească din greu pentru examen/
c) Trebuie să capitulezi/ d) Trebuie să merg la şcoală în fiecare dimineaţă?/ f) Probabil că ai înnebunit.
4. a) El ar trebui să stea în pat din moment ce este bolnav/ b) Un şofer (şoferul) ar trebui să fie atent/ c)
Copiii ar trebui să fie politicoşi/ d) Aţi vrea să-mi spuneţi cât este ceasul, vă rog?/ e) Vă deranjează dacă
iau ziarul acesta?/ f) Vreţi să-mi daţi sarea, vă rog?
5. a) Eu pot (ştiu) să cânt la pian/ b) Nu ai voie să mergi la întrunirea lor/ c) Nu e nevoie ca ei să
meargă acolo/ d) Poţi să mă aştepţi aici/ e) Ai voie să deschizi ferestra/ f) Trebuie să vorbim atât de încet?/
g) Pot să merg la cinema?/ h) Poţi să dormi până vin musafirii.
6. a) She can’t have done…/ b) He can’t have behaved…/ c) This show can’t have…/ d) She can’t have
made…/
7. a) may/ b) could, can/ c) can/ d) could.
8. a) may/ b) might/ c) may/ d) might.
9. a) can/ b) will be able/ c) will be able/ d) shall be able to.
10. a) need/ b) must/ c) must/ d) need.
11. a) has to/ b) will have/ c) had to/ d) must.
12. a) needn’t/ b) needn’t/ c) needn’t/ d) mustn’t/ e) mustn’t.
13. a) Îndrăzneşti să-i spui soţiei tale că i-ai cheltuit toţi banii pe băuturi?/ b) Îndrăzneşti să spui că eu
am făcut-o?/ c) El nu îndrăznea să-şi întrebe mama/ d) Te provoc să mai spui acest lucru odată/ e) Ea nu
m-a provocat să spun o asemenea prostie.
14. a) Ea a îndrăznit să-l pălmuiască pe poliţist/ b) Ea m-a provocat să-l pălmuiasc pe poliţist/ c) Ei au
îndrăznit să facă o remarcă grosolană/ d) Ei l-au provocat pe el să facă o remarcă grosolană.
15. a) Would/ b) should sau would/ c) should/ d) Would/ e) should.
16. a) should/ b) ought/ c) ought/ d) should/ e) should/ f) should/ g) ought.
17. a) I should study/ b) They should have kept/ c) The baby should be asleep/ d) should have passed.
18. a) Ea a scris toată ziua; probabil că este extenuată/ b) Nu e nevoie să vorbeşti atât de tare, nu sunt
surd/ c) Nu am voie să traversez strada când semaforul este roşu/ d) Nu avem voie să culegem flori din
grădină/ e) Nu e nevoie ca tu să vorbeşti cu ea, dar eu trebuie.
19. a) needn’t have put/ b) didn’t need to/ c) needn’t have told.
20. a) She must be/ b) You must have left/ c) they may arrive/ d) They can’t cancel/ e) You must be
worn out.
21. a) Să ne întoarcem la prânz?/ b) Să luăm ceva de mâncat sau de băut?/ c) Această fereasctră nu se
deschide/ d) Vreţi să staţi jos, vă rog?/ e) Să trecem pe la ei, ce zici?/ f) Dacă mă va vizita, îi voi spune
întreaga poveste/ g) Copiii, tot copii/ h) Nu vei ajunge acolo dacă nu vei lua un taxi.
22. a) You should go and see a doctor/ b) I can read French books/ c) We should meet there soon/ d)
May I accompany you?/ e) I can solve this exercise by myself/ f) I didn’t need to buy the dictionary/ g) He
may come with his wife?/ h) he must have had a lot of work to do/ i) You needn’t have bought this book,
I’ve already got it/ j) You needn’t go so fast/ k) You mustn’t smoke in the lecture room/ l) I have to give
the money back.
23. a) can/ b) must/ c) may/ d) must/ e) ought to/ f) may/ g) ought/ h) ought.
24. a) wouldn’t/ b) wouldn’t/ c) won’t/ d) wouldn’t.
I.
1. a) along/ b) through/ c) about/ d) away with/ e) away with/ f) through/ g) up/ h) up.
2. a) Ei nu doreau ca vestea căsătoriei lor să fie dezvăluită până când nu era anunţată oficial/ b)
Prietena mea este o fată care se înţelege cu toată lumea pe care o cunoaşte/ c) Este dificil să mă refac după
moartea vărului meu/ d) Harry nu învaţă bine; nu va trece examenul/ e) Pisica a fugit cu două fripturi/ f)
Am coborât din autobuz la o staţie greşită/ g) Ea a intrat în maşină şi a pornit motorul/ h) Dacă nu iese
afară, voi chema poliţia/i) Nu-mi place să mă scol dimineaţa devreme.
3. a) after/ b) for, at/ c) after/ d) for/ e) round/ f) down/ g) up/ h) out/ i) up/ j) forward/ k) like/ l) out.
4. a) M-am uitat o vreme prin cameră, dar nu mi-am putut zări prietena/ b) Nu te mai uita dispreţuitor
la oamenii mai puţin norocoşi decât tine/ c) Ei trebuie să analizeze cu atenţie această problemă/ d) Am
răsfoit (M-am uitat) aceste reviste şi mi se par destul de interesante/ e) Trebuie să priveşti înainte şi să-ţi
faci planuri de viitor/ f) Caută-mă la gară/ g) Îl consider ca pe un membru al familiei/ h) Ea privi în jur
pentru a vedea cine o urmăreşte/ i) Privind înapoi, acum văd toate greşelile pe care le-am făcut când am
fost tânăr.
5. a) in/ b) for/ c) out/ d) in/ e) over/ f) off/ g) aback/ h) back/ i) to/ j) to/ k) in.
6. a) Chelnăriţa a luat farfuriile goale/ b) Semeni cu mama sau cu tatăl tău?/ c) Nepoata mea aduce
acasă orice animal pe care îl găseşte pe stradă/ d) Mă tem că am acceptat (să fac) mai mult decât pot face /
e) El s-a apucat de tenis/ f) Mi-am scos batista şi i-am dat-o ei/ g) O voi duce la doctor, dacă nu se face
mai bine/ h) Drept ce mă consideri?/ i) Posibil că este un tip de treabă dar nu-l am la inimă/ j) Sunt
complet absorbită de munca mea.
7. a) away/ b) up/ c) up/ d) away/ e) up/ f) up/ g) out/ h) up/ i) out/ j) in/ k) off.
8. a) Dă ceasul înapoi; este înainte cu treizeci de minute/ b) Închide lumina; se luminează din nou/ c)
Acea statuie este foarte valoroasă; pune-o jos/ d) M-am zăpăcit când ea a închis telefonul în mijlocul
întrevederii/ e) Trebuie să mă împac cu comportamentul ei/ f) Aceşti oameni de ştiinţă au dezbătut (au
prezentat) de curând această teorie extravagantă/ g) Ei au înălţat o statuie în cinstea lui/ h) Îmbracă fusta
aceea roz/ i) Dacă nu poţi găsi cameră la hotel, te opresc la mine (poţi sta la mine)/ j) Acest ceas
deşteptător este mereu în urmă; îl dau înainte cu 15 minute în fiecare seară.
9. a) away/ b) away/ c) back/ d) before/ e) in/ f) on/ g) off/ h) out/ i) to/ j) up/ k) up with.
10. a) Notaţi aceste lucruri în manualele voastre/ b) Pun timiditatea lui pe seama lipsei sale de
experienţă/ c) Am prezentat deja această propunere/ d) Ai face bine să asamblezi toate aceste piese la un
loc/ e) Telefonista mi-a făcut legătura într-o oră.
11. a) at/ b) on/ c) for/ d) in/ e) on/ f) for/ g) off/ h) up/ i) up/ j) out/ k) at/ l) away/ m) in.
12. a) in/ b) on/ c) back/ d) off/ e) up/ f) up with/ g) out/ h) back.
13. a) I promised to get down to learn hard/ b) I gave up waiting for you/ c) She has never got over her
nervous breakdown/ d) Mother will look after you/ e) Look out!/ f) I have looked over her paper and I
consider that it is a real surprise/ g) Turn off the light, please/ h) I hope I’ll catch up with you/ i) My niece
has always looked up to me/ j) What is your opinion, does my daughter look like me or like my husband?/
k) What are you getting at?/ l) I couldn’t get away without having bought her this doll/ m) Put on the coat
and let’s go.
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CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR
1. a) Eram sigur că este acasă/ b) Eram sigur că fusese (a fost) bolnavă/ c) Eram sigur că va întârzia din
nou/ d) Mă voi duce acolo când voi avea timp/ e) Ea ni se va alătura după ce îţi va termina (îţi va fi
terminat) compunerea.
2. a) When I reached the airport, the plane had already taken off/ b) When we got to the theatre, the
performance had already started/ c) When everyone had left the museum, there was still a child looking
for his mother/ d) When I entered the room, he had already entered his study.
3. a) We hoped that we should arrive at the station in time/ b) He said that he would come tomorrow/ c)
She decided that she would come by plane the next day/ d) We thought that mother would bring a
delicious cake for coffee/ e) the children decided that they would go to the mountains this weekend.
4. a) I was eating when the parapet fell down/ b) While I was doing my homework, the dog fell asleep/
c) The thief stole my hand-bag while I was looking at the shop window.
5. a) Le-am oferit florile pe care le-am cumpărat pentru aniversarea lor/ b) Mama a primit o scrisoare
în care scria că fratele ei a murit/ c) Ea a venit la el să-i spună că îl întâlnise pe fostul ei soţ/ d) Harry a
spus că soţia l-a părăsit.
6. a) had/ b) was talking, were having/ c) had promised, decided/ d) should come/ e) married, had
lived/ f) knows, will happened.
7. a) understand/ b) speaking/ c) would be able/ d) was/ e) would be.
8. a) I thought you would come sooner/ b) After having graduated the high-school, he entered the
college/ c) He had assured me that he would lend you the amount of money you needed/ d) I shall speak to
her when I find her at home/ e) We shall go in the field when we have finished our homework/ f) I asked
her about this thing after I had found out that she was my boss.
9. a) he said that he had lived in this town at various times/ b) When I looked out through the window I
found out that it had snowed all day/ c) I had waited outside for an hour before she told me that the train
wouldn’t come/ d) After the match had ended, the sportsmen left the stadium/ e) After I had arrived at the
airport, I met some of my friends in the waiting hall/ f) The faire had been put our before the fireman
arrived/ g) After she had finished the dress, she went to the party by taxi.
10. a) I told her that I had seen her a month ago but she didn’t believe me/ b) She told me that she had
decided to buy the dictionary/ c) I shall ring you up when I leave home/ d) She called on me, but I was not
at home/ e) When I came back, he had just left/ f) I remembered that she told me this story before/ g) They
told us that we should not see then when we arrived as they would be gone in the country/ h) It was no
longer a secret that he had passed his exam owing to his parents/ i) This expedition did not succeed in
demonstrating that there were germs in this serum/ j) I have arrived in Paris for ten days and I feel as if
were a genuine Frenchman/ k) He did not want to believe (it) and he is in trouble because of this now.
INDIRECT SPEECH
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(VORBIREA INDIRECTĂ)
CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR
1. a) I don’t know whether they have any children/ b) Tell me how you pronounce this word/ c) Tell
me when are you going to get married/ d) Do you how many flowers they have got?
2. a) I asked what you were doing/ b) I asked how far it was to the nearest police station/ c) I asked
what the time was/ d) I asked why you were going to Paris.
3. a) I am feeling tired, she said/ b) Steve is a nice boy, he says/ c) Bob likes you, I think/ d) We go to
Predeal by coach, they said/ e) I shall come to see you this weekend, I said/ f) I can stay for lunch, my
cousin said.
4. a) She told him to go away/ b) She told me to bring her the pills/ c) She ordered him to go out/ d)
She told him to shut the door/ e) She told him to put the statue down/ f) The officer commanded the
soldiers to fire/ g) The employer told his employee to come in/ h) He told me to go out and speak to the
policeman/ i) She told him to go back to his classroom/ j) I invited her to come and spend the weekend
with us.
5. a) How much is that blue dress?, she asked/ b) When will you get home?, mother said to me/ c) Can
you ski?, I said to her/ d) Do you like my new hair-style?, she asked him/ e) Shall I do all the exercises?,
the little child asked his mother.
6. a) She threatened she would leave for good and he would be story/ b) I said that I had intended to
mend that roof but then I didn’t think I’d be able to do it/ c) He said that his wife wanted to go dancing,
but he’d rather stayed at home/ d) She said that it was high time he has passed his exam/ e) He told her
that the steak was burnt again/ f) She said that if it rained that night it would be too wet to go for a picnic/
g) He told me that he was sure that I should do very well at the college.
7. a) I asked who put that snake on my bed/ b) Mother asked the boy who owned that gun/ c) He
inquired whether I had understood what she had said to me/ d) She asked whether his father had been an
engineer/ e) He asked me if I liked the film and I said I did/ f) I wondered if I should ever understand him/
g) Mother asked me where I had been the previous night/ h) The tourist asked how far it was/ i) I asked if I
could speak to Mary/ j) I asked him if he could understand that nonsense-poetry.
8. a) The custom-house officer asked me to open my suitcases/ b) Her sister told him not to worry/ c) I
told the driver to follow the red car/ d) Mother told me not to forget to water the flowers/ e) She asked him
to call her up as often as he could/ f) He told her to wait for him at the station/ g) She warned me to careful
crossing the roads/ h) She told him to go and get some beer and the come straight home/ i) She told the
children not to go near the swimming pool/ j) He told me not to touch it/ k) She asked me to ask him to
write to her/ l) The shop-assistant asked me to wait a moment.
9. a) Let me go!, I asked the policeman/ b) Let’s go to the cinema, she said/ c) Let me stay up longer
tonight, mother, begged the little boy/ d) Let’s give a party, she said/ e) Get yourself some new clothes, he
suggested/ f) Let me explain, he said/ g) Let’s not jump to conclusions, he said.
10. a) I invited her to come to lunch on Sunday/ b) He said he’d love to/ c) She offered me another cup
of tea; She asked me if I would like another cup of tea/ d) He thanked her and refused/ e) He suggested
calling them up/ f) I asked him to help me/ g) The child asked her if she would mind making a pie for
dinner/ h) The teacher told us to be silent for a moment/ i) Mother told me to shut the door as I went out/ j)
I asked her if I was to answer it.
11. a) He insisted on paying/ b) We wished her many happy returns of her birthday/ c) She welcomed
him home/ d) She called him a naughty boy/ e) We cursed the snow/ f) He offered me a cigarette/ g) We
exclaimed with annoyance/ h) I congratulated him/ i) She suggested going for a swim/ j) I accepted with
thanks/ k) I thanked him.
12. a) Would you like to go to the cinema?, I told her/ b) Have you looked every where?, they asked.
Yes, I said/ c) Let’s give her the rest of the pie. What about giving her the rest of the pie?, I said/ d) Have
some more pie?, mother said. Yes, please, we replied/ e) Stop making a fuss about nothing!, mother told
us/ f) Let’s go down town. What about going down town and seeing if can find a room at a hotel?, I
suggested/ g) Have you enjoyed the party?, I asked her. No, I haven't, she said.
13. a) She said that she wrote every month/ b) They said that they could speak German fluently/ c) We
said that we should meet you at the airport/ d) He said that the children had been playing in the garden/ e)
He said that they had read the letter to her/ f) He said that she was making a cake for us.
14. a) He asked me where I was going/ b) He asked me were my mother lived/ c) He asked me what
my boss said/ d) He asked me why children went to school/ e) He asked me how they would manage to
solve the problem.
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PASSIVE VOICE
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(DIATEZA PASIVĂ)
9. Puneţi verbele din paranteze la timpul prezent pasiv (forma continuă sau forma nedefinită):
a)A new hospital… (now, build) in this district of Paris.
b)This stamps… (to say) to be very valuable.
c)This poem… (to write) by a modern poet.
d)They… (often, to offer) presents.
e)Preparations… (to make) for our party.
10. Transferaţi verbele din paranteze la Past Tense pasiv (forma continuă sau forma nedefinită):
a)What tune (to hear) when we entered the hall?
b)At last the mystery (to solve).
c)The disobedient employee (to tell) to leave the institute at once.
d)When they came in, a cake (to bake) for them.
e)The poet (to ask) to recite another poem.
f)The children (to wake up) by the noise of the traffic.
CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR
1. a) The passer-by was knocked by a bus/ b) Have these exercises been finished/ c) Some coffee is
made by mother/ d) All the orange have been eaten/ e) The teacher ought not to be worried with so many
questions.
2. a) This bike will be sold in Germany/ b) That book was written in French/ c) The children are taken
home in the evening/ d) All the windows in the hotel been broken/ e) I have been invited to dinner/ f) The
supermarket is being built by the church/ g) The vegetables have been taken to the market/ h) The children
will be sent to bed if they make such a noise/ i) Meat is not sold at the Berber's/ j) You will not be allowed
to enter the hall/ k) The children have not been taken home yet/ l) We were not allowed to play football
yesterday/ m) You will not be invited again.
3. a) English is taught by them/ b) The man was not caught by the detective/ c) Not a word was spoken/
d) Every room in the hotel had been entered (by the police)/ e) The meal had to be cooked/ f) Beds could
not be used.
4. a) My sandals had been cleaned and my coat brushes/ b) Why wasn’t the shelf mended before it fell
down?/ c) The light was turned off and the door shut/ d) Sandwiches will be served/ e) Far more is being
spent on clothes now than was spent twenty years ago/ f) It is high time he was told to stop behaving like a
teenager/ g) Who was the novel written by?/ h) Our baby is fed three times a day/ i) She expected to be
offered a chair/ j) This was agreed by most people/ k) Were interesting by the book?/ l) This couldn’t have
been done by elephants.
5. a) Trains were held up by snow/ b) Children were not properly looked after/ c) The house was
broken into/ d) I am often taken for my sister/ e) Police were called in/ f) All these parcels are to be left in
this room. They will be called for later on.
6. a) The authorities are to introduce this rule gradually/ b) It is said (People say) that this actress lived
on spaghetti and beer/ c) Experts have proved that your extravagant theory is false/ d) You could put your
money to good use instead of leaving it in the drawer/ e) People believed that she was dead/ f) A strong
police guard was escorting the thief from the bank/ g) Guests will wear informal dress/ h) We shall have to
find someone to take the secretary’s place/ i) One of our neighbors must have started this rumor/ j) Why
didn’t you either lock the jewels or put them into a safe place?/ k) People are saying that the authorities
are spending too little money on kindergartens.
7. a) Somebody offered them money on their anniversary/ b) Didn’t the employer himself read the
letter?/ c) They say (People say) his presence is embarrassing/ d) We will ask them to go on a trip this
weekend/ e) They should have sent for the doctor earlier/ f) The postman must have brought these letters
on the desk/ g) People used to make a lot of mistakes with this new type of computer/ h) She was so ill
that we had to take her to the hospital.
8. a) A kitten was given to us; We were given a kitten/ b) The children were promised some sweets;
Some sweets were premised to the children/ c) He had been asked an interesting questions/ d) My friend’s
daughter has been said to be top of the class; It has been said that my friend’s daughter is top of the class/
e) The director is expected to change the cast of the film/ f) This solution is considered to be the best/ g)
We will be given a cake too/ h) The guests are being presented the other rooms of the house/ i) This writer
is known to by far the best one now-a-days.
9. a) A new hospital is now being built in this district of Paris/ b) This stamp is said to be very
valuable/ c) This poem is written by a modern poet/ d) They are often offered presents/ e) Preparations are
being made for our party.
10. a) What tune was being heard/ b) the mistakes was solved/ c) was told/ d) a cake was being baked/
e) was asked/ f) were worken up.
11. a) The steak is brought by the waiter/ b) The steak is being brought by the waiter/ c) The steak was
brought by the waiter/ d) The steak was being brought by the waiter/ e) The steak had been brought by the
waiter/ f) The steak will be brought by the waiter/ g) The steak will have been brought by the waiter.
12. a) The patients in this hospital are ensured the best conditions for treatment/ b) I was told that the
cake would be ready in the afternoon/ c) This pupil is know to have been awarded the first prize/ d) The
meal is being cooked by the cook/ e) All the volumes of this novel have been published/ f) A new tune
will be sung by Susan/ g) The grass is being cut by the gardener/ h) My handkerchief was found in the
park/ i) I was given two dictionaries on my birthday/ j) His parents were disappointed by their son’s
behaviour.
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IF CLAUSE
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(FRAZA CONDIŢIONALĂ)
CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR
1. a) If she went shopping, she would buy a lot of things/ b) If you went to school, you would learn a
lot of interesting things/ c) If he went to the barber’s, he would have his hair cut/ d) If she traveled by ship,
she would perhaps be seasick.
2. a) If you have money, you can buy many clothes/ b) If you have not coloured pencils, you can not
draw a garden/ c) If it gets dark, we shall switch the light on/ d) If you put iron into the water, it will sink/
e) If you don’t water the flowers, they will die/ f) If you don’t put the food into the fridge, it will
adulterate/ g) If you leave water into the fridge, it will freeze.
3. a) If he studies harder, he would understand this problem/ b) If you asked me, I would help you/ c) I
would go for a walk if the rain stopped/ d) I would make a cake if I had time/ e) I would talk to him if I
knew the solution/ f) I would drink a cup of coffee if it were sweeter.
4. a) Dacă nu va fi frig mâine ea ni se va alătura/ b) Dacă nu ar fi atât de ceţos, avionul ar decola la
timp/ c) Aş cânta la pian dacă mi-ai cere/ d) Dacă ea are dreptate, atunci eu mă înşel/ e) Dacă câinelui i se
va face foame, va mânca toată mâncarea/ f) Dacă aş cere bani, mi-ai da?/ g) Dacă nu ar fi atât de supărată,
i-aş spune adevărul despre el/ h) Voi fi foarte surprinsă dacă carnea va fi proaspătă/ i) Aş ieşi în oraş dacă
compunerea mea ar fi gata.
5. a) I should have let you know if I had got any news/ b) We should have not swum into the sea if it
had rained/ c) If you had left now, you would have found her at home/ d) I should have passed the exams
if I had studied hard/ e) You would have become a strong boy, if you had eaten spinach/ f) It would have
been safer if you had told the truth/ g) If you had drunk short tea you would hace recovered soon.
6. a) If you find her, bring her to dinner/ b) If you go to the market tomorrow, buy some fruits for
dinner/ c) If the guests have arrived, ask them to come in the house/ d) I am going to bed if you don’t
mind/ e) I loke swimming if the water is warm/ f) I shall come sooner if I can/ I am coming soon if I can/
g) If you have finished the soup, eat the omlette/ h) You have to see a doctor if you are ill.
7. a) shouldn’t be afraid/ b) will/ c) were/ d) were/ e) made.
8. a) If I could help her, I should do it with pleasure/ b) If it hadn’t been too dark, we would have read
all the book/ c) If your sister had bought the TV set, he would have been extremely delighted/ d) If e were
you I should speak French all the time/ e) If they invite me, I shall call on them/ f) If he had called her, she
would have come immediately/ g) If he had money he would buy a cottage in the country/ h) If you were
thirsty, you would drink off your milk.
9. a) Dacă ea ar avea timp te-ar ajuta/ b) Ai avea ocazia să o întâlneşti dacă ai veni la întrunire/ c) Dacă
ai fi sosit mai devreme ai fi putut să vorbeşti cu el/ d) Aş vorbi mai fluent dacă aş fi mai atent la pronunţie/
e) ei ar fi obţinut note mai mari, dacă ar fi muncit mai mult.
10. a) unless/ b) unless/ c) if/ d) unless/ e) unless.
11. a) Ishall do the work provided you help me/ b) You would have seen him if you had gone to the
theatre last week/ c) She would have become a famous actress if she had been more ambitious/ d) If you
had come later, he would have been angry/ e) He would have helped us if he had been at home.