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EMANUEL DONOSE

EXERCITII DE GRAMATICA A LIMBII ENGLEZE

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.

2. MODEL: Is he a teacher? (engineer)


Yes, he is.
No, he isn’t. He is an engineer.
a)Are you a doctor? (mechanic)
b)Are you a secretary? (economist)
c)Is Peter a clerk? (musician)
d)Is Hellen a typist? (opera-singer)
e)Is she an airhostess? (housewife)
f)Am I a driver? (student)
g)Is Sussan an actress? (school-girl)
h)Are you a pilot? (writer)

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.

4. Citiţi cu voce tare:


the dog, the egg, the building, the hour, the university, the apple, the eagle, the Indian Ocean, the
United States, the hostess, the air-hostess, the week, the Alps, the bird, the heir, the Thames, the
understanding, the United Nations.

5. Completaţi spaţiile libere cu ”a” sau ”an”:


… uncle, … youth, … university, … union, … ear, … house, … hour, … human being, … honour, …
orange, … aunt, … ant, … car, … hare, … heir, … year, … honest man, … usual way, … hotel, … half,
… hour, … historical novel.

6. Folosiţi ”a” sau ”an”:


a)Peter is… honest man.
b)He had… hot breakfast at… hotel on the Black Sea coast.
c)”… apple… day keeps the doctor away”.
d)I started to read… historical novel.
e)The children have played for half… hour.
f)This is… usual way of cleaning the house.
g)I have… uncle who he is… professor at… university.
7. Folosiţi ”a” sau ”the” dacă este necesar:
a)There are… lots of… magazines in this library.
b)… chair in your room is old.
c)Many people in Romania like drinking… coffee.
d)… dress I am looking for is… blue one.
e)… women are more sensitive than… men.
f)Toby lefts… school an hour ago.
g)Mother bought her… gold ring on her birthday.
h)This is… letter I was looking for.

8. Folosiţi ”a”, ”an” sau ”the” unde este necesar:


a)Would you like… egg for… dinner?
b)Please, tell me… time.
c)They went by… coach on… sightseeing tour.
d)I want… box of… chocolates for… young girl.
e)… wood is… fuel.
f)What… pity!
g)I have… travelling, but I hate… cooking.
h)This parcel is too heavy to go by… post.

9. Folosiţi articolele corespunzătoare în spaţiile libere:


a)Where is… book I bought last week?
b)He crossed… street running.
c)Take… little lemon juice; it’ll do you… lot of good.
d)… spring is my favourite season.
e)… breakfast is… fist meal of… day.
f)I went to… bed early last night.
g)We organize a trip to… Danube Delta.
h)… English language is extremely attractive.
i)I speak… English quite fluently.
10. Completaţi spaţiile libere folosind ”a”, ”an” sau ”the”, dacă este necesar:
a)… last year I visited… interesting monastery in… Northern Moldavia.
b)… Carpathians are rich mountains.
c)… dawn, it is quite cool, but in… evening it is much warmer.
d)Do you work on… Sundays?
e)What is… weather like?
f)Where is… supermarket you have told me about?
g)From early in… morning, till late at… night this shop is open.

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.

12. Folosiţi ”the” unde este cazul în interiorul următoarelor propoziţii:


MODEL: Paris is capital city of France.
Paris is the capital city of France.
a)When my came home ill from kindergarten, mother sent for doctor.
b)People who watch television are well informed.
c)I got off bus round corner.
d)This is first time I visited London.
e)When Peter was chosen manager everybody congratulated him.
f)Friendship is most precious gift in life.
g)They crossed ”Pacific” in several days.

13. Folosiţi ”the” după caz:


MODEL: I leave for United States.
I leave for the United States.
a)Sun is shining in sky.
b)On whole the play was a great success.
c)They drove the car through gate.
d)By the way, I invited Mary too.
e)To tell truth, she is extremely cleaver.
f)I visited Whites and chatted for a while about weather and latest news.

14. Folosiţi ”a” sau ”an” după caz:


MODEL: Once upon time there was a magnificent fairy-queen.
Once upon a time, there was a magnificent fairy-queen.
a)I decide to pay call on Mary this afternoon.
b)I am afraid not to catch cold.
c)Just moment, please.
d)I have no time to talk now, I am hurry.
e)Keep eye on my baby, will you?
f)As rule, I have breakfast at seven in the morning.

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?

17. Traduceţi următoarele propoziţii folosind articolele corespunzătoare fiecărei expresii:


MODEL: E timpul să pui capăt acestei situaţii insuportabile.
It is high time you put an end to this unbearable situation.
a)Este de necrezut: iar te-ai făcut de râs.
b)Am văzut-o pe sora ta cu puţin timp în urmă.
c)Mă doare capul înfiorător.
d)Nu cred că ea este în măsură să-ţi dea amănunte în această problemă.

18. Folosiţi articolul zero sau hotărât unde este cazul.


a)I love rain.
the summer of last year was pretty hot.
c)I don’t go by train; I’ll travel by a plane.
d)Don’t drive; take a taxi.
e)In… afternoon he’ll be in this office.
f)We have… cheese and… fruits for… dinner.
g)Have you ever seen… Rembrandt at… National Gallery?
h)… elephant is larger than… cat.
i)… French have famous wines.
j)He has never dissociate between… rich and… poor.
k)This writer is in search of… beauty.
l)… pidgeons are birds.

CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR

1. a, a, an, an, a, a, an, a, an, a, a, an, a, an, an, a, an, a.


2. a) Yes, I am. No, I’m not. I’m a mechanic/ b) Yes, I am. No, I’m not. I’m an economist/ c) Yes, he
is. No, he isn’t. He is a musician/ d) Yes, she is. No, she isn’t. She is an opera-singer/ e) Yes, she is. No,
she isn’t. She is a housewife/ f) Yes, you are. No, you aren’t. You are a student/ g) Yes, she is. No, she
isn’t. She is a school-girl/ h) Yes, I am. No, I’m not. I am a writer.
3. a) a, a,–/ b) –, –/ c) an, an, –, –/ d) the, the, the/ e) a, the/ f) a, the/ g) –, –, –, the/ h) the/ i) a, the.
4. [∂∂] dog, [∂i] egg, [∂∂] building, [∂i] hour, [∂∂] university, [∂i] apple, [∂i] eagle, [∂i] Indian Ocean,
[∂∂] United States, [∂∂] hostess, [∂i] air-hostess, [∂∂] week, [∂i] Alps, [∂∂] bird, [∂∂]heir, [∂∂] Thames,
[∂i] understanding, [∂∂] United Nations.
5. an, a, a, a, an, a, an, a, an, an, an, an, an, a, a, a, an, an, a, a, an, a.
6. a) an/ b) a, a/ c) an, a/ d) a/ e) an/ f) a/ g) an, a, a.
7. a) a,–/ b) the/ c) –/ d) the, a/ e) –, –/ f) –/ g) a/ h) the.
8. a) an,–/ b) the/ c) –, a/ d) a, –, a/ e) –, a/ g) –, –/ h) –.
9. a) the/ b) the/ c) a, a/ d) –/ e) –, the/ f) –,/ g) the/ h) the/ i) –.
10. a) –, an, the/ b) the/ c) at, the, a/ d) –/ e) the/ f) the/ g) the, –.
11. a) the kitchen, at same time/ b) a slice/ c) a glass, a cake/ d) an apple, a lemon/ e) the top/ f) the
world, the English language.
12. a) the doctor/ b) The people/ c) the bus, the corner/ d) the first time/ e) the manager/ f) the most
precious/ g) the Pacific.
13. a) the sun, the sky/ b) on the whole/ c) the gate/ d) the way/ e) the truth/ f) the Whites.
14. a) to pay a call/ b) to catch a cold/ c) Just a moment/ d) in a hurry/ e) Keep an eye/ f) As a rule.
15. a) the/ b) the, a/ c) The/ d) the, the/ e) –, a/ f) –, –/ g) –, –, –, –/ h) a, –/ i) The, the, the.
16. a) At dawn, it is cold; as a matter of fact, I’ve caught a cold/ b) As a rule, I walk through the park/
c) Keep an eye on him/ d) I’ve bought this car second-hand; it was a bargain/ e) On the whole, I live from
hand to much/ f) How do you travel: by air, by sea or by land?
17. a) It’s unbelievable, you’ve made a fool of yourself once more/ b) I saw your sister a short time
ago/ c) I’ve got a terrible headache/ d) I don’t think that she is in position to give details on this matter.
18. a) –/ b) –/ c) –, –/ d) a/ e) the/ f) –, –/ g) a, the/ h) an, a/ i) the/ j) the, the/ k) the/ i) –.

THE NOUN
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(SUBSTANTIVUL)

1. Formulaţi următoarele propoziţii la plural:


MODEL: The window is behind the desk.
The windows are behind the desks.
a)That man is an engineer.
b)This woman is a teacher.
c)This girl is going to drink a cup of coffee.
d)The child is going to eat his cake.
e)My friend washed his hand.
2. Formulaţi pluralul următoarelor substantive:
Boy, woman, sheep, potato, story, key, bee, goose, foot, man, country, child, ball, bus, wife, leaf, knife,
handkerchief, half, roof, ox, mouse, deer, wish, fly, wolf.

3. Formaţi pluralul următoarelor substantive:


a)criterion, memorandum, datum, genius, stadium, erratum, formula, automaton, phenomenon, oasis,
basis, crisis, thesis.
b)Workman, Englishman, coachman, fisherman, fireman, statesman, gentleman, businesswoman.

4. Formaţi pluralele substantivelor următoare, explicând totodată şi schimbările de sens:


compass, custom, moral, work, glass, arm, colour, manner, number, advice, ash, sand, spectacle, air,
good.

5. Schimbaţi cuvintele subliniate la singular, efectuând toate celelalte schimbări necesare:


a)There are some sheets of paper on the desk.
b)The women wear black sandals.
c)There are blue covers on the typewriters.
d)The schoolboys have ball-pens in their hands.
e)We cannot send envelopes without some stamps on them.
f)Put your coats on the pegs.
g)Are there any armchairs in these bedrooms?

6. Treceţi următoarele propoziţii la singular:


a)Children are always joyful.
b)Women wear light dresses.
c)Cats eat mice.
d)Men smoke cigars.
e)Sheep eat grass.
f)Englishman drink tea.
g)They have got healthy teeth.

7. Treceţi următoarele propoziţii la singular:


MODEL: These girls are playing cricket.
This girl playing cricket.
a)The dictionaries are on the shelves.
b)They have some flowers in their gardens.
c)The boys are talking to their friends.
d)Dogs are animals.
e)They have some trees in their street.
f)These school-girls work hard at school.
g)These boys go to school every morning.
h)Tulips are beautiful flowers.
i)Chairs are pieces of furniture.
8. Treceţi la plural următoarele propoziţii:
a)This child is naughty.
b)That woman is going shopping.
c)This cat eats a mouse every day.
d)I go to the dentist to pull out my tooth.
e)That man is playing football on Sunday.
f)This sheep eats grass every morning.

9. Treceţi următoarele propoziţii la plural:


a)I have read this book.
b)He took a match from the box.
c)A chicken is a bird.
d)An elephant is an animal.
e)There is a fork on the table.
f)I need a knife to cut this piece of meat.
g)The girl gives a flower to her grandmother.
h)The field isn’t very large.
i)A chair is made of wood.
j)I am eating an apple from that tree.
k)I have a cauliflower in my basket.
l)We drink coffee out of a cup.
m)She has a book in her hand and a hat on her head.
n)She hangs a new curtain in the living-room.
o)I haven’t a flower in the vase.
p)Have you a cat in your house?

10. Treceţi următoarele substantive la plural:


Spaniard, Romanian, Norwegian, Dane, Irishman, Greek, Italian, German, Japanese, Chinese,
Australian, Russian.

11. Treceţi la plural substantivele subliniate efectuând toate schimbările necesare:


a)I met a passer-by who showed me the way to the nearest police station.
b)My friend’s brother-in-law is a doctor.
c)In this castle you can see a very industrions man-servant.
d)He offered me a very delicate flower: it was a forget-me-not.
e)This merry-go-round is too dangerous for little children.
f)My mother is an enthusiastic cinema-goer.
g)My best school-mate is a famous writer now.

12. Definiţi următoarele grupuri de cuvinte printr-un substantiv colectiv corespunzător:


a)thirty or more pupils
b)eleven men playing football together
c)several cows
d)a group of persons controlling a government department
e)several people in a church
f)a body of twelve persons in a court of justice
g)several flowers
h)several flies
i)several thieves
j)the people gathered in a theatre hall
k)people united by the same political opinions
l)several battleships
13. Folosiţi ”much” sau ”many” pentru a completa spaţiile libere:
a)I consider that there is too… sugar in my coffee.
b)Do you eat… meat?
c)They haven’t… bread in the house.
d)… hands light work.
e)I haven’t got… money.
f)There are not… students in his group.
g)She has not… time for reading.
h)You can have as… tea as you like.
i)I have… trouble with my child.
j)Have they read… magazines this month?
k)I have know him for… years.
l)How… girls are there in this room?

14. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)Does he know much French?
b)I don’t make many mistakes in spealling.
c)They have many friends in Denmark.
d)How many armchairs ate there in your living room?
e)How much money has he?
f)There isn’t much salt in my soup.
g)Have you had sun this summer?

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.

17. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Întreg echipajul spală puntea.
b)Unde îmi sunt bagajele?
c)Informaţiile tale sunt inexacte.
d)Mobila din biroul meu a fost schimbată.
e)Familia ta este amabilă.
f)Cleştele şi foarfeca sunt în cutia de scule de mână.
g)Banii mei sunt în seif.
h)Veştile au fost foarte palpitante.

18. Alegeţi forma corectă a verbului din paranteze:


a)The new government (is, are) the result of long discussions.
b)My family (is, are) not small.
c)The press (is, are) always present on such an event.
d)The audience (was, were) applauding the show.
e)This committee (is, are) made up of twelve members.
f)The press (are, is) taking their seats.
g)The audience (is, are) requested to keep silent.

19. Completaţi spaţiile libere după modelul:


MODEL: a… of furniture – a piece of furniture.
a)a… of sheep
b)a… of stockings
c)a… of advice
d)a… of keys
e)a… of flowers
f)a… of flies
g)a… of mountains
h)a… of people
i)a… of truth
j)a… of cake
k)a… of events
l)a… of thieves
m)a… of ships

20. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Ţi-am urmat sfaturile.
b)Această zonă este faimoasă pentru varietatea sa de fructe.
c)Folosesc ochelari când mă uit la televizor.
d)Progresele ei la matematică sunt uluitoare.
e)Această ţară are o reţea de cale ferată.

21. Combinaţi expresiile din coloana A cu substantivele din coloana B:


A: B:
pair of soap
a pint of cards
a bunch of onion
a bar of shoes
a pack of flowers
a ball of beer
a kilo of chocolate
a cake of cotton
a reel of bread
a slice of string
a loaf of meat

22. Schimbaţi forma de genitiv prepoziţional în genitiv sintetic:


MODEL: the wedding of Sally and Peter = Sally and Peter’s wedding
a)the toys of the children
b)the dictionary of Charles
c)the bank of Mr. Stevenson
d)the cathedral of St. Paul
e)the school for girls
f)Hellen, the daughter of the dress-maker

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.

25. Traduceţi în limba engleză:

a)Luna ianuarie este prima lună a anului.


b)Părinţii lui Harris sunt plecaţi în oraş.
c)Zăpada de ieri s-a aşternut peste tot satul.
d)Este un articol interesant despre modă în ziarul de astăzi.
e)Dicţionarele prietenei mele, Doina, sunt foarte utile.
f)Jucăriile nepoţilor mei sunt pe covor.
g)Romanele lui Dickens sunt inspirate din realitate.
h)Ieri, copiii au vizitat multe muzee din Paris.
i)Acesta nu este ceasul meu, ci al tatălui meu.
j)Câinele surorii mele este inteligent.

26. Folosiţi genitivul după următorul model:


MODEL: A drive of 700 kilometers in a car is extremely boring.
A 700 kilometers’ drive in a car is extremely boring.
a)After running for three hours we were really exhausted.
b)Here are the skiing results for today.
c)These magazines belong to my best friend.
d)This is the room of my younger son.
e)This is the son of my cousin.

27. Folosiţi genitivul sintetic sau cel prepoziţional după caz:


a)Today there is a (sale, man, shoes).
b)Yesterday, I ate my first (meal, day) in the evening.
c)What is the (car, power)?
d)When I met her at her (lawyer, office) she was completely broken-hearted.

28. Folosiţi genitivul sintetic după următorul model:


MODEL: Mother buys some paper at the…
Mother buys some paper at the stationer’s.
a)I buy tobacco at the…
b)You have your suit made at the…
c)She has her dress made at the…
d)We buy some medicine at the…
e)I buy some bread at the…
f)She has her clothes cleaned at the…

29. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Uşa camerei mele este închisă.
b)Apartamentul vecinilor mei este foerte spaţios.
c)Al cui este acest dicţionar, al Suzanei sau al Elenei?
d)Pe rafturile acestei biblioteci sunt multe cărţi interesante.
e)Toate maşinile funcţionarilor sunt parcate în faţa băncii.
f)Coperţile acestui dicţionar sunt atrăgătoare.
g)Culoarea cernelii mele este roşie.
h)Maşinile de scris ale acestor dactilografe sunt defecte.

30. Folosiţi genitivul sintetic sau prepoziţional, după modelul următor:


MODEL: novel-Dickens = the novels of Dickens
Dickens’ novels (Dickens’s novels)
a)France – trade
b)England – capital
c)short-stories – Oscar Wilde
d)the car – my father
e)Tokyo – population
f)my cousin – son

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)

1. Găsiţi sinonime următoarelor adjective:


pleasant, worried, astonished, awful, extraordinary, sad, peculiar, large, bold, clever, industrious, tiny,
priceless, divine.

2. Găsiţi antonime următoarelor adjective:


false, easy, human, correct, ugly, long, huge, stern, disreputable, contended, bold, left, raw, fat, dead, sad,
wrong, wicked.
3. Folosiţi sufixele - old, -ish, -ly, -ous, -y, -ward, pentru a deriva adjective din următoarele cuvinte:
back, sleep, hunger, like, many, danger, white, fever, black, fire, sick.

4. Alegeţi adjectivul corect din paranteze:


a)My brother is (tall, taller, tallest) then my cousin.
b)A car is (fast, faster, fastest) then a tramway.
c)This plane is a very (fast, faster, fastest) vehicle.
d)The day I was promoted, I was the (happy, happier, happiest) man in the world.
e)Yesterday was the (warm, warmer, warmest) day.
f)My brother-in-law is a (nice, nicer, nicest) person, but my brother is (nice, nicer, nicest).

5. Folosiţi forma corectă a adjectivului din paranteză:


a)Peter is the… pupil in his class. (good)
b)I have seen a very… film. (interesting)
c)I think Colette is… than you. (short)
d)Which is the… girl in your school? (beautiful)
e)This dress is… than the one. (expensive)

6. Folosiţi forma corectă a adjectivelor din paranteză:


a)Susan is (young) than Henry.
b)Scarlette is not as (old) as Bob.
c)He doesn’t look a day (old) than fifty.
d)Your hair is (short) and (dark) than mine.
e)This child is the (noisy) boy that I know.

7. Construiţi comparaţia de egalitate, de inferioritate şi de superioritate folosind următoarele cuvinte:


a)I am – careless – my brother.
b)A plane is – fast – a car.
c)This village is – old – this town.
d)Peter is – old – my brother.
e)My husband – tall – your cousin.

8. Indicaţi gradele de comparaţie de egalitate, de superioritate şi superlativ ale următoarelor adjective:


sad, dry, big, rich, better, worst, beautiful powerful, most, later, simpler, less, further.

9. Folosiţi gradul de comparaţie necesar adjectivelor din paranteze:


a)Today we have a hot day, but yesterday it was much (hot).
b)In autumn nature has (bright) colours.
c)This modern hotel was built is one (new) districts of the Capital.
d)Summer is (nice) season.
e)This is the (old) monument in the city.
f)She is (tall) than me.
10. Traduceţi în limba engleză:
a)Anul acesta am avut o vară mai călduroasă decât de obicei.
b)Aceasta este partea cea mai veche a oraşului.
c)Primăvara este tot atât de cald ca toamna.
d)Aceste probleme sunt mai grele decât aceste exerciţii.
e)Ea este cea mai bună prietenă a mea.

11. Completaţi spaţiile libere după următorul model:


MODEL: He is younger… his wife.
He is younger than his wife.
a)In winter the days are shorter… in summer.
b)The Danube is not so long… the Amazon.
c)There are more letters in the word ”performance”… in the word ”show!
d)She is as busy… a bee.
e)I am fatter… my sister.

12. Folosiţi ”more” sau ”most”:


a)My cigars are not the (expensive) in Paris.
b)This is the (wonderful) and (attractive) picture I have ever seen.
c)This dress is (expensive) than that suit.
d)Those dictionaries are (interesting) and (useful) than these novels.
13. Folosiţi ”older”, ”elder”, ”oldest” sau ”eldest”:
a)Toby is 7 years… than his friend, Steve.
b)I am… than my sister.
c)He is the… friend of mine.
d)There are five children in my family. The… son is an engineer.
e)Her… sister is a typist.

14. Alegeţi adjectivul corect:


a)Caragiale’s plays are comic/comical masterpieces.
b)What comic/comical cap you have got.
c)His historic/historical studies are famous now.
d)I prefer detective stories to historic/historical books.
e)He was condemned to electrical/electric chair.

15. Construiţi comparativul următoarelor adjective după următorul model:


MODEL: The (long) the conference is, the (boring) it is.
The longer the conference is, the more boring it
is.
a)The (windy) the weather, the (dangerous) the journey.
b)The (modest) a man is, the (big) our admiration becomes.
c)The (quick) the solution, the (height) the mark.
d)The (harsh) your voice, the (obedient) he becomes.

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.

17. Construiţi succesiunea corectă a adjectivelor:


a)a/an (Chinese, green old, silk, carpet).
b)(attractive, green, big) eyes.
c)(Greek, big, old) mask.
d)a/an (nice, old, big) horse.
e)a/an (blue, silk, short) evening-dress.
f)A/an (red, cotton, Scottish) muffler.

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.

19. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)El nu este aşa de slab ca fratele său.
b)După ploaie, aerul e mai proaspăt.
c)Sora mea este cea mai timidă fată pe care am văzut-o vreodată.
d)Copiii voştri sunt mai silitori decât ai noştri.
e)Cu cât vremea devine mai rece, cu atât lumea se îmbracă mai gros.
f)Care este cea mai interesantă carte pe care ai citit-o?
g)Ea devine tot mai agitată.
h)Am două mere, ia-l pe cel mai mare.
i)A fost pe departe cea mai frumoasă fată din grupa noastră.
j)Ea este din ce în ce mai timidă.

20. Folosiţi gradele de comparaţie corespunzătoare adjectivelor din paranteze:


a)I hope to get (slim).
b)My brother is (good) at maths than Michael.
c)There is (much) sugar in this cup than in that one.
d)My office is (far) from the centre of the town than his.
e)I am always (late) one to come.
f)He is (old) than his cousin, but (young) than his aunt.
g)Want shall we bring for (near) time?
h)Who is your (good) friend?
i)Today I have (little) spare time than last week.
j)This is (bad) example you could give us.

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)

1. Puneţi adverbele din paranteze în locul corect:


MODEL: I go to the cinema. (often)
I often go to the cinema.
a)Mother goes shopping on Friday. (usually)
b)I have a cup of coffee for my breakfast. (always)
c)We have visited Australia. (never)
d)I don’t drink tea in the morning. (normally)
e)They don’t go to France for their holidays. (often)

2. Adăugaţi adverbele din paranteze în mod corespunzător fiecărui exemplu:


a)My son goes to the stadium. (quite often)
b)After lunch, they go to the butcher’s for fresh meat. (often)
c)After lunch, they go to bed. (almost always)
d)I go to the theatre, but my sister does. (sometimes, never)
e)She visits me. (every week)
f)On Saturdays, I get up before nine. (hardly ever)

3. Folosiţi forma corectă a adjectivului sau adverbului în următoarele propoziţii:


a)David is the (good) football player in his team.
b)He works (hard) than the other players.
c)She should not drive so (fast) through this town.
d)Bucharest is the (large) town in our country.
e)I drive (carefully) than my best friend.
4. Alegeţi cuvântul corect din paranteze:
a)She plays the piano (good, well).
b)This is a… play (good, well).
c)You write… (bad, badly).
d)She speaks French… (good, well).
e)She speaks… French (good, well).
f)She is very… with me (angry, angrily).
g)It’s… cold (terrible, terribly).
h)Your mother-in-law has gor a very… voice (loud, loudly).

5. Modificaţi propoziţiile următoare conform modelului de mai jos:


MODEL: The children are noisy.
The children play noisily.
a)I am a careful driver.
b)This is a fast plane.
c)They are slow drinkers.
d)This opera-singer has got a beautiful voice.
e)She is a quick typist.

6. Plasaţi adverbele în locul corect:


a)I take my mother to the theatre. (often)
b)We are at home in the afternoons. (generally)
c)Trains leave Bucharest for Cluj. (many times a day)
d)She takes her dog for a walk. (twice a day)
e)I can understand what he says. (hardly)
f)My aunt visits me. (seldom)
g)Have you seen this play? (ever)
h)The sun was shining. (brightly yesterday)
i)You are young to practice a sport. (enough)

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).

8. Construiţi gradele de comparaţie a următoarelor adverbe:


fast, late, carelessly, honestly, courageously, beautifully, rapidly.

9. Transformaţi adverbele din paranteze după următorul model:


MODEL: I can type (fast) you.
I can type as fast as you.
I can type faster than you.
I can’t type so fast as you.
a)She drives (slowly) her husband.
b)She plays the piano (well) they do.
c)He cooks (badly) most cooks.
d)This student works (hard) all the others.
e)It is raining (badly) last week.

10. Introduceţi ”still” sau ”yet” în următoarele propoziţii:


a)Is it snowing?
b)She hasn’t learnt to spell in English.
c)Have they bought a new car?
d)Have the trains arrives?
e)We have five months before we leave for Paris.
f)He had a lot of exercises to solve.

11. Introduceţi adverbul ”only” după următorul model:


MODEL: I wanted to invite him.
Only I wanted to invite him.
I only wanted to invite him.
I wanted to invite him only.
I wanted to invite only him.
a)I had a cup of coffee on my table.
b)The students are allowed to enter this library.
c)Did you meet my sister last week?
d)I can let you my flat for two weeks.
e)They helped me with my housework.
f)I have spent my week-ends with him.
g)I am making this cake to please you.

12. Introduceţi în spaţiile libere ”fairly” sau ”rather”:


a)This soup is… tasty, but the other is… salty.
b)These parcels are… heavy.
c)She is getting… old.
d)They behave… rudely.
e)The manager was… angry with her.
f)You speak Spanish… well.
g)I’ve caught a… bad cold.
h)She is… fat for her age.
i)It was… impolite of him to say such a thing.
13. Traduceţi în limba engleză:
a)Tu cânţi la pian mai bine decât sora ta.
b)Un gheţar se mişcă mai încet decât o vrabie.
c)Dicţionarul tău este cu mult mai interesant decât revista mea.
d)Mi-au dat mai multe răspunsuri decât mă aşteptam.
e)Ar trebui să vorbeşti spaniola mai fluent.
f)Dintre noi toţi, ea a desenat cel mai bine.
g)Cine şofează mai repede, tu sau sora ta?
h)Ea mi-a vorbit mai sever decât propria mea mamă.
i)Rochiile făcute de mine au fost foarte lăudate.
j)Ea conduce maşina mult prea bine pentru a avea un accident.
k)Eu am fost foarte uimită de cele întâmplate.

14. Folosiţi în spaţiile libere ”hard” sau ”hardly”:


a)He has always tried… to succed.
b)She… speaks in his presence.
c)Yesterday, I could… speak because of my hoarse throat.
d)They worked… to earn their living.
e)My nephew… studies, you should talk to him.

15. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)În iarna aceasta nu a venit nici o rândunică în balconul nostru.
b)Nu o cunosc pre bine.
c)Abia puteam vorbi de plâns.
d)În grădina noastră nu creşte aproape nimic.
e)N-am văzut aproape nici un străin pe litoral.

16. Puneţi în ordinea corectă adverbele din paranteză:


MODEL: I was born (in the year 1967, on 28 th September, at 9 a.m.).
I was born at 9 a.m. on September the 28 th in the year 1967.
a)I went for a walk (in the evening, late).
b)He went to London (last, week, in the morning).
c)The news is broadcast (every day, at one o’clock p.m.).
d)I was wandering (for many hours, through the wood).
e)They came back (in the afternoon, late, at the hotel).
f)We shall be here (tomorrow morning, at 11).

17. Traduceţi următoarele propoziţii în limba română:


a)Have you already read this book?
b)He is still working.
c)My brother has already sent her a present on her birthday.
d)I haven’t sent my message yet.
e)We can still catch the next bus.
f)I haven’t received any letter from him.
g)Are you still thinking of her?
CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR

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?
5

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 =

2. Scrieţi cu litere următoarele numere:


a) 67; b) 83; c) 14; d) 30; e) 99; f) 71; g) 13;

3. Grupaţi pe perechi numerele din coloana A cu cuvintele din coloana B:


1 Ten 16 Thirteen
6 Five 14 Seventeen
10 One 13 Fifteen
8 Six 80 Eighteen
5 Eight 88 Eight
17 Sixteen 18 Eighty
15 Fourteen 8 Eighty-eight

4. Scrieţi următoarele numere în cuvinte:


a) 342; b) 778; c) 1,000,000; d) 999; e) 110;

5. Grupaţi pe perechi orele în cifre şi în litere:


6.15 twenty – five past three
11.15 a quarter to six
7.30 half past seven
3.25 a quarter past six
5.45 a quarter past eleven
6. Exprimaţi orele după următorul model:
2.15 = a quarter past two
a) 5.40; b) 2.35; c) 9.20; d) 5.15; e) 1.00;

7. Exprimaţi datele calendaristice după următorul model:


February 14, 1968 = February the fourteenth, nineteen sixty-eight
a) January 13, 1968; b) September 3, 1077; c) October 19, 1907; d) March 1, 1787;

8. Completaţi cuvintele lipsă după modelul de mai jos:


1st = the first
3rd/ 12th/20th/11th/22nd/30th/31st / 70th/99th/100th

9. Care cuvânt este în plus?


a)four six twenty half
b)twenty-four thirty-six fifty-eight one
c)twenty sixty fourty fifty eighteen
d)nine three seven the first eleven
e)the first the third the eleven three the fourth

10. Scrieţi cu litere următoarele numere:


15,421/ 84,000/ 918/ 622,868/ 1,435/ 2,200/ 547/ 5,442.

11. Scrieţi cu litere următoarele date calendaristice:


10 III 1910
1 I 1967
31 XII 1992
22 II 1934
28 IX 1952

12. Scrieţi cu litere următorii ani:


1964, 1900, 1717, 1200, 1989, 1992.

13. Scrieţi numerele ordinale corespunzătoare acestor numere:


12, 2, 20, 10, 1, 1101, 401, 11, 100, 699, 71, 81, 34, 8.

14. Traduceţi în limba română:


threefold, fivefold, twice, double, a hundred times.

15. Transcrieţi cu litere următoarele numere:


1/2, 2/3, 4/5, 1/3, 3, 1/3, 0.03, 7.92, 0.1, 1/13, 1/50, 1/14;

16. Traduceţi următoarele proverbe în limba română:


a)First think, then speak.
b)One good turn deserved another.
c)First come, first served.
d)Four eyes see better than two.
e)One today is worth two tomorrow.
f)If you run after two hares, you will catch neither.

17. Daţi răspunsul corect acestor operaţiuni aritmetice:


a)What remains if you substract 15 from 65?
b)What are 7 times 7?
c)What is the answer if you divide 55 by 5?
d)What do 6, 7 and 8 add up to?
e)What is the answer if you add 12 to 22?
f)What are 3 times 4?

18. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Aceasta a fost prima ţară pe care am vizitat-o.
b)Aproape două treimi din prăjitură a fost alterată.
c)Merg la mare o dată pe sezon.
d)Sportivii au intrat pe teren câte doi.
e)Sute de oameni au văzut spectacolul.
f)A început să ningă în a patra zi.
g)Cartea costă 3 dolari.
h)Termometrul arăta 37° C.
i)Câştig 12 lire sterline pe săptămână.
j)El a şi mâncat două treimi din plăcintă.
k)Am sunat de trei sau patru ori, dar nu ai răspuns.

CHEIA EXERCIŢIILOR

1. a) sixteen/ b) ten/ c) eleven/ d) fourteen/ e) sixteen.


2. a) sixty-seven/ b) eighty-eight/ c) fourteen/ d) thirty/ e) ninety-nine/ f) seventy- nine/ g) thirteen.
3. 1= one; 6= six; 10= ten; 8= eight; 5= five; 17= seventeen; 15= fifteen; 16= sixteen; 14= fourteen;
13= thirteen; 80= eighty; 88= eighty-eight; 18= eighteen; 8= eight.
4. a) three hundred and forty-two/ b) seven hundred and seventy-eight/ c) one million/ d) nine hundred
and ninety-nine/ e) one hundred and ten.
5. 6.15= a quarter past six/ 11.15= a quarter past eleven/ 7.30= half past seven/ 3.25= twenty-five past
three/ 5.45= a quarter to six.
6. a) twenty to six/ b) thirty-five past two/ c) twenty past nine/ d) a quarter past five/ e) one o’clock.
7. a) January the thirteenth, nineteen sixty-eight/ b) September the third, ten seventy-seven/ c) October
the nineteenth, nineteen and seven/ d) March the first, seventeen eighty-seven.
8. ten third, the twelfth, the twentieth, the eleventh, the twenty-second, the thirtieth, the seventieth, the
ninety-ninth, the hundredth.
9. a) half/ b) one/ c) eighteen/ d) the first/ e) three.
10. fifteen thousand, four hundred and twenty one/ eighty-four thousand/ nine hundred and eighteen/
six hundred and twenty-two/ eight hundred and sixty-eight/ one thousand four hundred and thirty-five/
two thousand two hundred/ five hundred and fourty-seven/ five thousand four hundred and fourty-two.
11. March the tenth, nineteen ten/ January the first nineteen sixty-seven/ December the thirty-first
nineteen ninety-two/ February the twenty-second, nineteen thirty-four/ September the twenty-eight,
nineteen fifty-two.
12. nineteen sixty-four, nineteen hundred, seventeen seventeen, twelve hundred, nineteen eight-nine,
nineteen ninety-two.
13. the twelfth, the second, the tenth, the first, the one hundred and first, the four hundred and first, the
eleventh, the one hundredth, the six hundred and ninety-ninth, the seventy-first, the eighty-first, the thirty-
fourth, the eighth.
14. întreit, încincit, dublu, însutit.
15. one half, two thirds, four fifths, one third, three and one third, nought point three, seven point nine
two, nought point one, one thirteen, one fiftieth, a fourteenth.
16. a) Mai întâi gândeştete şi pe urmă vorbeşte sau Gândeşte-te înainte de a vorbi/ b) O faptă bună
merită o alta în schimb sau Serviciu contra serviciu/ c) Primul venit, primul servit/ d) Patru ochi văd mai
bine decât doi/ e) Un lucru făcut azi, valorează mâine dublu/ f) Dacă fugi după doi iepuri, nu prinzi nici
unul.
17. a) fifty/ b) fourty-nine/ c) eleven/ d) twenty-one/ e) thirty-four/ f) twelve.
18. a) This was the first country I visited/ b) Almost two thirds of this cake was adulterated/ c) I go to
seaside once a season/ d) The sportsmen entered the field by twos/ e) Hundreds of people saw the show/ f)
It started snowing on the forth day/ g) This book costs $3/ h) The thermometer shows 37° C/ i) I earn 12
pound a week/ j) He has already eaten two thirds of this cake/ k) I rang you up three or four times but you
didn’t answer.

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.

2. Completaţi spaţiile libere transformând pronumele din paranteze la forma corectă:


a)This is a piece of cake for… (she).
b)I brought these flowers for… (they).
c)Mother asked… where I was going. (I)
d)Give that to… (he).

3. Folosiţi ”it”, ”they”, ”he” sau ”she” în locul cuvintelor subliniate:


a)There’s my brother!
b)There are the children!
c)There’s Susan!
d)Here’s your dictionary!

4. Alegeţi forma corectă a pronumelui personal din paranteze:


a)This copy-book is for… (she, her).
b)Look, that’s… (he, him).
c)You’ll see… among the other guests. (they, them)
d)I talk to (he, him) and he talks to (I, me).
e)I see (she, her) in the living-room.
f)They speak French to (I, me) and I speak Greek to (they, them).

5. Folosiţi un pronume personal în spaţiile libere după următorul model:


MODEL: I offered a present to…
I offered a present to her.
a)He asked… a favour.
b)We told… the truth.
c)I’ll lend… all the money he wants.
d)The cat was thirsty so I gave… some milk.
e)They bought a bunch of flowers for…

6. Folosiţi forma corectă a pronumelor din paranteze:


a)He came with his mother and (I, me).
b)Hellen and (I, me) went on a trip.
c)She offered the tickets to her brother and (I, me).
d)My friend and (I, me) know these girls very well.
e)The prize was divided between my brother and (I, me).
f)(I, me) enjoy this play very much.

7. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)It appears that he has not told of his blunder.
b)It is cold and it is raining.
c)It is a long way to Paris.
d)It happens that we’ll be travelling by plane too.
e)It is doubtful whether we’ll be there in time.
f)It appears useless staying here anylonger.
g)It is no use crying over spilt milk.

8. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Este necesar să gândeşti înainte de a vorbi.
b)Este greu de spus care îmi place mai mult.
c)Cu siguranţă ea va veni târziu.
d)Nu contează ce carte iei.
e)Este periculos să traversezi bulevardul pe roşu.
f)Nu este bine să iei ce nu este al tău.

9. Folosiţi pronumele ”it” după următorul model:


MODEL: The cooking took me three hours.
It took me three hours to do the cooking.
a)He will take a year to get a promotion.
b)The dressmaker takes half a day to make an evening dress.
c)Going to his party will cost you a lot of money.
d)I shall take half an hour to reach you.

10. Folosiţi ”it” sau ”there”:


a)… is such a gorgeous day that I hate the idea of going to office.
b)… is time to have lunch.
c)… is time to start going.
d)… is so much work to do in a big house.
e)… is a pity you can’t come.
f)In England… is often rain.
g)In England… often rains.
h)In England… is often rainy weather.

11. Completaţi spaţiile libere cu pronume posesive:


a)This is my bedroom. It is…
b)That is your dog. It is…
c)This is our new car. It is…
d)I have a new coat. It is…
e)She has a lovely hat. It is…
f)Those are their flowers. They are…

12. Înlocuiţi cuvintele subliniate cu pronumele posesive:


a)They have some nice carpets. The ones in our rooms are not so valuable.
b)The ball this child is playing with does not belong to him.
c)Her hair is darker that the one I’ve got.
d)My dress is shorter that the dress you are wearing.

13. Transformaţi propoziţiile următoare după modelul de mai jos:


MODEL: This is my cat.
This cat belongs to me.
a)Those are your books.
b)That is their ball.
c)Is this your house?
d)That is Mary’s dog.
e)Are these your coats?

14. Folosiţi pronumele posesive corect:


a)This car is (you) and that bike is (I).
b)They say this is their book, and they all those are (they) too.
c)I gave them (I) and they gave me (they).
d)Her dress is much nicer than (we).

15. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Mi se pare că şi-a pierdut umbrela. I-o voi da pe a mea.
b)Greşeala este a mea, nu a ta.
c)O prietenă de-a mea mi-a spus totul despre ei.
d)Am primit o scrisoare din partea unei prietene de-a mamei mele.
e)La petrecere vor veni mulţi prieteni de-ai tăi.
f)Numele ei este Mary; al lui este George.

16. Completaţi spaţiile libere cu pronumele posesive corespunzătoare:


a)My sister and I have dogs, but her is bigger than…
b)Susan and Peter have shoes, but hers are smaller than…
c)Please, lend me a ball-pen; I forgot…
d)Your hair is darker than…
e)My sister and my brother both have hair, but his is shorter than…

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.

19. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)We measured George and Peter and found the former was shorter.
b)I know both Mary and Susan. I met the former in Paris and the latter in Bucharest.
c)They raise cows and horses, the former for milk and the latter for riding.
d)Steve and Paul are brothers; the former is good-looking, the latter isn’t.

20. Traduceţi în limba română fiind atenţi la pronumele nehotărâte subliniate:


a)Somebody left this message for you.
b)Little is know about his mysterious disappearance.
c)Most of us are anxious to see her back home.
d)Something is better than nothing.
e)I like this pie. Give me some more.
f)That’s about all.
g)Where are the others? I can’t see them.
h)Do you prefer the first dictionary or the second one? Either is useful.

21. Completaţi spaţiile libere cu compuşii lui ”some” sau ”any”:


a)Don’t let… come in this room.
b)… happened yesterday.
c)I can’t do… about it.
d)Flowers can be found almost… in the garden.
e)I have got… tell you.
f)If… asks about him, say that he is away.

22. Completaţi spaţiile libere cu ”somebody” sau ”anybody”:


a)If… asks about me, tell them I’ll be away for about a week or so.
b)… has visited me, but I can’t remember his name.
c)Hardly… knows the solution to this problem.
d)… can do this.
23. Folosiţi în spaţiile libere ”some”, ”few”, ”little” sau ”a little”:
a)I am sad: I have… friends.
b)Is there any coffee left in the kettle? Yes, …
c)Please, accept my invitation. I have already invited many friends… are know to you.
d)Do you smoke? Yes…

24. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Niciunul dintre ei nu este acasă. I-am căutat pe amândoi.
b)Oricare din aceste două tramvaie te duc la poştă.
c)Pe care din aceşti doi pisoi îi alegi? Oricare din ei.
d)Am prăjituri pe farfurie, dar nici una nu-i gustoasă.

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.

26. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)I met both of them.
b)Anyone will tell you the same thing.
c)Each of the pupils has already read this novel.
d)Somebody agreed to his proposal.
e)All of us know the truth.
f)I consider either of them is guilty.
g)Have you any magazines? Yes, I have some.

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.

28. Folosiţi ”either”, ”neither”, ”none”:


a)Which of these two men am I supposed to ask?
b)I don’t agree with… of the two.
c)Which of all these exercises seems to you?
d)How many of these clothes are Mary’s?
e)Have you seen my brother or my sister? I’ve seen… of them.
f)I like… of the two.

29. Folosiţi ”other”, ”others” sau ”another” în spaţiile libere:


a)This umbrella is broken; can you lend me…?
b)Some go to the sea-side; … go in the mountains.
c)One of my friends is called Susan; the… is called Caroline.
d)I had a glove in one hand, and a hand-bag in the…

30. Folosiţi ”one” sau ”ones” în locul substantivelor subliniate:


a)My sister’s new dress costs less than my old dress.
b)Which books do you like most? The books about travelling, the books about scientific discoveries
and the books dealing with love-stories.
c)Where are my glasses? Do you mean the glasses on the desk?
d)His shoes are as new as your red shoes.

31. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Fiecare pictură este foarte valoroasă.
b)Se ajută între ei (doi).
c)Fiecare dintre ei a plătit taxă de intrare la muzeu câte zece lei.
d)Se ajută între ei (mai multe persoane).
e)Fiecare dintre ei are serviciul său acum.
f)Fiecare exerciţiu trebuie rezolvat corect.
B. PRONOUNS AND ADJECTIVES
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PRONUMELE ŞI ADJECTIVUL

1. Folosiţi adjective sau pronume posesive după următorul model:


MODEL: I have eaten all… oranges; can I have one of…?
I have eaten all my oranges; can I have one of yours?
a)She has lost… pencil. Will he lend her…?
b)Don’t forget to bring… dictionary.
c)Have you known that friend of… who was at my party?
d)Have you seen a hat of… that I have lost?

2. Folosiţi adjectivul sau pronumele posesiv în spaţiile libere:


a)The boy is talking to… brother.
b)The cat was drinking… milk.
c)I have found my note-book; have you found…?
d)Is this… new bike, Hellen?
e)I have finished my problem, so I can help you with…

3. Transformaţi adjectivele posesive în pronume posesive după următorul model:


MODEL: He is one of her friends.
He is a friend of hers.
a)She is one of my enemies.
b)This is one of my favourite cakes.
c)He hates one of my nieces.
d)I gave you one of my novels.
4. Folosiţi adjectivul posesiv corect:
a)He gave a book to… mother.
b)We have two armchairs in… bedroom.
c)The children left… ball in the garden.
d)I think that you have done… exercise well.
e)I left… bag in the living room.

5. Alegeţi pronumele sau adjectivul posesiv corect din paranteze:


a)This dog is (my, mine, I).
b)That house is (your, you, yours).
c)Are these (her, she, hers) friends?
d)Where are (you, your, yours) glasses?
e)This hat is (he, his, they).

6. Folosiţi pronume personale sau adjective posesive în spaţiile libere:


a)I was talking to… when my mother entered the room.
b)You should make up… mind soon.
c)Leave… alone, will you?
d)This dog has hurt one of… legs.

7. Folosiţi ”much”, ”more”, ”many”, ”less” sau ”fewer” în spaţiile libere:


a)How… money have you got on you?
b)There are… people than I have expected.
c)… people go to Paris nowadays.
d)… hands make light work.
e)There are… foreign cars in our country than there were four years ago.
f)I don’t like so… salt in my dish; please put… in next time.

8. Folosiţi ”much”, ”many”, ”a lot of”, ”plenty of” în spaţiile libere:


a)I’ve seen this museum… a time.
b)How… cigarettes a day does she smoke?
c)I read… books.
d)They have… time at their disposal.
e)There are… children in the street.

9. Folosiţi ”some” sau ”any” şi compuşii lor:


a)She has… friends in New York.
b)Have you… coffee in your cup?
c)There aren’t… mistakes in your composition.
d)… has taken my coat.
e)She has asked… to look after her sick mother.

10. Folosiţi ”some” sau ”any”:


a)Have you got… money? Yes, I have got…
b)We met… friends at the sea-side.
c)I have found… tulips in the garden.
d)… like it hot.
e)Are there… flowers in this park? … say there are plenty of them here.

11. Folosiţi adjectivele sau pronumele nehotărâte corespunzătoare în spaţiile libere:


a)… of Shakespeare’s plays is called ”Much Ado About Nothing”.
b)Have you… stamps? I need… for my anvelope.
c)Nobody missed the show… were present.
d)… has stolen my pram.

12. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)There is not much beer left in this glass.
b)I’ll have some more of this pie.
c)I’ll have some more of those cakes.
d)We haven’t many friends in this town.
e)Very few children obey their parents.
f)A few students have already read this book.

13. Traduceţi în limba engleză folosind un pronume sau un adjectiv demonstrativ:


a)V-o prezint pe fiica mea mai mare.
b)Îi tot cere dicţionarul înapoi de patru săptămâni.
c)Asta este tot ce ai de spus?
d)”A fi sau a nu fi, aceasta e întrebarea”.
e)Îmi place acest tablou mai mult decât celălalt.
f)Cu mult timp înainte, ea i-a dat acest inel.

14. Folosiţi adjectivele sau pronumele demostrative în spaţiile libere:


a)… is what he has done to me.
b)… was what I wanted from her and… is what I get now.
c)There are only two oranges left, which one will you have, … or…?
d)… dot on the ceiling is a fly.
e)… is my fortune!

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)

A. TENSES OF THE INDICATIVE MOOD


(TIMPURILE MODULUI INDICATIV)

1. Folosiţi timpul prezent simplu sau continuu verbelor din paranteze:


a)She (put) her dictionaries on the shelves.
b)We (spend) the next weekend with our best friends; we (go) on a trip to the sea-side.
c)She (understand) the Present Continuos in English?
d)She (not hear) what I (say).
e)You (see) John tomorrow?
f)How often you (go) to the barber’s?
g)Have you got a cigarette? Sorry, I (not, smoke).

2. Alegeţi forma corectă a verbelor din paranteză:


a)Susan (goes, is going) to office every day.
b)I (like, am liking) to visit this church.
c)They (talk, are talking) to their friends now.
d)At the moment, my sister (makes, is making) a cake.
e)I (drive, am driving) to the station every day.

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)

4. Folosiţi timpul prezent, forma continuă a verbelor din paranteze:


a)I (look) at the people dancing at the party.
b)My mother (make) a cake, my father (smoke) a cigar.
c)It (snow).
d)All the girls (play) basket-ball.
e)I (clean) the rooms; my sister (wash up) in the kitchen.

5. Folosiţi întrebările disjunctive în spaţiile libere:


a)She isn’t in the study…?
b)The Whites are not at home…?
c)The child has a ball in his hand…?
d)They work hard…?
e)I can have these fancy-cakes…?

6. Treceţi la singular propoziţiile de mai jos:


a)The children wash their hands.
b)These oranges are sweet.
c)We buy a newspaper every morning.
d)They have got piano lessons twice a week.
e)They mend engines; they are mechanics.

7. Folosiţi propoziţii disjunctive în spaţiile libere:


a)He knows you, …?
b)Shaw wrote ”The Devil’s Disciple”, … ?
c)She doesn’t understand modern art, … ?
d)He spoke Spanish, … ?
e)You will call me up, … ?
f)They gave him a red car, … ?
g)Your dress isn’t new, … ?
h)I must answer his postcard, … ?
i)They shouldn’t drink so much, … ?

8. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)The man who is driving this car now is my best friend.
b)Keep quiet. Mother is sleeping.
c)It is raining, the wind is blowing.
d)As soon as she is leaving, we’ll take her newspaper.

9. Transformaţi verbele din următoarele propoziţii la prezentul perfect:


a)I am reading a book.
b)She is typing some letters for her boss.
c)Are they speaking to those girls?
d)She will take her dog for a walk.
e)She did not grow tulips in her garden.

10. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Sora mea locuieşte la Paris de două luni.
b)Îmi caut ochelarii de o jumătate de oră.
c)N-am mai văzut aşa ceva.
d)Unde ai fost toată seara?
e)Tocmai am mâncat desertul.

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.

12. Completaţi spaţiile libere cu ”since” sau ”for”:


a)He has been in London… last month.
b)I have lived in Bucharest… fifty years.
c)They haven’t read a newspaper… morning.
d)I have played the piano… I was a child.
e)We have stayed with them… three months.

13. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Ei locuiesc în aceeaşi casă de 20 de ani.
b)Ai citit vreodată această carte?
c)Ploaia a încetat, dar cerul continuă să fie acoperit.
d)Câte cărţi în limba engleză ai citit până acum?

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.

15. Puneţi cuvintele ”yet”, ”already” în locul corect:


a)She hasn’t met Henry for years. Is he living in London?
b)I have had my breakfast.
c)Have you finished your dinner?
d)I have called at your house four times.

16. Folosiţi prezentul perfect sau prezentul perfect continuu:


a)I (sit) in my bed since he left.
b)He (waste) his time instead of working hard his exam.
c)Somebody (be) in this room, it smells of perfume.
d)She (know) my daughter since she was a child.
e)This rubbish (stay) here for days.

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.

18. Transformaţi verbele din propoziţiile de mai jos la Past Tense:


a)I go shopping on Friday.
b)That woman is standing on the platform.
c)I go to the theatre.
d)Do you go to London?
e)I sit in my armchair.
f)They take another cigarette.

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.

21. Puneţi verbele din paranteze la timpul corespunzător:


a)She (get) the news two days ago.
b)Yesterday they (visit) their children.
c)What (do) she yesterday afternoon?
d)I (write) a letter to my aunt last night.
e)I (leave) the party and (go) home, about three hours ago.

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.

24. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Când s-a întors el?
b)Nu te-am văzut de secole.
c)Mi-am cumpărat această rochie acum un an.
d)Unde ai fost?
e)Te-am aşteptat la gară.

25. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Când am intrat în cameră, copii se jucau cu trenuleţele.
b)În timp ce căutau numărul ei de telefon, ea a intrat pe uşă.
c)În timp ce ascultau radioul, mama cocea o prăjitură.
d)Ploua când telefonul a sunat.
e)Am sărit în tramvai în timp ce mergea.

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.

27. Transformaţi verbele din paranteze la Past Perfect:


a)When they (finish) the coffee, the waitress took the cups away.
b)Mother told me she (break) the new vase.
c)I (invite) my friends to come for lunch.
d)They did not know she (admire) my new flat.

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.

29. Treceţi verbele din propoziţiile de mai jos la timpul viitor:


a)I swam in the swimming pool.
b)The bell started ringing.
c)The children were playing in the garden.
d)The cat sat under a chair in the dining room.
e)Father drove his car to the station.

30. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Vă voi vizita săptămâna viitoare.
b)Îi voi aduce pachetul direct acasă.
c)Ei nu vor putea veni diseară, la petrecerea noastră.
d)Unde se va duce el?
e)Vei fi ocupată după-amiaza aceasta?
31. Traduceţi în limba română:
a)My sister will go to the theatre tomorrow.
b)I’ll come home at two o’clock p.m.
c)I shall go to the bookshop later on.
d)We shall have dinner at seven o’clock p.m.
e)You will come in time.

32. Completaţi spaţiile libere cu ”to be going to”:


a)They… to see a film tomorrow.
b)It… (not) to snow.
c)They… to send her flowers this afternoon.
d)Mother… buy a dress for herself.
e)We… to give a party this weekend.

33. Schimbaţi verbele următoarelor propoziţii cu ”to be going to”:


a)I shall travel light.
b)She will sit up all day to finish her composition.
c)The manager will ask us a lot of details.
d)We shall live together next month.
e)Mary will visit all the monasteries.

34. Folosiţi ”shall” sau ”will” în spaţiile libere:


a)The child… not has a dessert until he has finished his steak.
b)… you lend me your umbrella?
c)The boy… gets a car when he is eighteen.
d)Mother has decided she… not stay with us this weekend.
e)… I come earlier?

35. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Ea are de gând să-i telefoneze mai târziu.
b)Am de gând să-l invit la cină.
c)Ea intenţionează să-şi cumpere o rochie roşie.
d)Ei au de gând să spună adevărul.
e)Nu am de gând să-i suport grosolănia.

36. Folosiţi forma corectă a verbelor din paranteze:


a)I won’t fall asleep until father (come) home.
b)They (wait) till next Wednesday.
c)I will help them as soon as I (be) free.
d)They (leave) soon.
e)I’ll tell my secret before I (leave).

37. Folosiţi verbele din paranteze la viitorul continuu:


a)This time next week I (play) with my daughter in the park.
b)They (come) round to talk to us next Monday.
c)My parents (wait) for me at the station.
d)In a month’s time, I (swim) in the Black Sea.
e)This band (give) several performances during this season.

38. Transferaţi verbele din paranteze la viitorul perfect:


a)In a week’s time I (finish) my latest novel.
b)The pupils (reach) the chalet by noon.
c)All the shops (close) by the time I start going shopping.
d)By the time get here we (finish) the birthday cake.

B. THE INFINITIVE (INFINITIVUL)

1. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)How many girls are to be invited to the dance?
b)Where is she to put her clothes?
c)If you want to pass the exams, you’ll have to work hard.
d)You are to write your address on this an this envelope.
e)You are to be in time tomorrow morning.
f)She is to be paid £ 11 a week.

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.

3. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)M-am oferit să plătesc dar ea a refuzat.
b)Ea a intenţionat să răspundă la scrisoare.
c)Sunt dispus să-mi cer scuze.
d)Mi-ar place nespus de mult să merg la circ.
e)El nu era în stare să repare motorul.
f)Intenţionez să o vizitez curând.
g)Obişnuiam să cânt la pian când aveam cinci ani.
h)Poliţistul mi-a spus să mut maşina.

4. Folosiţi ”too…/ enough…/ so… as” după următorul model:


MODEL: She is very young. She can’t have a car, for her self.
She is too young to have a car for herself.
She isn’t old enough to have a car for herself.
a)I was mad. I couldn’t speak.
b)She is very sick. It won’t keep him awake.
c)The coffee isn’t strong. It won’t keep him awake.
d)He is very young. He can’t understand this mystery.

5. Folosiţi ”In order/ so as” unde este necesar:


a)Mother sent me to the butcher’s. she wanted me to buy some meat.
b)I am learning Spanish. I wish to go to Spain.
c)She is saving up. She wants to buy a new house.
d)I got up very early.
e)I wanted to prepare breakfast for everybody.
f)I took off my boots. I didn’t want to wake you up.

6. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Iată o revistă pe care s-o răsfoieşti în avion.
b)Acest colet urmează să fie livrat prin poştă.
c)M-a rugat să mă grăbesc ca să nu pierdem spectacolul.
d)Se aşteaptă ca ea să se mărite curând.
e)L-am sfătuit să se întindă în pat şi să cheme doctorul.
f)Ar fi bine să spui cine este vinovatul.
g)Să fiu sincer, nu ştiu cine este de vină.
h)Nu mă face să râd.

7. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)I waited for her to speak first.
b)It is natural for him to think like that.
c)It is not the best thing for him to leave right now.
d)Here is a new tin for you to mix with the rest of the food.
e)It is impossible for him to stay longer.

C. THE SUBJONCTIVE MOOD (SUBJONCTIVUL)


1. Transcrieţi propoziţiile următoare folosind ”It’s time” după următorul model:
MODEL: He and his brother ought to come sooner.
It’s time he and his brother came sooner.
a)She ought to have her hair cut.
b)You ought to work harder.
c)They ought to get married.
d)The children ought to be in bed.

2. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)Happen what may!
b)May all your dreams come true!
c)Everybody leave the hotel!
d)I demand that she do it immediately!
e)May good luck attend you!

3. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Era atât de liniştită, ca şi cum nimic nu s-ar fi întâmplat.
b)Ea vorbeşte ca şi cum ar fi o franţuzoaică autentică.
c)Vorbeşte ca şi cum ar fi răguşită.
d)Mă simt ca şi cum aş fi buricul pământului.

4. Rescrieţi următoarele propoziţii folosind modelul de mai jos:


MODEL: The manager required that… (the clerks, to be, there, in the morning).
The manager required that the clerks be there in the morning.
a)He demanded that… (the committee to work out, a new scheme).
b)She wants that… (her son, to take, piano lessons).
c)He insists that… (I, to take, every day, some pills).
d)I urged that… (my pupils, to learn, harder).

5. Transcrieţi următoarele propoziţii după modelul de mai jos:


MODEL: Susan suggests that (he, work, in a lab).
Susan suggests that he should work in a lab.
a)They propose that (we, put off, the debate).
b)Mother suggested that (the children, join, the trip).
c)I suggest that (you, go, there, too).

6. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Se uita la mine de parcă eram nebună.
b)Fie să câştigi meciul!
c)Fie ca fiul nostru să ia examenul!
d)Este corect ca acest profesor să fie numit directorul şcolii.
e)Doctorul a insistat ca pacientul să rămână în spiatl.
7. Transcrieţi propoziţiile de mai jos, folosind ”may” după următorul model:
MODEL: Although I am old, I can clean the whole house.
I may be old, but I can clean the whole house.
a)Although he looks upset, he laughs all time.
b)Although he says he is healthy, he coughs all the time.
c)Although he is only 6, he can draw very well.
d)Although it seems unbelievable, he can cook.

D. ”WISH”

1. Transcrieţi următoarele propoziţii folosind ”wish” după modelul de mai jos:


MODEL: It’s a pity you are not here.
I wish you were here.
a)It’s a pity we have to leave so soon.
b)It’s a pity he is so ill.
c)It’s a pity she cannot come to our party.
d)It’s a pity I have no acquaintances in this field.

2. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)I wish I could afford a new car.
b)I wish holidays would come sooner.
c)I wish to speak to the manager, please.
d)The doctor wishes us well.
e)I have no wish to go.= I’m not feeling like going (leaving away)
f)How William much does she want to spend?
g)I don’t wish to see you again.
h)I wish to be alone.
i)They wished the trip at an end.(to finish)
j)She wishes she had finished her homework.
k)I wish you ”Good luck”.
l)She doesn’t wish to wrong him.
m)I wish I could find an ideal friend.

3. Transcrieţi propoziţiile de mai jos folosind ”wish” după următorul model:


MODEL: I am sorry I didn’t come last night.
I wish I had come last night.
a)They’re sorry they didn’t know the truth about you.
b)I’m sorry my cousin didn’t marry my best friend.
c)She’s sorry she was not able to be in time.
d)Aren’t they sorry their children didn’t pass the exams?
4. Puneţi verbele din paranteze la forma corectă:
a)I wish it (to rain).
b)If we (to be) in time, we should call you up.
c)They wish they (to finish), their work in time.
d)He wishes he (to be) an expert in the field.
e)Don’t you wish we (to be) together?

5. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Aş dori să se oprească ploaia.
b)Ei ar dori ca eu să nu fac aşa ceva.
c)Bunicul doreşte ca noi să nu vorbim atât de tare.
d)Mama doreşte să mă las de băut.

6. Transcrieţi propoziţiile de mai jos după următorul model:


MODEL: Please don’t talk so loud.
I wish you wouldn’t talk loud.
a)Please help me to clean this carpet.
b)Please tell me where is the nearest post-office.
c)I’m sorry I forgot to congratulate him.
d)Try to remember to put salt in this dish.
e)Please don’t stay too long.
f)I’m sorry I have no brother.
g)Please be quiet!
h)Please don’t make so much noise!
i)Please do what the teacher tells you.

E. THE ACCUSATIVE + THE INFINITIVE/


THE ACCUSATIVE + THE PARTICIPLE
(ACUZATIVUL + INFINITIVUL/ ACUZATIVUL + PARTICIPIUL)

1. Traduceţi în limba engleză folosind Acuzativ + Infinitiv:


a)L-am aşteptat să aducă coletul.
b)Cine i-a dat voie să ia maşina mea?
c)L-am făcut să vină la timp. Ihad them to come in time?
d)Nu voia să ne deranjeze după-amiaza.He would not disturb us.
e)Îl ştiam un bătrân înţelept.
f)L-am văzut dansând.

2. Transformaţi verbele din paranteze folosind Acuzativul + Participiu:


a)I saw (the girl, swim) in the swimming pool.
b)She watched (we, run) away.
c)They found (mother, cook) in the kitchen.
d)I caught (he, steal) my money.
e)Mother noticed (a gentleman, stand) in front of the house.
f)I saw (they, drive) past.
g)I left (she, weep) in the bedroom.

3. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)L-am văzut venind acasă.
b)L-am făcut să spună totul despre această afacere.
c)Mama vrea să învăţăm poezia pe dinafară.
d)Ei ştiu că ea este o fată cumsecade.
e)Patronul le-a permis să plece acasă mai devreme.

4. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)The teacher made us study the whole quotation.
b)I want you to explain everything to her once again.
c)They know him to be the champion.
d)We saw several cars pass in the street.
e)We left her reading in her study.

5. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Eu vreau să mă ajutaţi.
b)Nu-i place să îl deranjezi tot timpul.
c)Îmi place ca ea să cânte la pian mai tare.
d)Mama ar vrea să studiez mai mult.
e)Nu-ţi permit să mai vorbeşti cu acel copil obraznic.

6. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Am văzut-o dansând la petrecere ore întregi.
b)Mama îşi privea copiii jucându-se pe covor.
c)Ea şi-a simţit inima bătând cu putere.
d)Tata ne-a văzut dormind.
e)L-am văzut parcând maşina.

F. THE IMPERATIVE MOOD


(MODUL IMPERATIV)

1. Transcrieţi următoarele propoziţii folosind ”let’s”:


a)Shall we go to seaside this weekend?
b)Shall we have cakes for lunch?
c)Shall we go shopping on Friday?
d)Shall we bring more blankets?
e)Shall we buy tickets in time?
f)Shall we not tell them what we’ve seen?
g)Shall we buy some of these books?
h)I suggest we don’t go there tonight.

2. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Să mergem la munte duminică!
b)Să luăm câinele cu noi, ce zici?
c)Să mergem cu autocarul.
d)Să-i spunem adevărul, ce zici?
e)Să începem cu începutul!
f)Să vedem dacă soluţia ta e bună.

3. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)Let us go for a walk in the woods.
b)Help yourself to another piece of pie.
c)Come home right now!
d)Get out!
e)Don’t ask!
f)Let me think!
g)Let her come at once!
h)Don’t let her do such a thing to you!

G. THE GERUND
(GERUNDUL)

1. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)It’s no use crying.
b)Stop getting on her nerves!
c)They prevented me from leaving the town.
d)Thank you for having helped me.
e)I remember having disturbed her.
f)I intend going to Paris.
g)Don’t you regret having done such a thing to her?

2. Folosiţi verbele din paranteze la gerund:


a)Have you finished (write- ing) that composition?
b)I prefer (sing) to (dance).
c)Do you like (travel ling) abroad?
d)This painting is worth (buy ing).
e)It’s no use (talk ing) so loud.

3. Folosiţi forma corectă a verbului la gerund sau infinitiv:


a)I don’t want (buy ing) a new house without (get ting) good advice.
b)I remember (visit ting) this town and I insisted (stay ing) in a modern hotel.
c)I enjoyed (meet ing) you.
d)I tried to make him (make up) his mind.
e)It is no use (getting) angry.
f)You liked (reading) this book.
g)I used (drive ing) very fast.
h)He has got used to (eat ing) more vegetables.

4. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Aş dori să nu mai pui tot timpul aceste întrebări stânjenitoare.I wish you don’t put me this
embarrasing question.
b)Nu-mi pot permite să pird timpul cu prostii. I couldn’t afford wasting my time with foolishes.
c)Ea a continuat să vorbească ore întregi. She has kept talking for hours.
d)Prefer să călătoresc cu avionul decât să călătoresc cu vaporul. I preffer flying rather tripping.
e)Nu mă pot abţine să nu plâng. Icant help crying.

5. Folosiţi verbele din paranteze la gerund:


a)Would you mind (smoke ing) outside?
b)Stop (playing) the piano; everybody tries to sleep.
c)I look forward to (seing) you soon.
d)I can’t afford (wasteing) my spare time.

6. Folosiţi verbele din paranteze la gerund:


a)I am against (makeing) any promises.
b)He was fined for (driveing) too fast.
c)I don’t feel like (danceing) at all.
d)He gave up (smokeing).
e)I hate (borrowing) clothes.
f)I don’t like (going to the doctor.
g)He prefers (sleepping) to (work).

7. Folosiţi verbele din paranteze la gerund sau infinitiv, după caz:


a)He hates (having) to retire.
b)After (driving) for two hours, we stopped to let the others (catched up) with us.
c)I couldn’t help (laugh ing).
d)Stop (make ing) such a noise; I am trying (getting) some sleep.
e)Go on (playing) the violin; I don’t mind (listen ing) to you.
f)Would you mind (show ing) me how (handle) this machine?
8. Folosiţi prepoziţiile corecte care cer gerundul:
a)The snow prevented the scientists ok reaching the South Pole in time.
b)She was surprised by … our refusing to attend the lecture.
c)She annoyed my mother… telling dirty jokes.
d)I am very proud… being promoted so soon.
e)There is no harm… calling them up in the afternoon.
f)She is used… getting up so early.
g)Excuse me… being so rude.

9. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)Your being late proves that you are ill mannered.
b)Don’t insist on my coming to your birthday party.
c)I have always been fond of buying expensive clothes.
d)We have already had the opportunity of meeting you.
e)I am surprised at his shouting like that.
f)Would you mind carrying this parcel for me?

10. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)Fancy calling on me at such a time of the night.
b)He could not help regretting his former wife.
c)What do you mean by saying that?
d)I was tired of solving so many problems.
e)All this time I went on thinking of her.

11. Folosiţi verbele din paranteze la gerund:


a)The woman left without (speak).
b)This is good reason for (trust) them.
c)They were against (travel) by plane.
d)I need a knife for (cut) this cake.
e)I am very good at (swim).
f)After (wait) at the station for half an hour she left.
g)By (do) this, she lost all her friends.

12. Formaţi propoziţii după următorul model:


MODEL: This computer is out of order. It needs (to mend).
It needs mending.
a)This solution is wrong. It needs (to alter).
b)This stool is broken. It needs (to mend).
c)This room is full of dust. It needs (dust).
d)This dress is too loose. It needs (to take in).

13. Transformaţi propoziţiile de mai jos după următorul model:


MODEL: I am a good swimmer.
I am good at swimming.
a)She is a fast driver.
b)I am a good listener.
c)Mother is an excellent cook.
d)Mike is an efficient worker.

14. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Merită osteneala să vizitezi muzeele din Paris.
b)Este inutil să faci curăţenie.
c)Te supără dacă închid televizorul?
d)Insist ca şi el să fie invitat.
e)Am început să învăţ intens.
f)Ce v-a împiedicat să telefonaţi?

H. THE MODAL VERBS


(VERBELE MODALE)

1. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)You may go home now, girls.
b)You may take a taxi if you are in a hurry.
c)May I open the window, please?
d)You may eat as many oranges as you like.
e)They may be hungry before they get home.
f)It may rain in the afternoon.

2. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)Mother can cook a good meal.
b)I don’t think I can persuade my sister.
c)You can have your lunch now.
d)I cannot walk so far.
e)What can I have for dinner?
f)It is cold, so you can’t swim today.
g)She cannot have done such a thing.

3. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)You must wash your hands before lunch.
b)My brother must work hard for the exam.
c)You must give in.
d)Must I go to school every morning?
e)She must be sorry about what happened last night.
f)You must be crazy.
4. Traduceţi în limba română:
a)He should stay in bed as he is ill.
b)A driver should be very careful.
c)Children should always be polite.
d)Would you tell me the time, please?
e)Would you mind if I had this newspaper?
f)Would you pass the salt, please?

5. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)I can play the piano.
b)You mustn’t go to their meeting.
c)They needn’t go there.
d)You may wait for me here.
e)You may open the window.
f)Must we speak so slowly?
g)Can I go to the cinema?
h)You can sleep until the guests come.

6. Traduceţi aceste propoziţii folosind ”can’t”:


a)I don’t believe she did such a thing.
b)It’s impossible that he has behaved so rudely.
c)I don’t believe that this show will have a tremendous success.
d)I don’t believe that she has made such a proposal to him.

7. Folosiţi ”can”, ”may”, ”could”:


a)… I borrow your bike?
b)… you wait till next Monday?
c)You… tell us the joke, my little girl went to bed.
d)Mother told me that on Saturday we… go to the cinema.

8. Folosiţi ”may” sau ”might” în spaţiile libere:


a)It… rain in the evening, the sky is overcast.
b)I don’t think he… come here before five.
c)It’s already seven o’clock. The show… starts any moment now.
d)Why did you drive at night? You… have had an accident

9. Folosiţi ”can” sau ”to be able to”:


a)I… go shopping whenever I liked.
b)They… to read better in the future.
c)They… to find the way to the chalet until tomorrow.
d)I… play the violin when I feel better.

10. Folosiţi ”must” sau ”need”:


a)… I pass this exam this year?
b)Where… I put my glasses?
c)You… give the book back.
d)… I invite her this afternoon? I have so much work to do.

11. Folosiţi ”must” sau ”to have to”:


a)She… to give him an answer soon.
b)If they have a boy, they… to take care of him
c)When we moved to another country, he… to change his profession.
d)I have caught a cold and I… stay in bed.

12. Folosiţi ”mustn’t” sau ”needn’t”:


a)You… take his advice, he is not a reliable person.
b)They… hurry, it’s plenty of time.
c)Tell the hairdresser she… comes tomorrow.
d)You… smoke in the baby’s room.
e)You… give the children alcohol.

13. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)You dare to tell your wife you have spent all her money on drinks!
b)You dare to say I did it!
c)He didn’t dare to ask his mother.
d)I dare you to say that again.
e)She didn’t dare me to say such a nonsense.

14. Explicaţi diferenţa:


a)She dared to slap the policeman.
b)She dared me to slap the policeman.
c)They dared to say a rude remark.
d)They dared him to say a rude remark.

15. Folosiţi ”should” sau ”would”:


a)… you mind if I smoke in here?
b)I… buy you a new ring if I had money.
c)Young people… always be respectful.
d)… you like to meet her tonight?
e)Something… be done about this.

16. Folosiţi ”should” sau ”ought to”:


a)… you go to home right now?
b)They… to drive more carefully.
c)This boy… to win the first prize.
d)You… go in the country and have some rest.
e)I… give her the money she needs.
f)You… visit your grandmother in the hospital.
g)You… not to talk so rudely to her.

17. Folosiţi ”should” în loc de ”ought to”:


a)I ought to study more.
b)They ought to have kept silent.
c)The baby ought to be asleep by now.
d)I ought to have passed all my exams.

18. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)She has written all day long; she must be exhausted.
b)You don’t have to speak so loudly, I am not deaf.
c)I mustn’t cross the street when the light id red.
d)We mustn’t pick up the flowers in the garden.
e)You needn't talk to her, but I must.

19. Folosiţi ”needn’t have to” sau ”didn’t need to”:


a)My soup was salty, so I… (put) any salt in.
b)I… (come) by taxi, as Bob offered to give me a lift.
c)I… (tell) her my secret, which would have saved me a lot of trouble.

20. Transcrieţi următoarele propoziţii folosind ”may”, ”can” sau ”must”:


a)I’m sure she is already in bed.
b)Probably you left your watch on her desk.
c)It is possible that they arrive soon if they have a fast car.
d)I don’t believe they will cancel their wedding.
e)I am sure you are worn out.

21. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)Shall we be back for lunch?
b)Shall we take something to drink or something to eat?
c)This window won’t open.
d)Will you sit down, please?
e)Let’s call on them, shall we?
f)If she visits me, I shall tell her the whole story.
g)Children will be children.
h)You won’t get there unless you take a cab.

22. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Ar trebui să consulţi un doctor.
b)Eu pot să citesc cărţi franţuzeşti.
c)Trebuie să ne întâlnim curând.
d)Pot să te însoţesc?
e)Pot rezolva acest exerciţiu singur.
f)Nu a trebuit să cumpăr dicţionarul.
g)Este posibil ca el să vină cu soţia lui.
h)Probabil că a avut mult de lucru.
i)Nu trebuia să fi cumpărat cartea, o am deja.
j)Nu ai voie să fumezi în amfiteatru.
k)Nu-i nevoie să mergi atât de repede.
l)Trebuie să dau banii înapoi.

23. Folosiţi ”can”, ”may”, ”must” sau ”ought”:


a)Anyone… learn to drive a car.
b)She… be ill.
c)It… rain, the sky is covered.
d)I… go to school everyday.
e)You… to have a new car.
f)You… have these oranges if you want them.
g)They… to look crossing this avenue.
h)Women… to think before speaking.

24. Folosiţi ”won’t” sau ”wouldn’t”:


a)He… listen to me, although I expected him to be more reasonable.
b)Although the car was new, the engine… start.
c)I try in vain, my ball-pen… write.
d)I asked her tell me the whole story, but she… say a word.

I.PHRASAL VERBS
(VERBE CU PREPOZIŢIE)

1. Folosiţi ”about”, ”along”, ”away with”, ”through”, ”up”:


a)I don’t know they’ll get away without their housemaid.
b)I left him a lot of money; but he got back it in no time.
c)It’s nice to see old Henry getting ? again.
d)The thieves got up three golden rings.
e)You won’t get about that story.
f)I’ll be delighted if my daughter won’t get through her exams.
g)He gets up at six o’clock every morning.
h)What time do you get up?

2. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)They didn’t want the news of their wedding to get out till it was officially announced.
b)My friend is a girl who gets on with everyone she knows.
c)It’s difficult to get over the death of my cousin.
d)Harry hasn’t been learning well; he won’t get through his examination.
e)The cat got away with two steaks.
f)I got off the bus at the wrong stop.
g)She got into her car and started the engine.
h)If he doesn’t get out, I’ll call the police.
i)I don’t like getting up early in the morning.

3. Folosiţi prepoziţia corectă după verbul look:


a)Will you look after my baby for a while?
b)What are you looking for?
c)Look over that stamp – it’s valuable.
d)I’m looking for my glasses.
e)He looked down when I called his name.
f)Let’s look for this word in the dictionary.
g)Look up ! A car is coming.
h)They look up to their boss.
i)I’m looking for to seeing you.
j)My sister looks down on my father; she has his big nose and his personality.
k)I wanted to look through the window but she was against it.

4. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)I looked about the room for some time, but could not see my friend.
b)Stop looking down on people less lucky than yourself.
c)They must look into this matter more carefully.
d)I have looked through these magazines and they seem quite interesting.
e)You must look ahead and make plans for the future.
f)Look for me at the station.
g)I look on him as one of the family.
h)Looking back, I see now all the mistakes I made when I was younger.

5. Folosiţi prepoziţia corectă după verbul take:


a)I couldn’t take over the lecture at all.
b)People often take me like(after) my sister.
c)Granny takes out her false teeth before going to bed.
d)This blouse is too loose; please take it up.
e)When her uncle, Susan took up his business.
f)You’d better take up your coat; it’s quite warm.
g)I was too taken… to say a word.
h)I’m sorry I called you a lazy-bones; I take it…
i)I took up going for a walk every afternoon.
j)They took… each other the first minute they met.
k)My mother makes a little extra money by taking up guests in summer.
6. Traduceţi în limba română:
a)The waitress took (out)away the empty dishes.
b)Do you take after your mother or your father?
c)M< niece takes in any animal she finds in the street.
d)I think I have taken on more than I can manage.
e)He has taken up tennis.
f)I took out a handkerchief and gave it to her.
g)Take the kettle of the stove.
h)I’ll take her along to the doctor if she doesn’t get better.
i)Want do you take me for?
j)He may be a kind guy, but I don’t take to him.
k)I’m completely taken up with my work.

7. Folosiţi prepoziţia corectă după verbul give:


a)Don’t give these boots off!
b)This sporty is too expensive for me; I’ll have to give it
c)The escaped prisoner gave himself to the nearest police station.
d)Your secret is too precious for me. I won’t give you…
e)I begged him so hard that he gave…
f)After her fifth attempt she gave up to pass the exam.
g)The names of the winners were given… on the radio.
h)There was a girl giving… some samples outside the exhibition.
i)All right I give…
j)These flowers give… a heavy fragrance.

8. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)Put back the clock; it is thirty minutes fast.
b)Put off the light; it’s getting quite again.
c)That statue is very valuable; put it down.
d)I was put out when she rang off in the middle of the appointment.
e)We have to put up with her behavior.
f)These scientists have recently put forward this extravagant theory.
g)They put up a statue in his honor.
h)Put on that pink skirt.
i)If you can’t find a room in a hotel, I’ll put you up.
j)This alarm-clock is always slow; I put it forward fifteen minutes every evening.
k)They put down their address.(write down)

9. Folosiţi prepoziţiile corecte după verbul put:


a)You may your exercise books… now.
b)They put the letters… in a drawer.
c)Put this dictionary… where it came from.
d)Don’t put pleasure before work.
e)I’ve put fit for a new suit.
f)Put on your overcoat.
g)Never put away what you can do today.
h)Don’t put out your tongue at strangers in the street.
i)Don’t put me in so much trouble.
j)They put down the notice on every building.
k)Mother can’t put on with her rude behavior.

10. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)Put these notes down in your copy books.
b)I put his shyness down on hiss lack of experience.
c)I have already put forward this proposition.
d)You’d better put all these pieces together.
e)The phone operator put me trough in an hour.

11. Folosiţi prepoziţiile corecte după verbul call:


a)On his way to the hospital he called… the baker’s.
b)I was called… to read the minutes.
c)She is calling… us to take us out.
d)I’ll call… for a few minutes.
e)Call… me anytime you feel like it.
f)This situation calls… great tact.
g)His wedding was called… because of tragic misunderstanding.
h)Father was called… at the age of eighteen; he spent a year in the army.
i)Your boss called… when you were out.
j)The man called… for help.
k)This ship calls… at Gibraltar.
l)Father is not at home; he was called… by his employer.
m)If you are in London call… any time.

12. Puneţi prepoziţiile corecte după verbul keep:


a)The head-master kept… all the schoolboys who had come late.
b)I kept… working and refused to answer her questions.
c)She must be kept… by her ignorance.
d)Keep… the grass!
e)I have started taking a walk every afternoon, but I don’t know if I can keep this…
f)I can’t keep… … you. You are the best at maths.
g)This mackintosh keeps… the rain.
h)I was kept… in my career by lack of luck.

13. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Am promis să mă apuc serios de învăţat.
b)Am renunţat să te mai aştept.
c)Nu şi-a revenit niciodată din astenia pe care a avut-o.
d)Mama va avea grijă de tine.
e)Fii atent!
f)M-am uitat pe lucrarea ei şi consider că este o adevărat revelaţie.
g)Stinge lumina, te rog.
h)Sper să te ajung din urmă.
i)Nepoţica mea m-a privit totdeauna cu admiraţie.
j)Ce crezi, fiica mea seamănă cu mine sau cu soţul meu?
k)Ce vrei să insinuezi?
l)N-am putut scăpa să nu-i cumpăr această păpuşă.
m)Puneţi haina şi să mergem.

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.
8

THE SEQUENCE OF TENSES


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(CONCORDANŢA TIMPURILOR)

1. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)I was sure that she was at home.
b)I was sure that she had been ill.
c)I was sure that she would be late again.
d)I’ll go there when I have time.
e)She’ll join us when she has finished her composition.

2. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Când am ajuns la aeroport, avionul decolase deja.
b)Când au ajuns la teatru, spectacolul începuse deja.
c)Când toată lumea plecase din muzeu, un copil rămase în căutarea mamei sale.
d)Când am intrat în cameră, el intrase deja în biroul său.

3. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Noi speram că vom ajunge la gară la timp.
b)El a spus că va veni mâine.
c)El s-a hotărât că va veni cu avionul a doua zi.
d)Ne gândeam că mama va aduce o prăjitură gustoasă la cafea.
e)Copiii s-au hotărât că vor pleca la munte în acest weekend.

4. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Mâncam când parapetul s-a prăbuşit.
b)În timp ce eu făceam lecţiile, câinele a adormit.
c)Hoţul mi-a furat poşeta în timp ce mă uitam la vitrină.

5. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)I offered them the flowers that I had bought for their anniversary.
b)Mother got a letter to say that her brother had died.
c)She came to him to tell him that she had met former husband.
d)Harry said that his wife had left him.

6. Alegeţi forma corectă a verbului din paranteză:


a)They went home when they (have, has, had) finished their work.
b)(talked, was talking, talk) to Susan, while they (had, have, were having) lunch.
c)He ( promise, promised, had promised) a new bike before he (decide, decided, had decided) to leave
the town.
d)I decided that I (come, shall come, should come) to the party too.
e)Before she (marry, married, had married) she (love, lived, had lived) in the country.
f)No one (knows, knew, had known) what (happen, will happen, would happen) in the future.

7. Transferaţi verbul din paranteze la forma cerută de corespondenţa timpurilor:


a)He said that he didn’t (understand) this puzzle.
b)He told me that I was (speak) very well.
c)They said that she (be able) to pass her exams.
d)The waiter said that there (be) no more steak.
e)Knew that you (be) late.

8. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Credeam că vei veni mai devreme.
b)După ce a absolvit liceul, a intrat la colegiu.
c)M-a asigurat că îţi va împrumuta suma de bani de care ai nevoie.
d)O să-i vorbesc când o voi găsi acasă.
e)Voi cumpăra cartea despre care mi-ai vorbit de îndată ce voi avea bani.
f)Ne vom duce pe câmp după ce ne von fi terminat temele.
g)Am întrebat-o acest lucru după ce am aflat că este şefa mea.

9. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)El a spus că a locuit în acest oraş la diferite intervale de timp.
b)Când m-am uitat pe fereastră am descoperit că ninsese toată ziua.
c)Am aşteptat afară o oră înainte ca ea să-mi spună că trenul nu va mai veni.
d)După ce meciul s-a sfârşit, sportivii au părărsit stadionul.
e)După ce am sosit la aeroport, am întâlnit câţiva prieteni în sala de aşteptare.
f)Focul a fost stins înainte ca pompierii să sosească.
g)După ce şi-a terminat rochia, a plecat la peterecere cu taxiul.
10. Traduceţi în limba engleză:
a)Eu I-am spus că am văzut-o cu o lună înainte dar nu m-a crezut.
b)Ea mi-a spus că s-a hotărât să cumpere dicţionarul.
c)Te voi suna când voi pleca de acasă.
d)Ea a trecut pe la mine, dar nu am fost acasă.
e)Când m-am întors, el tocmai plecase.
f)Mi-am adus aminte că ea îmi relatase această poveste înainte.
g)Ne-au spus că nu îi vom vedea la sosire pentru că vor fi plecaţi la ţară.
h)N-a mai fost un secret că a luat examenul datorită părinţilor săi.
i)Această expediţie nu a reuşit să demonstreze că există microbi în acest ser.
j)Am sosit de la Paris pentru zece zile şi mă simt de parcă aş fi un francez autentic.
k)Ştiam că va veni la mine dar m-am întrebat de ce nu ia-i spus şi mamei.
l)Nu a vrut să mă creadă şi are de suferit din acest motiv.

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)

1. Schimbaţi întrebările următoare în întrebări indirecte:


MODEL: Where does he work?
Do you know where he works?
a)Have they any children?
b)How do you pronounce this word?
c)When are you going to get married?
d)How many flowers have they got?

2. Transformaţi propoziţiile de mai jos la vorbirea indirectă, după următorul model:


MODEL: Where is he going.
I asked where he was going.
a)What are you doing?
b)How far is it to the nearest police station?
c)What’s the time?
d)Why are you going to Paris?

3. Transformaţi propoziţiile de la vorbire indirectă la vorbire directă:


a)She says she is feeling tired.
b)He says that Steve is a nice boy.
c)I think Bob likes you.
d)They said they went to Predeal by coach.
e)I said I would come to see you this weekend.
f)My cousin said he could stay for lunch.

4. Transformaţi următoarele propoziţii din vorbirea directă în vorbire indirectă:


a)Go away!, she said to him.
b)Bring me the pills!, she asked me.
c)Get out!, she said to him.
d)Shut the door!, she said to him.
e)Put the statue down!, she said to him.
f)Fire! (officer to soldiers)
g)Come in! (The employer to his employee)
h)Go out and speak to the policeman!, he said to me.
i)Go back to your classroom!, she said to him.
j)Come and spend the weekend with us!, I said to her.

5. Transformaţi următoarele propoziţii din vorbire indirectă în vorbire directă:


a)She asked how much that blue dress was.
b)Mother asked me when I should get back home.
c)I asked her if she could ski.
d)She asked him if he liked her new hair-style.
e)The little child asked his mother if he should do all the exercises.

6. Treceţi următoarele propoziţii la vorbire indirectă:


a)One day I’ll leave for good and you’ll be sorry, she said.
b)I intended to mend this roof soon, but now I don’t think I’ll be able to do it, he said.
c)My wife wants to go dancing, but I’d rather stay at home, he said.
d)It’s high time passed his exam, she said.
e)This steak is burnt again, he said.
f)If it rains this night it will be too wet to go for a picnic, she said.
g)I’m sure you will do very well at the college, he said.

7. Treceţi următoarele întrebări de la vorbire directă la vorbire indirectă:


a)Who put this snake on my bed, I asked.
b)Who owns this gun?, mother asked the boy.
c)Did you understand what she said to you?, he asked.
d)Was his father an engineer?, she asked.
e)Do you like this film? I said: Yes.
f)Shall I ever understand you?, I asked myself.
g)Where were you last week?, mother asked.
h)How far is it?, the tourist asked.
i)Could I speak to Mary?, I asked.
j)Can you understand this nonsense-poetry?, I asked.

8. Treceţi la vorbirea indirectă aceste propoziţii:


a)Open your suitcases, please, said the custom-house officer to me.
b)Don’t cry, said her sister to him.
c)Follow that red car!, I said to the driver.
d)Don’t forget to water the flowers!, said mother to me.
e)Call me up as often as you can, said the wife.
f)Wait for me at the station, he said to me.
g)Be very careful crossing the roods, she said to me.
h)Go and get some beer and come straight home, she said to him.
i)Don’t go near the swimming pool, children, she said to her children.
j)Don’t touch it, he said tame.
k)Ask him to write to me, she said to me.
l)Wait a moment, the shop-assistant asked me.

9. Treceţi următoarele propoziţii de la vorbire indirectă la vorbire directă:


a)I asked the policeman to let me go.
b)She suggested that should go to a cinema.
c)The little boy urgent his mother to let him stay up longer that night.
d)She suggested giving a party.
e)He advised her to get herself some new clothes.
f)He begged her to let him explain.
g)He advised them not to jump to conclusion.

10. Treceţi următoarele propoziţii la vorbirea indirectă:


a)Will you came to lunch on Sunday?, I said to her.
b)I’d love to, he said.
c)Will you have another cup of tea?, she said to me.
d)No, thanks, he said.
e)What about calling them up?, he said.
f)Will you help me, please?, I asked him.
g)Would you mind making a pie for dinner?, the child said to his mother.
h)Will you be silent for a moment?, the teacher said.
i)Shut the door as you go out!, mother said to me.
j)Shall I answer it?, I asked.
11. Transcrieţi propoziţiile următoare la vorbire indirectă:
a)I insist on paying!, he said.
b)Many happy returns of the day!, we said to her.
c)Welcome home!, she said to him.
d)Naughty boy!, she said to him.
e)Curse the snow!, we said.
f)Have a cigarette!, he said to me.
g)What a nuisance!, we said.
h)Congratulation!, I said to him.
i)What about going for a swim?, she said.
j)Thanks very much!, I said.

12. Transcrieţi următoarele propoziţii la vorbirea directă:


a)I asked if she liked to go to the cinema.
b)They asked if I had looked everywhere and I said that I had.
c)I suggested giving her the rest of the cake.
d)Mother offered us some more pie and we accepted.
e)Mother told us to stop making a fuss about nothing.
f)I suggested going down and seeing if we could find a room at the hotel.
g)I asked her if she had enjoyed the party and she said that she hadn’t.

13. Transformaţi propoziţiile următoare după modelul de mai jos:


MODEL: I go shopping every Friday.
He said that he went shopping every Friday.
a)She writes home every month.
b)They can speak German fluently.
c)We shall meet you at the airport.
d)The children have been playing in the garden.
e)They read the letter to her.
f)She is making a cake for us.

14. Transcrieţi propoziţiile de mai jos după următorul model:


MODEL: Where is he going?
I asked her where he was going.
a)Where are you going?
b)Where does your mother live?
c)What did your boss say?
d)Why do children go to school?
e)How will they manage to solve that problem.

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)

1. Transferaţi următoarele propoziţii la diateza pasivă:


a)A bus knocked the passer-by down.
b)Have you finished these exercises?
c)Mother has made some coffee.
d)Somebody has eaten all the oranges.
e)You ought not to worry the teacher with so many questions.

2. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Bicicleta aceasta va fi vândută în Germania.
b)Cartea aceea a fost scrisă în franceză.
c)Copiii sunt luaţi acasă seara.
d)Toate ferestrele hotelului au fost sparte.
e)Am fost invitată la cină.
f)Supermagazinul este construit lângă biserică.
g)Legumele au fost duse la piaţă.
h)Copiii vor fi trimişi la culcare dacă vor mai face gălăgie.
i)Carnea nu se vinde la frizer.
j)Nu ţi se va permite să intri în această sală.
k)Copiii nu au fost luaţi acasă încă.
l)Nu ni s-a permis să jucăm fotbal ieri.
m)Nu veţi fi invitaţi a doua oară.

3. Transformaţi următoarele propoziţii la diateza pasivă:


a)They teach English.
b)The detectives did not catch the man.
c)Nobody spoke.
d)The police had entered every room in the hotel.
e)They had to cook the meal.
f)It was possible to use the beds.

4. Transformaţi propoziţiile următoare la diateza pasivă:


a)Somebody has cleaned my sandals and brushed my coat.
b)Why didn’t you mend the shelf before it fell down?
c)Someone turned off the light and shut the door.
d)Someone will serve sandwiches.
e)People are spending far more money on clothes now than they spent twenty years ago.
f)It is high time somebody told him to stop behaving like a teenager.
g)Who wrote this novel?
h)We feed the baby three times a day.
i)She expected us to offer her a chair.
j)Most people agreed to this.
k)Did the book interest you?
l)Elephants couldn’t have done this. Elephants don’t eat people.
5. Transformaţi propoziţiile următoare la diateza pasivă:
a)Snow held up the trains.
b)You didn’t look after your children properly.
c)Burglars broke into the house.
d)People often take me for my sister.
e)They called in the police.
f)You have to leave all these parcels in this room. Somebody will call for them later on.

6. Treceţi propoziţiile următoare de la diateza pasivă la diateza activă:


a)This rule is to be introduced gradually.
b)This actress is said to have lived on spaghetti and beer.
c)Your extravagant theory has now been proved to be false.
d)Your money could be put good use instead of being in the drawer.
e)For a long time she was believed to be dead.
f)The thief was being escorted from the bank by a strong police guard.
g)Informal dress will be worn.
h)Someone will to be found to take the secretary’s place.
i)This rumor must have been started by one our neighbors.
j)Why weren’t the jewels either locked or put into a safe place?
k)It is being said that too little money is being spent on kindergartens.

7. Transcrieţi echivalentul acestor propoziţii la diateza activă:


a)They’ve been offered money on their anniversary.
b)Wasn’t the letter read by the employer himself?
c)His presence is said to be very embarrassing.
d)They will be asked to go on a trip this weekend.
e)The doctor should have been sent for earlier.
f)These letters on the desk must have been brought by the postman.
g)A lot of mistakes used to be made with this new type of computer.
h)She was so ill that she had to be taken to the hospital.

8. Transcrieţi echivalentul pasiv al următoarelor propoziţii:


a)Somebody gave us a kitten.
b)They promised the children some sweets.
c)Somebody had asked him an interesting question.
d)My friend has said that her daughter is top of the class.
e)The actors expect that the director will change the cast of the film.
f)They consider that this solution is the best.
g)Mother will give us a cake too.
h)Someone is presenting the guests the other rooms of the house.
i)Everybody knows that this writer is by far the best one now-a-days.

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.

11. Transformaţi la diateza pasivă următoarele propoziţii:


a)The waiter brings the steak.
b)The waiter is bringing the steak.
c)The waiter brought the steak.
d)The waiter was bringing the steak.
e)The waiter had brought the steak.
f)The waiter will bring the steak.
g)The waiter will have brought the steak.

12. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Bolnavilor din acest spital li se asigură condiţii bune pentru tratament.
b)Mi s-a spus că tortul va fi gata după-amiază.
c)Se ştie că acestui elev i s-a acordat premiul întâi.
d)Mâncarea este pregătită de bucătar.
e)Au fost publicate toate volumele acestui roman.
f)O nouă melodie va fi cântată de Susan.
g)Iarba este tunsă de grădinar.
h)Batista mea a fost găsită de cineva în parc.
i)Mi s-a dat două dicţionare de ziua mea.
j)Părinţii lui erau dezamăgiţi de comportarea fiului lor.

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)

1. Transformaţi următoarele propoziţii după modelul de mai jos:


MODEL: If there is a storm the sea will be rough.
If there were a storm, the sea would be rough.
a)Is she goes shopping, she will buy a lot of things.
b)If you go to school, you will learn a lot of interesting things.
c)If he goes to the barber’s, he will have his hair cut.
d)If she travels by ship, she will perhaps be seasick.

2. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Dacă ai bani poţi cumpăra multe haine.
b)Dacă nu ai creioane colorate nu poţi desena o grădină.
c)Dacă se întunecă, deschidem lumina.
d)Dacă pui fier în apă el sa va scufunda.
e)Dacă nu vei uda florile la timp, ele se vor ofili.
f)Dacă nu pui mâncarea în frigider, ea se va altera.
g)Dacă vei lăsa apa în frigider, ea va îngheţa.

3. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Dacă el ar învăţa mai intens, ar înţelege această problemă.
b)Dacă mi-ai cere, te-aş ajuta.
c)Aş merge la plimbare dacă ploaia ar înceta.
d)Aş face o prăjitură dacă aş avea timp.
e)Aş vorbi cu el dacă aş şti soluţia.
f)Aş bea dacă cafeaua ar fi mai dulce.

4. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)If is not cold tomorrow, she will join us.
b)If it were not so foggy, the plane would take off in time.
c)I would play the piano if you asked me.
d)If she is right, then I am wrong.
e)If the dog is hungry, it will eat all the food.
f)I asked for money, would you give me any?
g)If she were not so angry, I should tell her the truth about him.
h)I will have a talk with him, it he behaves badly.
i)I shall be very much surprised if this meat is fresh.
j)I should go out if my composition were finished.

5. Transformaţi următoarele propoziţii la condiţional trecut, după următorul model:


MODEL: If you help me with the curtains the room will be ready sooner.
If you had helped me with curtains, the room would have been ready sooner.
a)I shall let you know if I get any news.
b)We shall not swim into the sea if it rains.
c)If you leave now, you will find her at home.
d)I shall pass the exams if I study hard.
e)You will become a strong boy if you eat spinach.
f)It will be safer if you tell the truth.
g)If you drink hot tea you will recover soon.

6. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Dacă o vei întâlni, adu-o la cină.
b)Dacă vei merge la piaţă mâine, cumpără nişte fructe pentru cină.
c)Dacă musafirii au sosit, pofteşte-i în casă.
d)Mă voi culca dacă nu ai nimic împotrivă.
e)Îmi place să înot dacă apa este caldă.
f)Voi veni mai devreme, dacă pot.
g)Dacă ai terminat supa, mănâncă omleta.
h)Trebuie să consulţi un medic, dacă eşti bolnavă.

7. Alegeţi forma corectă a verbelor din paranteze:


a)If I had a gun in my hand-bag, I (shouldn’t be afraid, shouldn’t have been afraid) of burglars.
b)Be sure somebody (will, would) kidnap your baby, if you leave him in front of the supermarket.
c)If you (was, had been, were) a true friend, you would tell me the plain truth.
d)If I (was, had been, were) you, I should sympathize with her.
e)If the dressmaker (make, has made, made) this dress sooner the girl would put in on at the party.
8. Traduceţi în limba engleză:
a)Dacă aş putea-o ajuta, aş face bucuros.
b)Dacă n-ar fi fost prea întuneric, am fi putut citi toată cartea.
c)Dacă sora ta ar fi cumpărat televizorul, el ar fi fost extrem de încântat.
d)Dacă aş fi în locul tău, aş vorbi franţuzeşte tot timpul.
e)Dacă mă vor invita, mă voi duce pe la el.
f)Dacă ar fi chemat-o ea ar fi venit imediat.
g)Dacă ar avea bani, ar cumpăra o căsuţă la ţară.
h)Dacă ţi-ar fi sete, ai bea tot laptele.

9. Traduceţi în limba română:


a)If she had time she would help you.
b)You would have the opportunity to meet her if you came at the meeting.
c)If you had arrived earlier, you would been able to talk to him.
d)I should speak more fluently if I were more careful about my pronunciation.
e)They would have got higher marks if they had worked harder.

10. Completaţi spaţiile libere cu ”unless” sau ”if”:


a)I shall be late… I leave right now.
b)… I hear the contrary, I shall marry him.
c)… you ask them to bring some coffee, they be delighted.
d)They will fail… they are industrious.
e)… she is mistaken, he is not yet a doctor.

11. Traduceţi în limba engleză:


a)Voi face lucrarea numai dacă mă vei ajuta.
b)L-ai fi văzut dacă ai fi mers la teatru săptămâna asta.
c)Ea ar fi devenit o actriţă renumită dacă ar fi fost mai ambiţioasă.
d)Dacă ai fi venit mai târziu, m-aş fi supărat.
e)El ne-ar fi ajutat, dacă ar fi fost acasă.

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.

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