Curs 13

1. Verb tenses
a) Present Simple - face referire la actiuni care se repeta, preferinte, adevaruri general valabile si
evenimente programate - I sell motors every day.
b) Past Simple - actiune savarsita si incheiata in trecut - Yesterday I sold a motor to a new client.
c) Future Simple - actiune care are loc intr-un moment viitor, apropiat de momentul vorbirii - Tomorrow I
will sell five motors.
d) Present Continuous - actiunea are loc in momentul vorbirii sau nu a fost terminata la momentul vorbirii
- I cannot come to lunch right now, I am selling a motor to a customer.
e) Past Continuous - actiune in desfasurare la un moment dat in trecut, actiune care continua de ceva
vreme, actiune care are loc in acelasi timp cu o alta actiune in trecut - While you were selling the 5
motors to the customer, I went to lunch with the rest of the team.
f) Future Continuous - actiune continua, ce va avea loc la un moment dat in viitor, dupa momentul vorbirii
- Tomorrow at 11 oclock I will be selling 5 motors.
g) Present Perfect - actiune care tocmai s-a incheiat, o actiune care incepe in trecut, continua in trecut si se
termina in prezent sau foarte aproape de prezent - I have just sold the 3 motors.
h) Past Perfect - actiune care a avut loc si s-a terminat in trecut, inaintea altei actiuni tot din trecut - I had
sold the motor before the other client told me he was also interested in it.
i) Future Perfect - actiune viitoare care va fi fost terminata inaintea altui eveniment din viitor sau
ajungand pana la acesta; actiune vazuta din viitor, dar care se intampla in trecut - We will have sold
the 5 motors by the time youll come here to see them.
j) Present Perfect Continuous - actiuni, stari, sentimente incepute in trecut, care se desfasoare si in
prezent, poate si in viitor - I have been selling motors for 5 years.
k) Past Perfect Continuous - actiunea a fost in curs de desfasurare pe o anumita perioada de timp,
inaintea altei actiuni din trecut - They were tired because they had been selling motors all year long.
l) Future Perfect Continuous - o actiune se va afla inca in desfasurare la un anumit moment in viitor,
durata actiunii fiind precizata - At the end of next month, we will have been selling motors for 10
years.

2. IF Clauses
Type I
IF + SIMPLE PRESENT WILL FUTURE
Type II
IF + SIMPLE PAST WOULD + INFINITIVE
Type III
IF + PAST PERFECT WOULD + HAVE + PAST PARTICIPLE

3. Comparison with er/-est

1.1. Adjectives with one syllable
clean cleaner (the) cleanest
1.2.1. Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -y
dirty dirtier (the) dirtiest
1.2.2. Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -er
clever cleverer (the) cleverest
1.2.3. Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -le
simple simpler (the) simplest
 1.2.4. Adjectives with two syllables, ending in -ow
narrow narrower (the) narrowest

Comparison with more/most

All adjectives with more than one syllable (except some adjectives with two syllables, as above)
difficult more difficult (the) most difficult

Irregular adjectives
good better best
bad worse worst
much more most (uncountable nouns)
many more most (countable nouns)
little less least

4. Reading the time

Its 6 oclock (of the clock) 06:00 Its half past six 06:30 Its six thirty

Its 5* past six 06:05 Its six oh five Its 25 to seven 06:35 Its six thirty-five

Its quarter past six 06:15 Its six fifteen Its quarter to seven 06:45 Its six
forty-five

5. Word worder in sentences

a) Positive sentences

Subject Verb(s) Indirect object Direct object Place Time

I will tell you the story at school tomorrow.

S + P + CI + CD + CCM + CCL + CCT + CCS

b) Adverbs

Subject Verb(s) Indirect object Direct object Time

I will tell you the story tomorrow.

 c) Adverbs of frequency

Subject Auxiliary/be Adverb Main verb Object, place or time

I often go swimming in the evenings.

He doesn't always play tennis.

We are usually here in summer.

I have never been abroad.

6. Form the sentences

1. leave / seven / in / must / at / the / we / house / o'clock / morning / the

We must leave the house at seven o'clock in the morning.

2. usually / on / her / she / grandparents / Saturday / visits / afternoon

She usually visits her grandparents on Saturday afternoon.

3. in / cinema / they / the / yesterday / of / met / o'clock / front / eight / at

They met in front of the cinema at eight o'clock yesterday.

4. homework / with / couldn't / the / he / English / her / help

He couldn't help her with the English homework.

5. had / wasn't / yesterday / a / my / school / because / she / cold / at / sister

My sister wasn't at school yesterday because she had a cold.

6. the / and / to / disco / movies / went / then / a / we / to

We went to the movies and then to a disco.

7. usually / tennis / times / week / parents / three / play / a / my

My parents usually play tennis three times a week.

8. half / during / always / at / to / have / I / up / week / past / get / the / six

I always have to get up at half past six during the week.

9. news / them / we / the / afternoon / tell / tomorrow / will

We will tell them the news tomorrow afternoon.

10. still / them / and / found / the / dad / keys / hasn't / lost
Dad lost the keys and still hasn't found them.
7. Prepositions of time:

1. I like walking around the town at night.

2. Are you going to the cinema on Friday night?

3. Ive been waiting for an hour.

4. Ann works hard during the week, so she likes to relax at week-ends.

5. Ive been invited to a wedding on February 14th.

6. At the age of twelve he wrote his first play.

7. We have to leave in five minutes.

8. Ive been waiting for her for an hour.

9. In spring they're always in Spain.

10. The price of coffee is going up in April.

11. They left the party at 11.

12. We had a lot of fun in our holidays.

13. He woke up at four in the night.

14. He is always sleepy in the morning.

15. I haven't seen him for hours.

8. Should all citizens have the right to bear arms after a certain age?
9. Should assisted suicide be legalized?