Tuesday, 9 February 2021

Session 19

 Favourite reads 

page 30 

7 / 31 

to enter a raffle = a lua bilet la tombola 

Listening 8/ 31 

1 March

2 3PM

3 hall

4 5 pounds

5 tablet



Past Passive 


Books were printed in the ninth century in China. 

Leaflets were invented in the sixteenth century in Europe.

Newspapers and magazines were made in the seventeenth century in Europe.

billboard = panou publicitar 

Billboards were used in the nineteenth century in the USA.

In 1906 in the USA, radio was invented.

In 1936 in the UK, TV was used for the first time.

The Internet was surfed for the first time in 1976 in the USA.

CDs were produced in 1982 in Japan.

In 1998 in the USA,e-readers were seen for the first time.

Smartphones were sold for the first time in 2007 in the USA.


TO BE PAST + VERB 3 



to be into something = to love something 

tip = bacsis/ pont 

to give you a tip = a da un sfat / pont 

old-fashioned # up-to-date 

( demodat ) # ( la zi / moda)

endless= nesfarsit 

little - less- the least 



Subst care arata ca un plural , dar se acorda cu vb la singular : 

athletics 

news 

billiards

darts 

The news is not updated. 

The darts which you can see on the table, is for the customers.

Billiards is a common game in clubs.

Athletics isn't practiced in schools.


HM 

https://manuale.edu.ro/manuale/Clasa%20a%20VII-a/Limba%20moderna%20engleza/UNISCANGRUPEDUCA%C8%9AIONAL/

7/ 33 

6, 7 / 39 














Tuesday, 26 January 2021

Session 18

 Colour idioms 


beet red = rosu ca sfecla

His face will turn beet red if  I laugh at him.

If I fall on the street, my face will become beet red.


black and blue = bruised and beaten 

If you look at a fighter's body,you will see how black and blue she is.

If you don't practice judo,you will not have black and blue marks.


black and white = straightforward / very clearly 

If the rules aren't black and white, nobody will obey them.

to obey (ed) = a respecta reguli / a asculta parintii

obedient  = ascultator 

disobedient = neascultator 

It's black and white all the children have to go to school if they are at school age.


to black out = to faint 

If you don't eat,you will black out.

You will not see and hear, if you black out.


black sheep= oaia neagra 

If he doesn't have kids, he will be the black sheep of the family.

He will be the black sheep of the family, if he doesn't have kids.


to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth = a fi privilegiat / a fi bogat 

If she spends a lot of money on clothes , people will consider her born with a silver spoon in her mouth.

Her friends will not say that she is born with a silver spoon in her mouth, if she buys cheaper things.


to be caught red-handed = a fi prins in flagrant 

to sue(ed) = a trimite in judecata 

to sentence (ed) = a condamna 


She is going to be sentenced, if she is caught red-handed.

If a person is caught red-handed, he/she will be sued.


golden opportunity = the perfect chance 

If I pass the Cambridge exam in highschool, I will have a golden opportunity for university admitance exam.

 It will be a golden opportunity, if you have the job near your home.


to have the green light = to have permission 

If you are an employee , you will have the green light to some discounts.

Weekly you will have the green light to watch Netflix for free if you share the account with me.


to be green with envy = a fi verde de invidie

Disappointment

They will be green with envy, if they see me with such a haircut.

If you are always green with envy, you will ruin your health.


to have a green thumb / to have green fingers = a fi priceput la gradinarit 

If you don't have green fingers, you will not have beautiful flowers in the garden.

You won't have healthy trees, if you don't have a green thumb.









Tuesday, 19 January 2021

Session 17

 Vooks 

https://watch.vooks.com/videos/what-do-you-do-with-a-tail-like-this


NOSES 

platypus= ornitorinc

mole = cartita 

to dig - dug - dug = a sapa

to find your way = a-ti gasi drumul 

A platypus uses its nose to dig in mud.

A hyena uses its nose to find food.

An elephant uses its nose to give itself a bath.

A mole uses its nose to find its way underground.

An alligator uses its nose to breathe while underwater.


EARS

cricket = greiere 

humpback whale = balena cu cocoasa 

to keep cool - kept - kept = a-si mentine racoarea

echolocation = ecolocatie 

A rabbit uses its ears to keep itself cool.

A bat uses its ears to ''see''.

A hippo closes its ears when it is underwater.

A cricket uses its ears on its knees to hear.

A humpback  whale uses its ears to hear hundreds of miles away.



TAIL

pesky = sacaitor / cicalitor 

to brush off = a indeparta 

skunk = sconcs

to break off - broke off - broken off = a rupe 

to hang - hung - hung = a (se) spanzura 

to sting - stung -stung = a intepa 

nasty - neplacut 


A giraffe uses its tail  to brush off pesky insects.

A skunk lifts its tail to spray stinky liquid.

A lizard breaks its tail off to run away.

A scorpion uses its tail to sting.

A monkey hangs by  its tail in trees.


EYES

eagle = vultur 

cahameleon = cameleon 

four-eyed fish = peste cu 4 ochi

horned = cu coarne

lizard = soparla

to spot (ed) = a zari 

at once = in acelasi timp/ deodata/ brusc 

to squirt (ed) = a improsca

An eagle uses its eyes to spot tiny animals from the sky.

A chamelon uses its eyes to see in both directions in the same time.

A four-eyed fish uses its eyes to see above and below water.

A horned lizard uses its eyes to squirt blood when it is attacked.

A bush baby uses its eyes to see clearly in the night.


FEET 

blue-footed = cu picioare albastre 

water strider = paianjen de apa

sticky = lipicios

to stick - stuck - stuck = a (se) lipi

ceiling = tavan 

to leap - leapt - leapt = a sari sprintar 

ledge = stanca / pervaz / margine 


A chimpanzee uses its feet to feed itself.

A blue- footed uses its feet to dance.

A water strider uses its feet to walk on water.

A gecko uses its sticky feet to walk on celing.

A mountain goat uses its feet to leap from ledge to ledge.


MOUTH 

mosquito - tantar

anteater - furnicar 

archerfish = peste arcas

egg-eating = care mananca oua 

to swallow (ed) = a inghiti 

to suck (ed) = a suge 

to shoot down - shot down - shot down = a dobori

to scoop (ed) up = a ingramadi / a strange 


A pelican uses its beak as a net to scoop up fish.

A mosquito uses its mouth to suck blood.

An anteater uses its mouth to capture termites.

An archer fish uses its mouth to shoot down insects.

An egg-eating snake uses its mouth to swallow eggs larger than its head.








CONDITIONAL TYPE 0 

If + present ; present 

Adevaruri general valabile 

Daca esti un aligator o sa traiesti in fluviul Nil.

If you are an alligator you live in the Nile .


CONDITIONAL TYPE 1 

IF + present ; will +V1

Actiuni viitoare posibile 

if = daca 

Daca vei ajunge acolo,  sa ii spui  sa plece . 

If you arrive there,  you will tell him to leave . 

Va fi mai cald daca va fi soare . 

It will be warmer if it is sunny . 

Homework 

1. Complete these conditional sentences with the verbs in the correct tense. (0 and 1) 

1. If she _________________(have) a free evening tomorrow, she ________________(take) you to the cinema. 

2. If you heat water to 100°c, it _______________ (boil) 

3. She can help you if you ___________ (ask) her. 

4. If you ______________(not water) plants regularly, they die. 

5. If you walk ten miles with me, you _________________ (feel) tired. 

6. I won’t go out if it __________________(not stop) raining. 

7. If the temperature is lower than 0°c, water __________ (freeze). 

8. You can waste lot of time if you ___________________ (watch) too much tv. 

9. If the climate gets warmer I _____________ (not wear) this jacket. 

10. I _______________(not enjoy) the party if you _______________ (not come). 

11. If the apartment is too expensive we ______________ (not rent) it. 

12. If it .................................(be) cold this evening, I ........................................(stay) at home. 

13. If you _______________ (study) hard, you ______________(be) a good student. 

14. If it _________________ (rain), the streets ______________ (get) wet. 

15. If you _______________ (mix) red and yellow, you ______________ (get) orange. 

16. She ________________ (phone) to the doctor if she ______________(feel) bad again. 

17. We ________________ (miss) the train if we ________________ (not hurry) up! 

18. If I __________________ (eat) too much chocolate, I _______________(get) sick. 

19. If you ________________(stick) your finger in the socket you _____________ (electrocute).

 20. I _______________ (take) your umbrella if it _____________(rain).


Source : file:///C:/Users/ASUS/Downloads/complete-these-conditional-sentences-with-the.pdf


Tuesday, 12 January 2021

Session 16

 Page 28 


villain = ticalos/ raufacator 

cast = distributie 

star-studded = cu multe stele de cinema 

stunts = cascadorii

script = scenariu / manuscris

genre = gen * de film/ literatura

action-packed = plin de actiune / intesat de actiune 

to face the danger = a infrunta pericolul

soundtrack = coloana sonora 

sequel = continuare / urmare * a unui film 

plot = povestea principala/ tema/ subiect / intriga 

ADJECTIVES FROM A-Z 

"A "

amazing 

adorable = adorabil

awesome = grozav 

annoying = deranjant / iritant 

annoyed = deranjat / iritat

aggressive

alive

arrogant 

ashamed = rusinat / jenat 

anxious = nelinistit / nerabdator 

adventurous = aventuros

amusing = amuzant 

amused =amuzat 

agreeable = agreabil/ placut 

alert = vioi / sprinten . 


Task : Until 17th Jan , at noon , contexts with the adjectives above and post them under. 

Ex 

Alert people are those who do physical exercises and are always on the move . 





Present Simple vs Continuous 

ex 6/ 29 

1. -Let's buy some popcorn and watch a film.

-No, let's go out. We always stay in these days.

2. -You know that actor Evan Ross? Does he go to your school?

-Yes, but he isn't there now because he is filming the next season on his show.

3.-My sister always uses my computer to watch a series about a group of superheros.It's so annoying!

-''The Defenders''?I am watching that at the moment,too!It's great.

4.-Are you going to the cinema tonight?

-Yes,with Marie.We are watching a comedy.

5.-What's the plot of the film ''Bright''?

-Well,the film takes place in Los Angeles.Will Smith plays the police officer.He fights to protect the magic wand and saves the city from evil magic.

6.-Modern films use more tehnology than old films.


advert = advertisement = ad =  reclama 

warning = avertisment / atentionare 


ex 7/ 29 

Title:The last Jedi

Director : Rian Johnson

Plot : The evil First Order tries to take over the Galaxy but the Resistance fights against them. 

Stars : Adam Driver as Kylo Ren, Kerry Fisher as Leia Organa,Mark Hamil as Skywalker

Best parts :the exciting action scenes with Rey,Poe and Finn.


Ariadne's thread - legend 








Tuesday, 22 December 2020

Session 15

 Listening 


https://www.elllo.org/english/1401/1432-JohnSarah-Mars.htm

https://www.elllo.org/english/1401/1437-Gilda-Homesick.htm

https://www.elllo.org/english/1401/1424-KatieGilda-FoodWeHate.htm

Cosmina hates spinach.

Alexia hates bell pepper.

Ariana hates tomatoes.


to take apples over oranges = a prefera merele portocalelor 

to take English over French = a alege engleza in loc de franceza 

to take a laptop over a phone for online classes = a prefera laptopul telefonului pentru orele online.

sprouts = germeni de (grau/ ovaz ..) 

game = vanat 

hare = iepure salbatic 

comfort food = macarea care iti aduce alinare 

https://www.elllo.org/english/1401/1423-KatieWilda-ComfortFood.htm


Tuesday, 15 December 2020

Session 14

 15th December 2020

cloudy, chilly

Tuesday 


Musical pieces 3 

song 1 

comparative ; better 

weather words ; storm , weather

past context : Was there something ...?

song 2 

prepositions : under / in / from 

comparative : colder 

uncountable noun : water 

song 3 

colours : blue/ yellow

present continuous : you are chasing after 

to chase after =a cauta neincetat/ urmari 


song 4 

'family ' word : daughter

past tense adverbials : yesterday / a year ago 

to disappoint (ed) = a dezamagi = ...to let down 

adjective : weak # strong 


song 5 

 uncountable nouns : dawn * zorii zilei; home; dark

countable noun : hands

past habits : used to love / used to hold hands 


song 6

Christmas vocabulary  : snow / tree lights / December / Christmas/ merry / joy / sleigh bells ringing 

song 7 

manner adverbs : blindly * orbeste / softly * lent 



Video " This race called life " 





The video is about life as a race.

In this race it is important to participate and it is also important who you race with.

It doesn't matter how many times you fall,it matters how many times you stand up.





What doesn't kill you makes you stronger ! 

Stand a little taller ! 

What doesn't kill you makes a fighter ...


It doesn't mean that I am lonely when I am alone ...


lonely - insingurat 

alone - singur / fara companie / home alone 


HOMEWORK 


Use the song above to write a summary of it . OR 

Use the song above to write a dialogue between you and the singer . OR 

Use the song to create a motivational card for a friend . 



Tuesday, 8 December 2020

Session 13

 My garden is a lot ( colourful ) than this park .

My garden is a lot MORE colourful   than this park .


more colourful = mai colorat 

a lot / far more colourful = mult mai colorat 




ancient = stravechi / antic

mummy = mumie

pharaoh = faraon 

pyramid = piramida 

to develop (ed) = a (se) dezvolta 

to bury (ed) = a ingropa

sarcophagus = sarcofag 




Egyptian civilization started 5,000 years ago and it lasted for 3,000 years.

The Nile helped them survive and develop as a civilization .

The Egyptian people used the river to go fishing , hunting and carry building materials along it . 

The river was also important because on its banks people could grow plants.

The Egyptians considered the Nile a God.

The most of the Egyptians Gods had a human body and an animal head.

The most important God was Ra, the Sun Goddess.

The Egyptian people believed in life after death.

They buried themselves with  family , food,furniture and so on.

They didn't have snow in Ancient Egypt.

They didn't wear jeans and T-shirts.

They didn't invent the phone or the Internet.





How many species of dinosaurs were there?

Did all the dinosaurs eat plants?

No, they didn't.Some dinosaurs ate plants and some others had meat.

Which was the tallest dinosaur?

How many theories of dinosaur disappearance exist ? Name and explain each of them .

In the video there were two theories: the Earth was hit by a comet or there was an intense volcanic activity that made dinosaurs disappear.

How many teeth  did T-rex have ?

T-rex had 60 teeth.

How fast could T-rex run?

T-rex could run 65 kilometres per hour.


PAST SIMPLE 

-act trecute terminate in trecut 

- last Monday/ week/ semester ..

- yesterday/ the day before yesterday ( alaltaieri )

- two years ago / five minutes ago ....


Affirmative

S + V + ed / V 2 

Negative 

S + didn't + V1 

Interrogative 

Did + S + V1 ? 


Homework - 

https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/past-simple-negation.htm

https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/past-negative.htm

https://www.english-4u.de/en/tenses-exercises/past-simple-questions.htm