The next month I and my family are visiting Ireland .
TO GO BANANAS = to go crazy
Next Tuesday my teacher won't go bananas, because everybody will have their homework.
A BITE AT THE CHERRY= a once in a lifetime chance.
If you have a bite at the cherry,promise me you won't waste it.
A PLUM JOB= a good job that also pays well
Her new work isn't going to be a plum job because she doesn't fancy it.
APPLES AND ORANGES=two different things with nothing in common
I and my sister are like apples and oranges; we aren't going to agree with each other about anything.
AS RED AS A CHERRY = very red
My cousin's t-shirt is as red as a cherry but she isn't going to wear it even if red is her favorite colour.
Stop running so fast or you will be as red as a cherry!
BAD APPLE-a discontented,troublemaking and dishonest person
A bad apple will ruin the whole crate.
TO CHERRY PICK- to choose what you like
At the store she will always cherry pick the fruits she likes.
COOL AS A CUCUMBER=a person who is calm in each situation
When we take the test, my colleague won't be as cool as a cucumber, she will be a copycat again .
GO PEAR-SHAPED-to fail
If you don't learn at every session you will go pear-shaped.
A LEMON = sour / not working properly
When people meet me they think that I am a lemon .
LIFE IS JUST A BOWL OF CHERRIES=something wonderful, magnificent
Be prepared all the time, because life is not just a bowl of cherries!
Spring holiday activities
In the spring holiday Alexia didn't do her homework for school but she hung out with her friends.She also watched two movies but she didn't read a book.Alexia didn't do a workout either.
During the spring holiday Cosmina went to her grand parents once a week.She helped her parents to clean the house and she learnt at Maths,Romanian and English.Cosmina didn't read and also she didn't watch TV.
On this vacation, Ariana read three books and she watched a film named "Split". She didn't visit her grandparents, but she went to her judo practice three times a week. She also met her friends, but rarely.
It seems she doesn't really need friends!
Homework
" Perfect " -Ed Sheeran - animated video
Analyse the lyrics and write about the message of the song .
Once upon a time there was a happy family living in a small village.Two years before a pandemic had started.Coronavirus had become the public enemy number one! People all over the world had had a two- month lockdown and they had needed to wear the facial mask in public and to keep the distance of two meters between each other. Not everybody had complied with the rules and you had had to hear different opinions as : " The coronavirus doesn't exist!, It is a made-up story to keep us in line!"; " The mask is a muzzle and it is useless!"; ''Why do we have to stay inside?'' ; ''The vaccine is not good! It is only a way to inoculate a chip to control us!''
The family had one child named Cinderella and they lived with her grandparents from her mother's side.Because of the virus the children hadn't gone to school and the lessons had been online. At one of these classes when she looked at one of her classmates,Erick, she felt butterflies in her stomach and by accident she pressed the red phone button . She left the lesson unintentionally ! In that moment she burst into laughter. What a funny situation, but what an intense feeling! Right then her mom rushed into her room , holding her phone, showing her the absence she had at that class. Poor, poor Cinderella! Her zen fainted and it was all on the floor. No butterflies left, only an absence in the gradebook...
A mom is not a good one until she punishes her child:( . B.T.W ., do you know what she did? She made Cinderella wash the windows, dig the garden, prepare pickles, paint her room... Poor, poor Cinderella! A
And all of those before 4 pm when she was supposed to go to a party in Snagov Residential Area. Impossible mission! She decided to run away because she didn't have time to finish all those tasks and her mom was in the second shift, anyway.
But 10 pm was the new midnight.During pandemic you had to be inside at this time.She lived twenty kilometres away and ,of course, she had to call an Uber. She arrived at the party around six pm and when she was climbing up the stairs she saw that one of her van sneakers was ripped off. While she was looking at her footwear, prince Erick appeared out of the blue and grabbed her arm . In a few seconds he backed shocked when he noticed she wasn't wearing the mask. " You aren't welcomed at the party if you don't wear a mask! You should respect yourself and the others!" Cinderella was so upset, that she lost her sneaker on the stairs and she got on the waiting Uber only with one. No one will ever bring back her van...Not during this pandemic!
to comply (ed) with the rules = a respecta regulile = to follow / obey the rules
to do the laundry - to do the washing = a spala rufele
flat = apartment = apartament
to fasten (ed) = a inchide ( centura de siguranta )
B)
Combine the following sentences by using AFTER / BEFORE:
1.My mother took
her umbrella. She went out.
My mother had taken her umbrella before she went out.
2.Frank called me.
I went to school.
Frank had called me before I went to school.
3.I washed the
dishes. I watched TV.
After I had watched TV, I washed the dishes.
4.She washed her
hands. She had lunch.
Before she had lunch, she had washed her hands.
5.The boys bought a
ball. They played football.
Before they played football,the boys had bought a ball.
6.My mother made a
cake. The guests came.
After my mother had made a cake,the guests came.
7.He put sugar in
his tea. He drank it.
After he had put sugar in his tea,he drank it.
8.I got up. I had
breakfast
Before I had breakfast,I had got up.
9.The children ran
away. They broke the window.
The children ran away after they had broken the window.
10.I fastened my
seat belt. The plane took off.
The plane took off after I had fastened my seat belt.
Complete
the following sentences:
1.After I had
watched that horror film, I had nightmares.
2.She finished her
homework after she had studied for maths.
3.When I came home,
my sister had already cooked dinner.
4.Before he went
out, I had done my homework.
5. They had telephoned me before they visited me.
HOMEWORK
Supply
a suitable SIMPLE PAST or PAST PERFECT TENSE:
1.They ……….
(go) home after they ……….. (finish) their work.
2.She
……………….. (just / go) out when I called her.
3.My brother
………. (eat) all the pie before we got back.
4.He wondered why I……………. (not / visit) him before.
5.She said that she
………………. (already / see) the Pyramids.
6.The fire ………….. (spread) to the next building before the firemen ………………….. (arrive).
7.They drank small
cups of coffee, after they ……………. (finish) dinner.
8.He told me he …………….. (catch) a young lion.
9.His mother
……………. (worry) a lot about him before she ………… (hear)
that he was asfe.
10.He
…………………….. (already / learn) English before he ………….
(leave) for England, but before he arrived in England, he …………………
(forget) some.
11.Mary……….. (go) swimming after she ………
(come) home. After she
…………… (swim), she ………….
(call) her friend Judy.
12.I ………………………………………
(go) to the theatre with my friends yesterday. I ……………………………… (not / go) to the
theatre for a year. We …………………….. (have) a very good time.
13.After they
……………………………… (finish) their breakfast, they …………………… (leave) for school.
14.Linda
……………………………………. (play) tennis after she ………………………… (do) her homework.
15.My father
……………………………. (water) the flowers after he ………………………. (clean) the car. After he
………………………………….. (water) the flowers, he …………………………….. (have) dinner.
