Session 8

 

Session 7

 

20th November 2025 

cloudy, cool 

Thursday 

to leap - leapt - leapt = a sari 

rite = rit / traditie 

to purr (ed) = a " toarce"

page 106 ex 1

So/ neither 

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a2/so-neither/

https://wordwall.net/resource/37029039/so-do-i-or-neither-do-i

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/so-too-neither-either-exercise-1.html

Crosswords 

David - 130

Ianis - 189 

So / neither examples

Session 6

 

13th November 2025

cloudy, chilly

Thursday 

page 103

3/ 104 

1. He said so because his answer was negative. 

2. One is the lack of sunlight and the other the high water pressure . 

3. Because they are afraid for their health .

2 replies for ex 5 / 105

Session 5

 

16th October 2025

sunny, warm 

Thursday

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

Tom Wilson 1) .... is....  (be) an explorer. He 2)  …has been……….(be) to nearly every country in the world, but the most exciting time he 3)   ………has ever had…………………. (ever/have) was when he 4) …………went…………  (go) to the Congo jungle. A magazine 5)……has asked……………..   (ask) him to retrace the route of a famous explorer who 6) …disappeared……………….  (disappear) in the 1920's. As he 7)  … was following…………….(follow) a small river he got separated from his guides. He 8) ………went on…………………. (go on) alone, hoping he 9) …would find……………….. (find) them, but  instead he 10) encountered………………… (encounter) a group of natives. He 11)  …..stayed............. (stay) with them for several days and 12) ……………found out……….. (find out) that a very old woman 13) …………had actually met…………(actually/meet) the famous explorer. She 14) ……knew………     (know) how he 15) …………had died ………………….(die). Tom 16) ………became………………….(become) very friendly with the natives and now he 17) ………is planning…………………… (plan) to go back and see them again. He is sure they 18) …………………will welcome ………………..(welcome) him back.

 

2. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

When Francis Lee was a boy he 1) .........wanted....................  (want) to be an astronaut. He 2)  …was watching…........…….(watch) TV one day in 1969 when he 3)   ……saw………………. (see) Neil Armstrong walk on the moon. Since then he 4) ……has always dreamt……….......………  (always/dream) of doing the same. Every night when there is a full moon, he 5)………stares….……….. (stare) up at it for hours and 6) …………imagines…..........…….  (imagine) himself walking around on it. At the moment, however, he 7)  …is working/ works…………….(work) as a night-watchman at a meat factory. He 8) ………has done/ has been doing…………………. (do) the same job since he left school fifteen years ago, but he still hopes that one day his dream 9) ………will come.............………….. (come) true. He 10) ………has heard………… (hear) that in the 21^st century they 11)  …....will sell............... (sell) tickets to fly to the moon. For this reason he 12) ………has been saving…….............(save) half of his wages every month for the past two years.

 

3. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

Sue Thomas is a fashion designer. She 1) ... has been making....  (make) clothes ever since she 2)  ……was…….(be) a young girl. She 3)   ……………got……………. (get) her first job in a clothes factory when she was sixteen. She 4) …was sewing …………………  (sew) buttons  onto a shirt  one day when she 5)……had……………..   (have) a brilliant idea for a design. After she 6) ………had spoken ………….  (speak) to her bank manager, she got a loan and she 7)  ………opened …....…….(open) her own little workshop. Now she 8) ……………makes……………. (make) lots of money. Next year she 9) ………is opening/is going to open………….. (open) a shop which will sell all her own designs. She 10) ………is selling / has been selling………… (sell) clothes to a lot of famous people, including film stars and singers, and she 11)  …......thinks................ (think) she will be very rich soon.

 

4. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

               Kevin Adams 1).....loves...............(love) trains. He first 2).......saw.................(see) one when he was four years old and he 3) .....................thought.........(think) it was great. He 4).........goes................(go) to a different railway station every week and 5)............writes down.............(write down) the engine number of every train he sees. He 6)...........has been doing.................(do) this since he was eight. By the time he was fifteen he 7)............had collected.................(collect) over 10.000 different engine numbers in various counties. Once, while he 8)............was standing.................(stand) in a station in Cheshire he saw something very unusual. He 9)........had waited....................(wait) for over an hour for a train to go by when suddenly he 10)...................saw...........(see) a very old steam train coming down the track. It 11)...........didn't stop..................(not/stop) at the station and, as it was passing, Kevin noticed that all the passengers 12).............were wearing.................(wear) old-fashioned clothes. When he told the station guard about this, the poor man turned pale. He said that no steam train 13).............had passed..............(pass) through that station for years, and that the last one 14).................had crashed..........(crash), killing everyone on board.

 

5. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

Ever since Dolly the sheep was cloned in 1997, scientists, politicians and theologians 1) ........have been discussing .................................. (discuss) the question of whether or not the cloning of human beings 2) ..........should be allowed ................................(should/allow). If cloning does become a reality one day, it 3) ...........will raise .......................(raise) many questions. Many scientists want cloning 4).........to be...................(be) legalised. They believe that if it 5) .............is........................(be) legal to clone human beings, it 6) ...........will be.........................(be) possible to create a superior race. Many childless couples also wish the government  7).....will allow..................................(allow) cloning. If this 8) .......is........................(be) the only way for you to have a child, you might agree with them, too.

  HOMEWORK

6. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

Sammy Milton 1) .... is not....  (not/be) very clever. He 2)  ………….(walk) along the beach one day when he 3)   …………………………. (trip) over something and 4) ……………………  (fall) on the sand. He 5)…………………..   (not/look) where he was going. “What 6) ………………….  (be) this?” he said, picking up the object he  7)  ……………….(trip) over. “I 8) …………………………. (never/see) anything like it before.” It was, in fact, a very old oil lamp, and as he 9) ………………….. (rub) it, a genie suddenly 10) ………………… (fly) out of it. “You 11)  …............... (just/release) me from the lamp!”, said  the genie. “Now you may have three wishes.” “Great said Sammy who12) …………………….. (feel) very thirsty. “I 13) ……………………(want) a bottle of lemonade that never 14) ……………(run out).” “No problem,” said the genie, and 15) …………………………….(produce) one instantly. Sammy picked up the bottle and16)……………………….(drink) all the lemonade in one go. Magically, the bottle 17) …………………………… (fill) itself up again. Sammy drank all that, and exactly the same thing 18) …………………………………..(happen) again. “That’s amazing!” he said. “Thanks very much!” “You still 19) ................................ (have) two more wishes young man.” “That’s easy, “said Sammy. “I 20) .....................................(have) two more of these bottles of lemonade!”.

 

7. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense:

 

One day a little Indian boy 1) .... was sitting....  (sit) outside his wigwam. He 2)  ………….(wonder) how the Indians 3)   …………………………. (choose) their children’s names. He 4) ……………………  (decide) to go and ask the Indian Chief. “Well,” 5)…………………..   (explain) the Chief, “we 6) ………………….  (love) nature and when a new baby 7)  ……………….(be) born, we 8) …………………………. (look) around and we  9) ………………….. (choose) a name from what we10) ………………… (see), like Flowing Waterfall, Bright Star, Running Bull and so on. 11)  …............... (you/understand)?” “Yes, chief”, the little Indian boy said. “Why 12) …………………….. (you/be) so interested in this, Two Dogs Fighting?”, the Chief asked.

 

8. Fill in the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

One afternoon, while I 1).................................................(walk) in town, I 2).......................... (see) a poster for a liquor promotion at a club I 3) .......................................(used to, go) to. They 4) ................................(advertise) a “vodka disco”. Later that week, my friend and I 5).................................(decide) to go to this club to find out what 6) ..............................(go on). It was a “drink-as-much-vodka-as-you-can” evening, with music and prizes for the best dancers. After we 7)...............................(enter) the club, a man 8) .............................. (give) each of us a T-shirt and a badge in the shape of a vodka bottle. To my surprise , all the drinks 9)..................................(be) free.

    We 10) ........................................ (not drink) very much at all –one vodka each- but other young people 11)............................. (ddrink) heavily all evening. Some of the dancers 12) ................................(look) quite drunk.

We all know that companies 13) .....................................(try) to sell us their products and they 14) .................................(use) almost any means possible to encourage us to spend our money. 15) ............................................. (this, mean) they can convince us to buy anything? Even things that are bad for us?

Think about it! The last time you 16) ......................................(buy) an alcoholic drink, 17)...................................(it, be) because you really wanted it, or because an ad persuaded you to do so?

 

TOP It ! 

1st place - Ianis 👀

Session 4

 

9th October 2025

partly sunny , warm 

Thursday

Tribond examples

Let’s look at some examples of Tribonds to help explain further.

1 – Whisker – Fur – Meow. In this case, the word cat would be a good 

word to bond the 3 question words.

2 – Rose – Mars – Strawberry. The correct answer would be red

 as all the words have this color.

3- Coast – Touch – Head. Here we can add line to the end of the words 

to create coastline, touchline, and headline.

4 – Clock – Monkey – Card game. All of these things have hands.

5 – Wall – Chest – Pea. They are all kinds of nuts.

bolt = rapid / surub cu cap hexagonal 

* Metro is bolter than bus. 

high = inalt 

* Higher the altitude , more rarefied the air . 

feather = pana 

* Feathers were used for writing before the invention of pen . 

TRIBOND 

Ianis - 1st place , 1st place 

Ianis - 16, 17 - summaries 

2 questions from each David's stories - 6 

David - 18, 19 - summaries 

2 questions from each Ianis' stories - 6 

Session 3

 

2nd October 2025 

rainy, chilly 

Thursday 

calf = vitel 

owlet = pui de bufnita 

chimpanzee infant = pui de cimpanzeu 

tiger cub = pui de tigru 

lion cub = pui de leu 

bear cub = pui de urs 

elephant calf = pui de elefant 

rabbit kitten = pui de iepure 

kangaroo joey = pui de cangur 

koala joey = pui de koala

duckling = ratusca

fawn = pui de caprioara 

fox pup = pui de vulpe 

hedgehog = arici 

hoglet = pui de arici

 Guinea pig pup = pui de porcusor de Guineea 

Future forms 

1. Present Continuous 

-personal future plans 

Ex : Next week I am seeing my dentist . 

2. Present Simple 

- official future plan 

Ex : The blues festival in Brezoi is in July next year.

3. to be going to = a intentiona sa 

Ex : We are going to lose some weight . 

4. Will + V1 

- predictions 

ex: If it is chilly outside , in the house it will be even chillier . 

- promises 

ex : I promise I will keep the diet . 

- decisions at the moment of speaking 

ex ; We won't skip classes ever in our lives !

Memory Match- DRAW 

Top it 

43- Ianis 

17 -David 

Session 2

 

25th September 2025

warm, windy

Thursday

webbed feet = picioare palmate 

herd = turma 

herbs = ierburi 

solidary = solidar cu ( de acord cu ...)

solitary = solitar / singuratic 

to graze (ed)=  a paste 

rodent = rozator 

Capybaras are the biggest rodents in the animal world. They have good relationships with a lot of other animals. 

They live in South America in wet places as rivers and lakes. Capybaras are not solitary animals because they live in herds of 10-40 individuals. 

Their fur is short and brown and their eyes, ears and nose are higher on their head than at other animals. This characteristic helps them swim and see in the same time. Most of the times they can also sleep in water, far away from jaguars or cobras. Their webbed feet are also helpful when they need to escape in water. Being herbivores their incissors teeth help them eat plants and grasses from water or land.

Capybaras are important to the ecosystem as each of the other animals in this world. 

  

in comparison to = in comparatie cu ...

unlike = spre deosebire de ...

On one hand ....on the other hand = pe o parte ....pe cealalta parte ...

as / like = precum ....

As we already know capybaras are the biggest rodents in the world.

Capybaras' teeth never stop growing and they need to chew all the time. They can hold their breath under water for 5 minutes. Unlike the first video, in the second one their herds can have up to 100 individuals. In comparison to the first presentation we find out they feed on tree bark, seeds and berries, not also on plants and grasses.

In the first video it wasn't mentioned there nickname '' water hogs'' which expresses their love for water.  

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