MODULE TWO LETS MEET MIKE! S! FACEM CUNO"TIN#! CU MIKE!

Hello. My name is Mike. Im Mike Lee. Im a pilot. I pilot a big plane. I like to fly. Im at home now. Im at home today. I live in a big city. I live in London. London is a big city. I live in a nice house. Its a good house. Look at my house. It isnt a big house. Its nice and cosy. I like my house. TEXT

VOCABULARY CUVINTE / EXPRESII NECUNOSCUTE pilot = pilot I pilot = eu pilotez Plane = avion Big = mare I like = mi place To fly = a zbura, a pilota I like to fly = mi place s! zbor At home = acas! Today = as!zi I live = eu locuiesc In = n City = ora" mare, metropol! I live in London = eu locuiesc n Londra Nice = dr!gu#, frumos, pl!cut Good = bun House = cas! To look at = a privi, a se uita la Nice and cosy = pl!cut, comfortabil
NEW VOCABULARY CUVINTE $I EXPRESII NECUNOSCUTE WE FIND THEM IN THE DICTIONARY! Le g!sim n dic#ionar!

LEXICAL EXPLANATIONS EXPLICA#II LEXICALE ! To fly = a zbura, a pilota

LEXICAL EXPLANATIONS EXPLICA%II LEXICALE

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Dac! verbul st! singur (este intranzitiv, nu are complement direct) nseamn! a zbura

Examples Exemple: The birds fly P!s!rile zboar!; The bees fly Albinele zboar!
EXAMPLES EXEMPLE

Dac! verbul este tranzitiv (este urmat de complement direct) nseamn! a pilota

Examples Exemple: I fly a plane Eu pilotez un avion; I fly a helicopter Eu pilotez un elicopter.
LEXICAL EXPLANATIONS EXPLICA%II LEXICALE

n acest caz sinonimul s!u este to pilot: I fly / pilot a plane Eu pilotez un avion. ! To pilot verb ! Pilot substantiv n aceast! familie de cuvinte, verbul "i substantivul au aceea"i form!

! At home = acas! (I am at home Sunt acas!); dar ! I go home = Merg acas! (f!r! prepozi#ia AT) ! Yesterday today tomorrow Yesterday = ieri Today = ast!zi Tomorrow = mine

! Big - large great = mare ! Small little = mic

! My family familia mea Father = tat!; mother = mam!; Brother = frate; sister = sor!

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GRAMMAR PRACTICE EXPLICA#II GRAMATICALE THE ADJECTIVE ADJECTIVUL FORM FORM& n limba englez! adjectivul este invariabil (are o singur! form!) n limba romn! adjectivul (cu unele excep#ii) are patru forme: masculin singular: bun; feminin singular: bun!; masculin plural: buni; feminin plural: bune) n englez! nu se face deci acordul adjectivului cu substantivul determinat: Examples Exemple: Good father tat! bun; good mother mam! bun!; good brothers fra#i buni; good sisters surori bune Bun, bun!, buni, bune = GOOD THE PLACE OF ADJECTIVES LOCUL ADJECTIVELOR n limb englez! locul adjectivelor este fix N FA%A SUBSTANTIVULUI DETERMINAT n limba romn! adjectivul poate sta fie n fa#a substantivului, fie dup! substantiv Examples Exemple: A big house = o cas! mare / o mare cas! A big city = un ora" mare / un mare ora"
EXAMPLES EXEMPLE GRAMMAR EXPLANATIONS EXPLICA%II GRAMATICALE EXAMPLES EXEMPLE CORRECT FORMS FORME CORECTE GRAMMAR EXPLANATIONS EXPLICA%II GRAMATICALE

THE INDEFINITE ARTICLE ARTICOLUL NEHOT!RT NUM&RUL SINGULAR

GRAMMAR EXPLANATIONS EXPLICA%II GRAMATICALE

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! A ! AN
CORRECT FORMS FORME CORECTE

! naintea substantivelor care ncep cu o consoan! ! naintea substantivelor care ncep cu o vocal!

A, AN = un, o (n func#ie de genul din limba romn!):

Examples Exemple: A house = o cas!; a man = un b!rbat; a city = un ora"; a teacher = un profesor / o profesoar!; a student = un student / o student!
EXAMPLES EXEMPLE

An economist = un economist; an egg = un ou; an apple =un m!r etc. naintea substantivelor care ncep cu W sau Y se folose"te articolul A:

GRAMMAR EXPLANATIONS EXPLICA%II GRAMATICALE

Examples Exemple: a woman (o femeie); a year (un an) Dac! naintea substantivului se afl! un adjectiv, articolul nehot!rt se va alege n func#ie de acesta: A dac! adjectivul ncepe cu o consoan! / AN dac! adjectivul ncepe cu o vocal!): Examples Exemple: A teacher, dar AN excellent teacher AN apple, dar A good apple. Forma AN se folose"te deci naintea unui cuvnt care ncepe cu o vocal! (indiferent dac! este substantiv sau adjectiv)

GRAMMAR EXPLANATIONS EXPLICA%II GRAMATICALE

POSSESSIVE ADJECTIVES ADJECTIVE POSESIVE Remember? V! aduce#i aminte? Adjectivele posesive au aceea"i form!, indiferent de genul sau num!rul obiectului posedat

REMEMBER? V& AMINTI%I?

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FORMS FORME ! MY (al, a, ai, ale) meu, mea, mei, mele ! YOUR (al, a, ai, ale) t!u, ta, t!i, tale ! HIS (al, a, ai, ale) lui (fiin#ei) ! HER (al, a, ai, ale) ei (fiin#ei) ! ITS (al, a, ai, ale) lui / ei (obiectului) Formele adjectivelor posesive n limba englez! sunt deci: MY, YOUR, HIS, HER, ITS, OUR, YOUR, THEIR. My brother fratele meu; my sister sora mea; my brothers fra#ii mei; my sisters surorile mele Your father tat!l t!u, your mother mama ta; your brothers fra#ii t!i; your sisters surorile tale His city ora"ul lui; his house casa lui; his brothers fra#ii lui; his sisters surorile lui Her father tat!l ei; her mother mama ei; her brothers fra#ii ei; her sisters surorile ei Its colour culoarea lui / ei (a sa, a obiectului) Our father tat!l nostru; our mother mama noastr!; our brothers fra#ii no"tri; our sisters surorile noastre Your city ora"ul vostru; your house casa voastr!; your teachers profesorii vo"tri; your sisters surorile voastre Their mother mama lor; their father tat!l lor; their brothers fra#ii lor; their sisters surorile lor; etc REMARK! - ATEN%IE!
GRAMMAR EXPLANATIONS EXPLICA%II GRAMATICALE
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! OUR (al, a, ai, ale) nostru, noastr!, no"tri, noastre ! YOUR (al, a, ai, ale) vostru, voastr!, vo"tri, voastre
CORRECT FORMS FORME CORECTE

! THEIR (al, a, ai, ale) lor (fiin#elor, obiectelor)

EXAMPLES EXEMPLE

HIS = (al, a, ai, ale) lui (posesorul persoan!, fiin#!) Examples: HIS John has a brother. He is his brother fratele lui

John has a sister. She is his sister sora lui John has 2 brothers. They are his brothers fra#ii lui
EXAMPLES EXEMPLE

John has 3 sisters. They are his sisters surorile lui HER = (al, a, ai, ale) ei (posesorul persoan!, fiin#!) Examples: HER Mary has a brother. He is her brother fratele ei Mary has a sister. She is her sister sora ei Mary has 2 brothers. They are her brothers fra#ii ei Mary has 3 sisters. They are her sisters surorile ei ITS = (al, a, ai, ale) lui / ei (posesorul obiect, lucru) Examples: ITS The city is nice. Its aspect is nice (aspectul lui, al ora"ului; ora"ul obiect) The house is green. Its colour is green (culoarea ei, a casei; casa obiect) The city is big. Its houses are nice (casele lui, ale ora"ului; ora"ul obiect) etc. THEIR = (al, a, ai, ale) lor (fiin#e, persoane, obiecte) Examples: THEIR Mary and John have a brother. Their brother is nice fratele lor Jane and Jim have two sisters. Their sisters are small surorile lor etc.

SELF EVALUATION PRACTICE / EXERCISES EXERCI#II DE AUTO EVALUARE

MY GOD! EXERCISES!

ORAL EXERCISES 1. Read and translate the text of the lesson (Citi#i "i traduce#i textul lec#iei)

ORAL EXERCISES Exerci#ii orale

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2. Read and translate the following sentences (Citi#i "i traduce#i urm!toarele propozi#ii): Hello. My name is Mike. I am a pilot. I like to fly. I pilot a big plane. I live in a nice house in London. London is a big city. I like London. My house is a good house. I like my house. My house is nice and cosy. 3. You meet Mary. You greet her and tell her what you like. What do you say? What does Mary answer? (V! nt!lni#i cu Mary. O saluta#i "i i spune#i ce v! place. Ce spune#i? Ce r!spunde Mary?) 4. Put the correct indefinite article in front of each noun (Pune#i articolul nehot!rt corect n fa#a fiec!rui substantiv): Man, woman, cat, apple, economist, egg, architect, year, brother, sister 5. Which is the correct form? (Care este forma corect!?) A BIG CITY sau A CITY BIG? A NICE HOUSE sau A HOUSE NICE? TEACHERS GOOD sau GOOD TEACHERS? A PLANE BIG sau A BIG PLANE? 6. Read and translate (Citi#i "i traduce#i): My house is big. Your brother is a student. His mother is a teacher. Her sister is at home. The house is green. Its colour is green. Our teacher is good. Your plane is big. Their brothers are economists.
CORRECT FORMS? TRANSLATION ENGLISH PERSONAL EXPRESSION TRANSLATION ENGLISH

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WRITTEN EXERCISES. HOMEWORK EXERCITII DE REZOLVAT IN SCRIS. TEM! PENTRU ACAS! 7. Fill in the blanks Completa#i spa#iile goale cu cuvinte nv!#ate: Hello. My is Mike. I Mike Lee. Im home now. Im at home . I live in a city.
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WRITTEN EXERCISES S& REZOLV&M N SCRIS!

I live London. London is a big . Im a . I pilot a plane. I to fly. I live in a house. Its a good . Look my house. It isnt big house. Its nice cosy. I like 8. Translate into English Traduce#i n limba englez!:
TRANSLATION ROMANIAN

Bun!. Eu sunt Mike. Numele meu este Mike Lee. Eu sunt pilot. Pilotez un avion mare. Eu locuiesc n Londra. Londra este un ora" mare. mi place s! zbor. mi place casa mea. Locuiesc ntr-o cas! dr!gu#!. Nu este o cas! mare. 9. You meet Mary. You greet her and tell her where you live. You describe her your house . Then you tell her what you like. What do you say? What does Mary answer? (V! nt!lni#i cu Mary. O saluta#i "i i spune#i unde locui#i. i descrie#i casa dv. Apoi i spune#i ce v! place. Ce spune#i? Ce r!spunde Mary?) 10. Fill in the blanks with indefinite articles Completa#i spa#iile goale cu articole nehot!rte: She is teacher. I have apple. My sister is doctor. He is economist. I live in a house. London is big city. It is interesting book. It is good apple. He is good economist. 11. Give 5 examples with constructions with A and 5 examples with constructions with AN (indefinite articles Da#i cinci exemple de construc#ii cu articolul nehot!rt A "i cinci cu articolul nehot!rt AN) 12. Fill in the blanks with different possessive adjectives Completa#i spa#iile goale cu diferite adjective posesive: This is mother. I like sister. Look at house. I like to pilot plane. sister is a doctor. The house is green. colour is green. city is London.
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PERSONAL EXPRESSION

PERSONAL EXPRESSION

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13. Translate into Romanian Traduce#i n limba romn!: Look at my house. Your brother is an economist. I like their house. Look at our house. Your house is small. My house is big. Her sister is at home. His mother is a teacher. I like the house. Its colour is brown. 14. Translate into English Traduce#i n limba englez!: Mama mea este acas! ast!zi. Fratele t!u este doctor. Surorile tale sunt profesoare. Casa lui este mare. mi place ora"ul lor. mi place casa noastr!. Tat!l ei nu este acas!. Casa lor nu este mic!.

ENGLISH

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ROMANIAN TRANSLATION ROMANIAN

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KEY OF THE EXERCISES CHEIA EXERCI#IILOR ORAL EXERCISES 15. Read and translate the following sentences (Citi#i "i traduce#i urm!toarele propozi#ii): Bun!. M! numesc Mike. Sunt pilot. mi place s! zbor. Pilotez un avion mare. Locuiesc ntr-o cas! frumoas! n Londra. Londra este un ora" mare. mi place Londra. Casa mea este o cas! bun!. mi place casa mea. Casa mea este confortabil! / pl!cut!. 16. You meet Mary. You greet her and tell her what you like. What do you say? What does Mary answer? (V! nt!lni#i cu Mary. O saluta#i "i i spune#i ce v! place. Ce spune#i? Ce r!spunde Mary?) Possible dialogue: Hello, Mary. Hello, Mike. Nice to see you again. Yes, Im glad to see you too. I like your dress (rochia). I like your shoes (pantofii) too. Oh, thank you, John. Bye-bye. See you.
PERSONAL EXPRESSION My house A big plane

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17. Put the correct indefinite article in front of each noun (Pune#i articolul nehot!rt corect n fa#a fiec!rui substantiv): A man, a woman, a cat, an apple, an economist, an egg, an architect, a year, a brother, a sister 18. Which is the correct form? (Care este forma corect!?) A BIG CITY A NICE HOUSE A GOOD TEACHER
A%I ALES CORECT?

A BIG PLANE 19. Read and translate (Citi#i "i traduce#i): Casa mea este mare. Fratele t!u este student. Mama lui este profesoar!. Sora ei este acas!. Casa este verde. Culoarea sa este verde. Profesorul nostru / Profesoara noastr! este bun / bun!. Avionul t!u / vostru este mare. Fra#ii lor sunt economi"ti.

WRITTEN EXERCISES. HOMEWORK EXERCITII DE REZOLVAT IN SCRIS. TEM! PENTRU ACAS! 1. Fill in the blanks Completa#i spa#iile goale cu cuvinte nv!#ate: Hello. My name is Mike. I am Mike Lee.
A%I COMPLETAT CORECT?

Im at home now. Im at home today I live in a big city. I live in London. London is a big city. Im a pilot. I pilot a big plane. I like to fly. I live in a nice house. Its a good house Look at my house. It isnt a big house. Its nice and cosy. I like my house.

TRANSLATION ROMANIAN

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ENGLISH A#i tradus corect?

2. Translate into English Traduce#i n limba englez!: Hello I am Mike. My name is Mike Lee. I am a pilot. I pilot a big plane.
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I live in London. London is a big city. I like to fly. I like my house. I live in a nice house. It isnt a big house. 3. You meet Mary. You greet her and tell her where you live. You describe her your house . Then you tell her what you like. What do you say? What does Mary answer? (V! nt!lni#i cu Mary. O saluta#i "i i spune#i unde locui#i. i descrie#i casa dv. Apoi i spune#i ce v! place. Ce spune#i? Ce r!spunde Mary?) A possible dialogue: Hi, Mary, glad to meet you. Hello. Jim. How nice to meet you. I live in London. I live in a nice house. It isnt a big house, but it is nice and cosy. I like my house and I like London. I also like to fly. I like Paris. I like your house too. It is a good house. Bye, Mary. Bye, Jim. See you. 4. Fill in the blanks with indefinite articles Completa#i spa#iile goale cu articole nehot!rte: She is A teacher. I have AN apple. My sister is A doctor. He is AN economist. I live in A nice house. London is BIG city. It is AN interesting book. It is A good apple. He is A good economist. 5. Give 5 examples with constructions with A and 5 examples with constructions with AN (indefinite articles Da#i cinci exemple de construc#ii cu articolul nehot!rt A "i cinci cu articolul nehot!rt AN) Possible examples: A city, a plane, a pilot, a woman, a good economist, a nice house An apple, an interesting book, an economist, an egg, an impossible dream, an engineer. 6. Fill in the blanks with different possessive adjectives Completa#i spa#iile goale cu diferite adjective posesive: Possible solution:
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MY DIALOGUE IS BETTER! Dialogul meu este mai bun!

A#i complertat corect?

A#i completat corect?

This is MY mother. I like HIS sister. Look at HER house. I like to pilot MY plane. THEIR sister is a doctor. The house is green. ITS colour is green. OUR city is London. 7. Translate into Romanian Traduce#i n limba romn!: Prive"te-mi casa / Uit!-te la casa mea. Fratele t!u este economist. mi place casa lor. Uit!-te la casa noastr!. Casa ta / voastr! este mic!. Casa mea este mare .Sora ei este acas!. Mama lui este profesoar!. mi place casa. Culoarea sa este maro.

Im simply the best! I solved all the exercises correctly!

8. Translate into English Traduce#i n limba englez!: My mother is at home today. Your brother is a doctor. Your sisters are teachers. His house is big. I like their city. I like our house. Her father is not at home. Their house is not small.

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