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033. 1. Aceasta este o mobil prea mare ca s intre pe usa aceasta.
041 1.Vaticanul anunt reusita operatiei si c Papa se simte acum bine. 2. Compania va angaja nc sase persoane.
3.
Juriul ncearc s cad de acord. 4. O familie care se ceart ntruna nu poate fi fericit . 5. Publicul vrea s stie ce va urma.
6. Sunt prea muli oameni ri pe pmnt. 7. Toate guvernele ncearc s fac ceva pentru a control actele criminale. 8.
Lzile de bere sunt pe teras. 9. Musuroiul de furnici este foarte mare. 10. Turma de elefanti se ndreapt ctre ru.
11.
Teancul de hrtii se afl pe mas . 12. Se auzi urletul lupilor n deprtare. Sigur erau mai multe haite. 13. Catedra de profesori
de englez are cabinetele la etajul trei. 14. Pentru a rezolva problema a fost convocat un grup de experti din toat lumea. 15.
Multimea de rzvrtiti se npusti asupra castelului.
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Decide which of the two verb forms should be used in the following sentences:
1. Physics (was/were) my most difficult subject in high school. 2. Ballistics (is/are) the study of the motion of projectiles.
3.Athletics (has/have) been virtually abolished from smaller schools. 4. His motives may be good, but his tactics (is/are)
deplorable. 5. In every group, politics (is/are) a subject that arouse interest. 6. Radical politics (was/were) offensive to the
Federalists. 7. Acoustics (is/are) a branch of science that is growing fast. 8. The acoustics of this room (is/are) not all they
might be. 9. Economics (doesnt/dont) require much knowledge of mathematics. 10. His ethics (leave/leaves) a lot to be
desired. 11. Classics (take/takes) a back seat these days. 12. Einsteins mathematics (was/were) a revelation. 13. Tactics
(is/are) really short term strategy. 14. Your heroics (is/are) worthy of a better cause. 15. Her hysterics (does/do) not move
anybody that knows her.
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1. Apele lacului se scurgeau printr-o cascad spectaculoas. 2. Amndoi au dat din cap a nencredere. 3. Toti am
ntmpinat rrsritul soarelui cu inima usoar. 4. A trebuit s schimb trenul la Reading. 5. Nu puteam s-i trimitem acolo
mpotriva vointei lor. 6. Strigau ct i tinea gura. 7. Visa la apele albastre ale Mediteranei. 8. Cldurile unei veri nnbusitoare
nu preau s aib nici o influent asupra snttii lui. 9. De dragul lor era n stare s mute si muntii din loc. 10. Ezita ntre
sperant si team.
020 1. Portavionul este o nav construit pentru transportul aparatelor de zbor. Puntea este suficient de mare pentru ca fiecare
aparat s poat decola si ateriza n sigurant 2. Cartea lui Charles Darwin Originea speciilor marcheaz un moment
important n dezvoltarea stiintelor naturii. El a artat c n natur numai cei vigurosi supravietuiesc pentru buna perpetuare a
speciei. 3. Hoinrind prin pdure am ajuns la un luminis unde o cprioar pstea linistit. Numai atunci mi-am dat seama ce
frumoase si gingase sunt cprioarele. 4. A petrecut minunat n tabra international a studentilor de la Costinesti unde erau
chinezi, japonezi, portughezi, elvetieni si multi alti studenti. S-a mprietenit cu un chinez foarte inteligent si politicos. Chinezii
toti sunt deosebit de politicosi. 5. Toate uzinele de gaz din acea tar sunt foarte moderne sau n curs de modernizare. Aceast
uzin de gaz, desi a fost construit acum saptezeci de ani, este nc n stare bun.
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Select the form you consider appropriate in each of the following sentences.
1. We gathered two (basketsful/basketfuls) of apples. 2. Most successful people have their (hanger-ons/hangers-on).
3.
Traitors and spies are tried by (courts-martial/court-martials). 4. Oil has lots of (by-products/bys-product).
5. The
(commander-in-chiefs/commanders-in-chief) met behind the lines to discuss military tactics. 6. A business phenomenon of
recent years is the startling rise of (woman executives/women executives) 7. (Five-year-olds/five-years-old) always use
(toothbrushes/ teethbrushes). 8. The two (women doctors/woman doctors) I introduced you to are excellent psychiatrists. 9.
(Father-in-laws/fathers-in-law) are better-natured
creatures than (mothers-in-laws/mothers-in-law). 10. The (Miss
Crumptons/Misses Crumpton) are characters of Dickenss. 11. I met Annes to brothers when they were parting with their
(girls friends/girl friends). 12. I like (ten-minute-pictures/ten-minutes-pictures). 13. Ive only heard of, but Ive never seen
any (men-eaters/man- eaters). 14. After the age of fifty some bachelors become (woman- haters/women-haters). 15. If I told
you once I told you a thousand times not to make friends with those (goods-for-nothing/good-for-nothings). 16. He counted
twenty (footsteps/feetsteps) from the gate to the house. 17. You lose on the swings what you make on the (roundabouts/
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roundsabout) 18. The farmer got five (cartloads/cartsload) of hay. 19. (Knight errants/Knights errant) belong to King Arthurs
court. 20. Both his (brother-in-laws/brothers-in-law) are very pleasant fellows.
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1.Fortele naturii snt multe si puternice. 2. E destul de prost ca s-si mai dea si aere. 3. L-am auzit cntnd una din
ariile lui favorite. 4. Proprietarul calului este ntotdeauna ncntat s-si vad culorile ajungnd primele la potou. 5. Fiecare
regiment si are steagul propriu. 6. Poi recunoaste un pictor dup culorile pe care le foloseste .7. A avut medicamentul vreun
efect? 8. Li s-a spus s-si ia efectele personale si s treac dincolo. 9. Prin forta mprejurrilor am amnat excursia. 10. Cam
ct timp trebuie ca s treci prin vam? Cteva minute. Formalittile de vam sunt foarte simple. 11. A devenit un obicei pentru
familiile din Anglia s mearg n Spania n vacant. 12. Trebuie s scriu o serie de scrisori.
049 Put into the possessive; carry out any necessary changes in the wording of the sentences
1. I did this for the sake of my brother James. 2. He took the hat of somebody else. 3. Alfred the Great has an assured place
in history. 4. There was a great variety of books for children on display. 5. He was the secretary of the President of the Board
of Trade. 6. During the holiday of two weeks of their parents, the children had to stay at the house of their aunt. 7. John, the
son of the plumber, is my best friend. 8. The baby of Charles and Mary is lovely. 9. Buckingham Palace is the residence of
the Queen of England. 10. There is a shop belonging to Marks and Spencer in almost every English town.
11. The speech
of the Chancellor of the Exchequer has been received with warm approval. 12. The plays of Beaumont and Fletcher are very
seldom staged nowadays.
052 Rewrite the following sentences using the underlined words in the possessive case. Make any other necessary alterations
in the wording of the sentences:
1. The little girl bought some sweets costing a pound. 2. The meeting lasted four hours. 3. He granted us an interview lasting
three minutes. 4. It was a task of seven hours. 5. The argument of two hours was worth in the end. 6.Her father bought some
cakes which cost six pounds. 7. The trek to the next hamlet was three miles. 8. Have you got enough coppers to change this
half-crown. 9. The butter I bought weighed half a pound.
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Dup o zi grea de munc se duse s cineze la mtusile sale, domnisoarele Harrison. Dup cin, asezat confortabil ntrun fotoliu lng foc cu ziarul n mn, revzu n minte chipuri de oameni si mtmplri din copilrie. Ar fi dorit s fie iarsi
copil si s se joace cu roscovanul Pete, fiul lui Jackson, morarul, care locuia doar la o arunctur de bt.
Uneori fcea cale de cinci mile pn la ferma bunicilor, dup ou proaspete, zarzavaturi si fel de fel de fructe. Ferma,
cu ortnii nenumrate, cu vite, turme de oi si roiuri de albine i-a oferit multe din bucuriile copilriei. Cu ctelusii si pisicutele
se jucau ct pofteau, dar ori de cte ori voiau s se apropie de bobocii de gsc, gscanul, printe grijuliu, i alunga. n drum
spre cas, intrau la bcnie si cumprau bomboane de cinci peni, fiindc bunica niciodat nu uita s-i dea ceva bani de buzunar.
Apoi si aminti cum, ctiva ani mai trziu, sptmni la rnd, a fost ntr-o situatie critic din cauza acelui ticlos care
se ddea drept prieten, dar care l-a folosit ca pe-o unealt. Asa i-a trebuit! Singur se vrse n gura lupului, fiindc nu dduse
nici un ban pe sfaturile fratelui su mai mare. A scpat ca prin minune, datorit fratelui su, care aflnd vestea proast, a fcut
tot posibilul ca s-l pun la adpost de primejdii.
Tresri auzind vocea mtusii Jane: John drag, poftim ziarul de astzi, acela e de alaltieri. Cum poti fi att de distrat?
Citesti de mai bine de o or, fr s-ti dai seama ce citesti.
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1. Katherine Hepburn was a famous ...... . 2. Diana is the ...... of hunting. 3. Sapho was a lyric ...... . 4. A woman who shows
people to their seats in theatres is an ...... . 5. On her wedding day a girl is called a ...... . 6. A woman with the legal right to
receive a property, when the owner dies, is an ...... . 7. A woman famous for bravery is a ...... . 8. A woman engaged to be
married is a ...... . 9. A ...... is a woman who manages the domestic affairs and nursing staff in a hospital.
10. Mary
Stuart, ...... of Scots, was executed in 1587.
2. Psrile din curte mnnc grunte. 3. Rata este urmat de cei cinci pui ai ei n
sir indian. 4. n turma aceasta sunt doar trei berbeci si zece miei. Dar e pzit de 15 cini. 5. n vizuin e doar tigroaica cu
cei doi pui ai ei.
064 Supply the correct collective nouns. Choose from the nouns given.
bunch, fleet, colony, board, swarm, clump, pack, row, bevy
1. I ate a ... of grapes. 2. A ... of houses was destroyed by the bombimg. 3. He didnt know how to apologise so he bought her
a ... of roses. 4. The king sent out a ... of ships to conquor the island. 5. A ... of girls was looking at the man passing by the
school. 6. The bear was bitten by a ... of bees. 7. A .... of ants were gathering food for the winter. 8. The ... of directors had to
decide whether to fire him or not. 9. Wolves never attack alone, they always attack in ... 10. The whole forest caught fire, only
some isolated ... of trees didnt burn down.
065-2 Put in the missing partitive. Give other possible specific partitives for these nouns.
sip, pinch, litre, metre, drop, acre, scrap, drop, hint, gust, beam, lock, bowl, spell, stretch
1. I wrote his telephone number down on a ...of paper I found. 2. Ive never tried whisky before so could I have a ... of yours.
3. A tiny creature was picked out in the ...of light from my torch. 4. I think wed better go inside; I just felt a ... of rain.
5.
I think the painting is quite good. it just needs a ... of blue here. 6. Remember, Dave, send for the police at the slightest ... of
trouble. 7. My mother used to keep a ... of my hair in the top drawer of her dressing table. 8. Finally, add a ... of salt. Then,
mix the ingredients thoroughly. 9. A ...of soup is always good for the stomach. 10. This ... of land belongs to my
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family. 11. I would like a ...of orange juice 12. Weve been having a marvellous ... of good weather lately. 13. Theyve just
opened a new ... of road between Brighton and
London. 14. A ... of cloth is not enough to make a coat. 15. I was working at
my desk when a sudden ... of wind blew all my
papers away.
066-1 E smbt dimineata si bunicii asteapt deja cu nerbdare sosirea nepoilor. De ani de zile ei si petrec sfrsitul de
sptmn la bunici, care locuiesc la periferia orasului, la doi pasi de ultima statie a autobuzului 332.
Bunica gteste, n timp ce bunicul rsfoieste atent o enciclopedie. si d atta osteneal fiindc niciodat nu se stie la
ce fel de ntrebri s te astepti din partea copiilor. El ar vrea s poat rspunde corect chiar dac ar fi ntrebat despre alge si
bacterii, larve ciuperci, cactusi, analize si sinteze, atomi si nuclei si cte si mai cte.
n jurul orei cinci, sase copii glgiosi de vrste diferite dau nval n curte, de parc ar fi o turm de elefanti. Dac
vremea este frumoas, timp de dou ore sau dou ore si jumtate e un vacarm asurzitor, asemntor mugetului oceanului. Apoi
bunica i d fiecruia bucata sa de spun si prosopul si i trimite pe toti la baie s se spele.
Cina e relativ linistit fiindc bunica stie exact cine vrea trei bucti de zahr n ceai, cine vrea o felie de pine prjit cu
unt, cui s-i mai dea cteva lingurite de miere si cine vrea partea leului din placinta de mere.
Dup cin e rndul bunicului: Bunicule, ce sunt papirusurile? sau Bunicule, cum poti s te vri singur n gura
lupului?, sau Bunicule, ce este un lup n blan de miel? Apropo, fiindc veni vorba de lupi, de ce umbl lupii n haite, vitele
n cirezi, oile n turme, pestii n bancuri, tntarii n roiuri, leii n ... ?
Copii, la culcare, spune bunica, si bunicul care nu mai stia ce s spun, scap ca prin urechile acului datorit bunicii
care-i duce la culcare cu promisiunea c le va spune o poveste cu zne si spiridusi, cpcuni si balauri, vrjitori si vrjitoare.
066-2 1. The furniture (was/were) not new, but there (was/were) some nice reconditioned pieces.