MODULE FIVE

GRAMMAR PRACTICE EXPLICAII GRAMATICALE

GRAMMAR
EXPLANATIONS
THE DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES EXPLICAII
GRAMATICALE
ADJECTIVE DEMONSTRATIVE
DEMONSTRATIVES
!
DE APROPIERE DE DEPRTARE

SINGULAR THIS acest, aceast THAT acel, acea

CORRECT
PLURAL THESE aceti, aceste THOSE acei, acele FORMS
FORME
CORECTE

Examples Exemple:
This man acest brbat; this woman aceast femeie
That boy acel biat; that girl acea feti
These engineers aceti ingineri; these books aceste cri
Those economists acei economiti; those flowers acele flori EXAMPLES
EXEMPLE

THE DEFINITE ARTICLE

ARTICLES
ARTICOLUL HOTRT !

Are forma THE indiferent de gen i numr

Difer doar pronunarea naintea unei consoane sau a unei vocale
CORRECT
FORMS
Articolul hotrt se folosete atunci cnd vorbim despre obiecte sau FORME
CORECTE
persoane cunoscute, care nu pot fi confundate cu altele din aceeai
categorie, unice ntr-un context, despre care s-a vorbit anterior,
particularizate prin determinani

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 Examples Exemple:

I see a man in the street. THE man is old Vd un brbat pe strad.

BrbatuL este btrn.
THE English teacher is a nice lady ProfesoarA de englez este o
doamn drgu / plcut.
EXAMPLES
EXEMPLE THE Earth turns around the Sun PmntuL se rotete n jurul soarelui.
THE doctors in our hospital are good Doctorii din spitalul nostru sunt
buni.
Open THE windows! Deschide ferestrele!
The red dress is nice Rochia roie este drgu.

ATENIE!
Dac substantivul este precedat de un adjectiv posesiv (my, your, his
GRAMMAR etc) sau de un adjectiv demonstrativ (this, that, these, those), nu se
EXPLANATIONS
WITH EXAMPLES mai pune alt articol: my house, his brother, this doctor, that city, these

EXPLICAII
women etc
GRAMATICALE Folosirea articolelor difer n englez i romn. Nu orice substantiv
CU EXEMPLE
articulat cu articol hotrt n romn va avea articol hotrt n englez
(Doctorii trateaz pacienii n sens
general = Doctors art.nehot.pl treat patients), ci doar cele care au
fost particularizate i individualizate dintr-o categorie.
n expresii, folosirea articolului nu mai urmeaz nici o regul strict
i nu exist o coresponden ntre articolele folosite n englez i
romn pentru diferitele expresii (in the beginning = la nceput; at
best = n cazul cel mai bun etc)

PRONOUNS THE PERSONAL PRONOUNS

" PRONUMELE PERSONALE

REMEMBER? V ADUCEI AMINTE?

REMEMBER?
V AMINTII?

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 PERSONAL PRONOUNS SUBJECTS

PRONUME PERSONALE SUBIECT

PERSONAL
PRONOUNS
# I eu # We noi SUBJECT
!
# You tu # You voi / dumneavoastr

# He el (pentru persoane,
fiine)

# She ea (pentru persoane, # They ei / ele (pentru

fiine) persoane, CORRECT
FORMS
FORME
# It el /ea (pentru lucruri, fiine, lucruri, obiecte) CORECTE
obiecte)

PERSONAL PRONOUNS OBJECTS

PRONUME PERSONALE COMPLEMENT PERSONAL

PRONOUNS
OBJECT
# Me pe mine, mie, la mine, # us pe noi, nou, la noi, cu !
cu mine etc noi etc

# you pe tine, ie, la tine, cu # you pe voi, vou, la voi, cu

tine etc voi etc

# him pe el, lui, la el, cu el etc

CORRECT
(fiin) FORMS
FORME
# her pe ea, ei, la ea, cu ea etc # them pe ei/ele, lor, la ei/ele, CORECTE

(fiin) cu ei/ele etc

# it pe el/ea, lui/ei, la el/ea, cu

el/ea etc (obiect, lucru,
abstraciune etc)

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 REMARKS OBSERVAII:

! n englez exist la fiecare persoan o singur form a pronumelului

REMARKS
care poate fi complement (OBJECT) n propoziie, indiferent de tipul
de complement (direct, indirect, preopoziional)
Dac pronumele este precedat de orice prepoziie, va avea forma
tipic pentru complement: with me, about us, without them, at her
etc.

Examples Exemple:
I see him l vd pe el (complement direct)
I give him a book i dau lui o carte (complement indirect)
I look at him / I talk about him M uit la el / Vorbesc despre el
EXAMPLES
EXEMPLE (complement prepoziional)

Putem sintetiza deci toate formele pronumelului personal n limba

englez n urmtorul tabel:

PERSONAL PRONOUNS
PRONUME PERSONALE
SYNTHETIC
TABLE
" SUBJECTS OBJECTS
Care sunt subiecte n care sunt complemente n
PERSONAL propoziie propoziie
PRONOUNS
I ME
YOU YOU
HE HIM
SHE HER
IT IT
WE US
YOU YOU
THEY THEM

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 THE NUMERAL
NUMERALUL NUMERALS

THE CARDINAL NUMERAL

NUMERALUL CARDINAL

DE LA 1 LA 20 CARDINAL
NUMERALS
FROM ONE TO TWENTY
!
1-20
1 2 3 4 5
One Two Three Four Five

6 7 8 9 10
Six Seven Eight Nine Ten
CORRECT
11 12 13 14 15 FORMS
Eleven Twelve Thirteen Fourteen Fifteen FORME
CORECTE
16 17 18 19 20
Sixteen Seventeen Eighteen Nineteen Twenty

CARDINAL
NUMERALS
DE LA 10 LA 100 (ZECILE) !
FROM TEN TO A/ONE HUNDRED (THE TENS) 10-100
TENS
10 20 30 40 50
Ten Twenty Thirty Forty Fifty

60 70 80 90 100
Sixty Seventy Eighty Ninety A/one CORRECT
hundred FORMS
FORME
CORECTE

Celelalte numerale de la 21 la 99 se formeaz prin exprimarea

zecilor i unitilor, legate prin liniu de unire
Examples Exemple:
21: twenty-one; 34: thirty-four; 56: fifty-six; 89: eighty-nine etc.
ntre sute i zeci se pune AND

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 Examples Exemple:
123 one hundred AND twenty-three; 246: two hundred AND forty-six;
1000 = a / one thousand
1000000 = a / one million
ntre mii i sute nu se pune nimic
EXAMPLES Examples Exemple:
EXEMPLE
1256: one thousand two hundred and fifty-six; 4721: four thousand seven
hundred and twenty-one

! REMARKS OBSERVAII:
REMARKS

Numeralele hundred, thousand, million sunt precedate de A sau ONE

Numeralele hundred, thousand, million nu primesc terminaia S
pentru plural cnd reprezint numere concrete: two hundred, three

GRAMMAR thousand, four million

EXPLANATIONS
WITH EXAMPLES
Primesc S la plural cnd reprezint un numr de acel ordin de
mrime, nedeterminat: hundreds of (sute de); thousands of (mii de);
EXPLICAII
GRAMATICALE millions of (milioane de)
CU EXEMPLE
Numeralele de la 13 la 19 se construiesc de la uniti (cu mici
modificri la unele dintre ele) prin adugarea terminaiei TEEN i
au accent pe ambele silabe: thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen,
seventeen, eighteen, nineteen
Numeralele care exprim zecile de la 20 la 90 se formeaz de la
uniti (cu mici modificri la unele dintre ele) prin adugarea
terminaiei TY i au accent pe prima silab: twenty, thirty, forty,
fifty, sixty, seventy, eighty, ninety
ATENIE! 14= fourteen; 40 = forty (a disprut u de la four)
n numeralele care exprim ani, cifrele se citesc de obicei dou cte
dou: 1987 nineteen eighty-seven, fr a se mai spune thousand sau
hundred

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 SELF EVALUATION PRACTICE / EXERCISES
EXERCIII DE AUTO EVALUARE

OH, NO!
ORAL EXERCISES NO MORE
EXERCISES!
EXERCITII ORALE

1. Read and translate the following sentences (Citii i traducei

ORALLY
urmtoarele propoziii):
This is my book. These are my friends. I know these men. I like those
children. That boy is my brother. That woman is my mother. Those
students are intelligent.
TRANSLATION
2. Read and translate the following sentences (Citii i traducei ENGLISH
urmtoarele propoziii):
I like your house. Look at me! I live in a nice house. My parents live in it
$
ROMANIAN
too. Give us the money. They are old. I visit them on Sunday. These
flowers are for her. This is my city. Look at it. It is wonderful. I offer her
a present. These teachers dont like us.

3. Translate into English (Traducei n englez):

This book; those engineers; these students; that doctor; this house; these
women; those invitations; that year; this week

4. Read and translate the numerals from one to ten (Citii i traducei
numeralele de la 1 la 10)
5. Read and translate the numerals from eleven to twenty (Citii i
traducei numeralele de la 11 la 20)
6. Read and translate the tens from twenty to a / one hundred (Citii
i traducei zecile de la 20 la 100)

7. Read the following numbers in English (Citii urmtoarele numere

n englez): CORRECT
FORMS
13, 56, 21, 12, 14, 40, 15, 50, 13, 30, 44, 98, 70, 17, 12, 5, 9, 19, 90, 32 FORME
CORECTE

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 8. Read the following numbers in English (Citii urmtoarele numere
n englez):

CORRECT
134, 768, 390, 207, 812, 988, 1354, 5689, 3402, 1199, 867, 3200, 7685,
FORMS 5893
FORME
CORECTE

WRITTEN EXERCISES. HOMEWORK

EXERCITII DE REZOLVAT IN SCRIS. TEM PENTRU ACAS

% 9. Put the pronouns in brackets in the correct form (subject or

IN WRITING object) (Punei pronumele din parantez la forma corect subiect
sau complement):
I dont know (him / he). (She / Her) is a good doctor. I give (they / them)
the flowers. Look at (we / us)! I travel with (she / her). He likes (I / me).
CORRECT (We / Us) are students. They talk about (they / them). (I, Me) am an
FORMS
FORME economist.
CORECTE

10. Build up sentences with eprsonal pronouns subject and object

Construiu propoziii c upronume personale subiect i complement:
Examples: I live in Reia. THEY like flowers. Mike knows HIM. Linda
CONSTRUII
PROPOZIII
shows THEM the house etc.

TRANSLATION 11. Translate into English Traducei n limba englez:

ROMANIAN Uit-te la acel copil. Este fratele meu. l vezi? Mama ne d (give) cadouri
(presents). El locuiete cu tine? Nu, locuiete cu fata aceea. l iubeti?
$ Nu-l iubesc. Aceste mere sunt pentru noi. Vorbete cu ea. ntreab-o:
ENGLISH
Ci ani ai? Nu m vede. Uit-te la ea. D-i o floare.

12. Write the following numbers in English (Scriei urmtoarele

NUMERALS
numere n englez):
"
12, 98, 65, 35, 53, 13, 30, 88, 70, 17, 14, 40, 86, 100, 28, 54, 49, 9, 7, 1,
49

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13. Write the following numbers in English (Scriei urmtoarele NUMERALS
numere n englez): !
134, 998, 786, 456, 222, 897, 104, 517, 258, 1346, 1785, 5698, 1459,
2369,7744

14. Build up sentences with cardinal numerals. Write them in letters

Construiu propoziii cu nuemrale cardinale. Scriei nuemralele n
litere, nu n cifre:
CONSTRUII
Examples: I am FOURTEEN. My father is FORTY-FIVE. I have PROPOZIII

NINETY-NINE comic books. Betty sends SIXTY or SEVENTY letters a

day. December has THIRTY-ONE days. February has only TWENTY-
EIGHT or TWENTY-NINE DAYS. A year has FIFTY-TWO weeks or
TWELVE months.

15. Translate into English Traducei n limba englez: TRANSLATION

Ci ani ai? Am 34 de ani. Un minut are (has) 60 de secunde. Ci ani are
ROMANIAN
mama ta? Are 46 de ani. O zi are 24 de ore. Ci ani are fratele tu? Are
12 ani. Anul are 12 luni. Un mileniu are 1000 de ani. 100 de ani fac $
(make) un secol. Ci ani ai? Am 40 de ani. Sute de copii se joac aici. ENGLISH

Dou milioane de oameni (people) locuiesc n acest ora.

KEY OF THE EXERCISES

CHEIA EXERCIIILOR

ORAL EXERCISES
EXERCIII ORALE
ORALLY

1. Read and translate the following sentences (Citii i traducei TRANSLATION

urmtoarele propoziii):
ENGLISH
Aceasta este cartea mea. Acetia sunt prietenii mei. i cunosc pe aceti
oameni. mi plac copiii aceia. Acel biat este fratele meu. Femeia aceea
$
ROMANIAN
este mama mea..Acei studeni sunt inteligeni.
Ai tradus
corect?
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 TRANSLATION
2. Read and translate the following sentences (Citii i traducei
ROMANIAN
urmtoarele propoziii):
$ mi place casa ta. Privete-m! Locuiesc ntr-o cas drgu. Prinii mei
ENGLISH
Ai tradus corect? locuiesc i ei n ea. D-ne banii. Ei sunt btrni / ele sunt btrne. i / le
vizitez duminica. Aceste flori sunt pentru ea. Acesta este oraul meu.
Privete-l! Este minunat. i ofer ei un cadou. Acestor profesori nu le
place de noi.

3. Translate into English (Traducei n englez):

Aceast carte / cartea aceasta; aceti ingineri / aceste inginere; aceti
studeni / aceste studente; doctorul acela / doctoria aceea; aceast cas /
casa aceasta; aceste femei / femeile acestea; acele invitaii / invitaiile
acelea; acel an / anul acela; aceast sptmn / sptmna aceasta

4. Read and translate the numerals from one to ten (Citii i traducei
numeralele de la 1 la 10): one, two, three, four, five, six ,seven, eight,
nine, ten.
5. Read and translate the numerals from eleven to twenty (Citii i
traducei numeralele de la 11 la 20): eleven, twelve, thirteen,
fourteen, fifteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen, twenty.
6. Read and translate the tens from twenty to a / one hundred (Citii
i traducei zecile de la 20 la 100): twenty, thirty, forty ,fifty, sixty,
seventy, eighty, ninety, one hundred.

7. Read the following numbers in English (Citii urmtoarele numere

CORRECT
n englez):
FORMS thirteen, fifty-six, twenty-one, twelve, fourteen, forty, fifteen, fifty,
FORME
CORECTE thirteen,thirty, forty-four, ninety-eight, seventy, seventeen, twelve, five,
Ai construit
numerale nine, nineteen, ninety, thirty-two
corecte?

8. Read the following numbers in English (Citii urmtoarele numere

n englez):

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One hundred and thirty-four, seven hundred and sixty-eight, three
hundred and ninety, two hundred and seven, eight hundred and twelve,
CORRECT
nine hundred and eighty-eight, one thousand three hundred and fifty-four, FORMS
FORME
five thousand six hundred and eighty-nine, three thousand four hundred CORECTE
and two, one thousand one hundred and ninety-nine, eight hundred and Ai construit
forme
sixty-seven, three thousand two hundred, seven thousand six hundred and corecte?

eighty-five, five thousand eight hundred and ninety-three.

WRITTEN EXERCISES. HOMEWORK

EXERCITII DE REZOLVAT IN SCRIS. TEM PENTRU ACAS %
IN WRITING

9. Put the pronouns in brackets in the correct form (subject or

object) (Punei pronumele din parantez la forma corect subiect
sau complement):
CORRECT
I dont know HIM. SHE is a good doctor. I give THEM the flowers. FORMS
FORME
Look at US! I travel with HER. He likes ME. WE are students. They talk CORECTE
Ai gsit formele
about THEM. I am an economist. corecte?

10. Build up sentences with personal pronouns subject and object

Construii propoziii cu pronume personale subiect i complement:
Possible sentences: SHE likes school very much. I dont know HIM. My Ai construit
propoziii
mother likes HER. IT isnt important. I dont like IT. Look at HER! etc corecte?

TRANSLATION
11. Translate into English Traducei n limba englez:
ROMANIAN
Look at that child. He is my brother. Do you see him? Mother gives us
presents. Does he live with you? No, he lives with that girl. Do you love
him? I dont love him. These apples are for us. Talk to her. Ask her:
$
ENGLISH
Ai tradus corect?
How old are you?. He / she doesnt see me. Look at her. Give her a
flower.

12. Write the following numbers in English (Scriei urmtoarele

numere n englez):

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 NUMERALS Twelve, ninety-eight, sixty-five, thirty-five, fifty-three, thirteen, thirty,
" eighty-eight, seventy, seventeen, fourteen, forty, eighty-six, one / a
Ai construit
corect hundred, twenty-eight, fifty-four, forty-nine, nine, seven, one, forty-nine
numeralele?

13. Write the following numbers in English (Scriei urmtoarele

NUMERALS

" numere n englez):

Ai construit One hundred and thirty-four, nine hundred and ninety-eight, seven
corect
numeralele? hundred and eighty-six, four hundred and fifty-six, two hundred and
twenty-two, eight hundred and ninety-seven, one hundred and four, five
hundred and seventeen, two hundred and fifty-eight, one thousand three
hundred and forty-six, one thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, five
thousand six hundred and ninety-eight, one thousand four hundred and
fifty-nine, two thousand three hundred and sixty-nine, seven thousand
seven hundred and forty-four

14. Build up sentences with cardinal numerals. Write them in letters

Construiu propoziii cu nuemrale cardinale. Scriei nuemralele n
Ai construit
propoziii litere, nu n cifre:
corecte?
Possible sentences: I was born in NINETEEN SIXTY. My lucky lottery
numbers are: NINE, TWENTY-ONE, FORTY-SEVEN, THIRTY-
THREE, FOUR and SIXTEEN. My brother is FIFTY-FIVE. They owe
me ONE THOUSAND AND FIFTY dollars. This block of flats has
THREE HUNDRED AND FORTY-SIX appartments. It is difficult to
MY SENTENCES live on a salary of ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTEEN dollars a month! He
ARE THE BEST!
won SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY dollars at the
lottery.

15. Translate into English Traducei n limba englez:

Ai tradus corect?
How old are you? I am thirty-four. A minute has sixty seconds. How old
is your mother?She is forty-six. A day has twenty-four hours. How old is
your brother? He is twelve years old. A year has twelve months. A
millennium has one thousand years. One hundred years make one
ENOUGH!!! century. How old are you? I am forty. Hundreds of children play here.
DESTULE EXERCIII!
Two million people live in this city.

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