SEssion 11

25th November 2025

partly cloudy , chilly

Tuesday 

PAST SIMPLE vs PaAST CONTINUOUS 

1/ 49 

2. Fell / was skating

3. was playing / went 

4. was cooking / burned 

5. were jogging/ attacked 

6. went off / were sleeping 

2/ 49 

2. Liz was sleeping when the earthquake happened . 

3. S. was walking in the park when it began to rain .

4. Tony was exercising when he pulled a muscle. 

5. Kelly was driving her car when she got a flat tyre . 

6. Paul was chopping  some pieces of wood when he cut his finger . 

flat tyre/ tire = pana de cauciuc 

spare tyre = roata de rezerva 

as= while 

A) Fill in the blanks with a correct form of PAST CONTINUOUS:

1. It was very cold. The sun ………. was not shining. …………………. (not / shine)

2. It wasn’t a stormy night. The wind …………wasn't blowing ……. (not / blow)

3. He wasn’t sleeping. He ………………was looking…………………….. (look) at the ceiling.

4. They were having a rest. They ……were not working……………………………….. (not / work).

5. They were very happy. They …………………were enjoying………………. (enjoy) the party

6. He was at home. He …………………was watching……………. (watch) a movie on TV.

7. He was getting worse. He ………………wasn't recovering…………………… (not / recover).

8. We ………………were travelling…………………. (travel) in the north of Turkey when we were on holiday.

9. She ………………was driving…………………. (drive) so fast when the accident happened.

10. I …………wasn't sleeping………………………(not / sleep) when you came in.

B) Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE PAST or

the PAST PROGRESSIVE:

1. While they ………were travelling……………………… (travel) to China, Marco …kept…………………. (keep) a diary.

2. Mrs. White ……was driving……………………………. (drive) past a house in Main Street when she ………saw……………… (see) the ground floor on fire.

3. While he ………was flying………………………. (fly) off the Miami Coast, the pilot ……saw……….. (see) sharks approaching the swimmers.

4. The fireman ………was fighting……………………… (fight) the fire on a balcony below when he ………………heard………… (hear) someone’s shouts.

5. She ……died……………… (die) while she …………was running……………….. (run) after a bus.

6. We ………were having……………………….. (have) dinner when the electricity ………went off…………… (go) off.

7. She ………was thinking………………………… (think) of something else while you ……were

talking………….. (talk) to her.

8. I …………saw…………….. (see) her while I ……………was looking……………………. (look) out of the window.

9. While the teacher …………was talking……………………….. (talk), the students ………were looking………….. (look) at an insect on the ceiling.

HOMEWORK

page 51 ex 7a, b 

2. What did they notice ? They noticed ...

3. What did people say about the house ? They said it ...

4. What did T and J decide to do ? They decided to ...

5. What did they see ? They saw ...

6. What did the boys do ? They went ...

7. What did J spot in the doorway ? He spotted ...

 pag 52 , ex 2, 3 

DE FACUT DATA VIITOARE 

 

Session 10

 

18th November 2025 

cool, sunny 

Tuesday

Present Perfect	Past Simple
-        Act. incepute in trecut care nu s-au incheiat inca -        Act. incepute in trecut care s-au incheiat aproape de mom . vb . -        Act. petrecute in trecut dar carora nu li se precizeaza momentul in care s-au petrecut -        Act petrecute intr-o per de timp neincheiata inca ( this week )	-        Act care au inceput si s-au terminat in trecut
-        Already (deja, +); yet (inca / deja; -, ? ) -        Lately / recently (in ultima vreme) -        Just (tocmai ) -        Since (+ inceput perioada timp ) / for ( + perioada de timp )	-        Yesterday -        Last Tuesday / week/ month -        4 days ago
AFFIRMATIVE
S + have / has + V3 ·        He has learnt for this test since 8 am.	S + V2/ V+ed ·        Yesterday I ate a sandwich .
NEGATIVE
S + haven’t / hasn’t + V3 ·        I haven’t eaten spinach recently.	S + didn’t + V1 ·        We didn’t walk around yesterday.
INTERROGATIVE
Have / Has + S + V3 ? ·        Have you ever read a thriller?	Did + S + V1? ·        Did he come an hour ago?

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-1.html

https://www.perfect-english-grammar.com/past-simple-present-perfect-2.html

to get fired = a fi concediat 

Listening 

https://english-practice.net/practice-english-listening-tests-for-b1-listening-test-02/

pedestrian = pieton

to increase (ed) = a creste 

Homework 

pages 82, 83 - no writing / speaking 

Session 9

 

11th November 2025 

rainy, cool 

Tuesday 

must = have to 

must = trebuie ( reguli / opinia mea ) 

mustn't = nu trebuie 

have to = trebuie ( opinia altcuiva ) 

don't have to = nu e necesar ( faci sau nu ) 

https://test-english.com/grammar-points/a2/have-to-dont-have-to-must-mustnt/

Session 8

 

4th November 2025

cloudy, cool

Tuesday

COMPOUND WORDS 

newsprint = ziar 

goodwill= bunavointa 

schoolhouse =cladirea scolii

postcard = carte postala/ ilustrata

railroad = cale ferata 

mailbox = cutie postala 

eyesight= vedere

jellybean = jeleu

clockwise = in sensul acelor de ceasornic 

anti- clockwise = in sens invers acelor de ceasornic 

Worksheets 

1. What did you do last week ?

2. Where was she when you called her ?

3. When did you leave Bucharest ?

4. Where were they cooking dinner ?

5. How long have the boys read about cars ?

Verbe pe care nu le utilizam de obicei la forma continua ( +ing) : 

* understand ; I don't understand . 

* think ; I don't think so . 

* remember ; I don't remember .

* agree ; I don't agree with you .

* notice ; I haven't noticed. 

1. While  I was having a bath , my mother phoned me three times . 

2. He was playing tennis at two o'clock. 

3. She was getting off the bus when she fell and broke her ankle .

4. THey were having a picnic when it started to rain .

page 46 past continuous - imperfect 

- actiuni in desfasurare intr-un anume moment din trecut 

* Yesterday around 3 pm I was walking in the town . 

- actiuni in desfasurare in trecut intrerupte de alte actiuni 

* We were talking when the phone rang . 

Affirmative 

S + was / were + V-ing 

Negative 

S + wasn't / weren't + V-ing 

Interrogative 

Was /Were + S + V-ing ?

while /as = in timp ce ( dupa se foloseste past continuous )

*I saw her while she was jogging . 

ex 3 

1.  She had  a bath as soon as she got home .

2. While he was working he didn't stop for lunch .

3. When they arrived at the hotel they had dinner . 

4. Jane had left before I arrived at the party .

5. Why hadn't you looked before you ran in front of the car ? 

ex. 4 

1. broke/ was eating 

2. opened / saw/ had broken 

3. had taken / began 

4. were / had never won 

5. started / was writing 

6. were sleeping / drove

Homework   -- reminder past perfect 

Access 1/ 46 

page 47 

page 48 - speaking - writing 

ex 4 / worksheet