fine-sounding names – names which sound fine – nume care sună bine a potatoe-growing farm – farm on which mostly potatoes grow – fermă de cartofi a coffee-drinking woman – a woman which drinks much coffee – femeie care bea multă cafea a well-meaning man – a man who means well – persoană bine intenționată […]
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Compound Adjectives I – Adjecti...
a short-skirted girl – a girl who wears short skirts – o fată cu fusta scurtă a paper-backed book – a book that has soft paper covers – o carte cu copertă moale an ill-tempered man – a man who gets angry easily – un om irascibil a fair-haired girl – a girl who has […]
Past Simple/ Past Continuous
Diferențe de sens în utilizarea Past Simple și Past Continuous: 1. I was talking to Tom yesterday . – PC nu implică nicio responsabilitate din partea subiectului I talked to Tom yesterday . – PS subiectul a luat inițiativa Ieri am vorbit cu Tom. 2. Tom was washing the car from ten to […]
Verbele neregulate în limba engleză
Lista verbelor neregulate grupate fonetic arise arose arisen drive drove driven ride rode ridden awake awoke awoken wake woke woken choose chose chosen stride strode stridden rise rose risen steal stole stolen weave wove woven strike struck stricken strive strove striven tread trod trodden write wrote written bear bore born / borne tear tore […]
Conjugarea verbului TO DO
TO DO – DID – DONE PRESENT SIMPLE Afirmativ Negativ Interogativ Interogativ-negativ I do I do not do – I don’t do Do I do? Do I not do? You do You do not do – You don’t do Do you do? Do you not do? – Don’t you do? He does He does not […]
Conjugarea verbului TO HAVE
TO HAVE – HAD – HAD PRESENT SIMPLE Afirmativ Negativ Interogativ Interogativ-negativ I have – I’ve I have not – I’ve not/ I haven’t Have I? Have I not? You have – You’ve You have not – You’ve not/ You haven’t Have you? Have you not? – Haven’t you? He has – He’s He has […]
Conjugarea verbului TO BE
TO BE – WAS/ WERE – BEEN PRESENT SIMPLE Afirmativ Negativ Interogativ Interogativ-negativ I am – I’m I am not – I’m not Am I? Am I not? You are – You’re You are not – You’re not/ You aren’t Are you? Are you not? Aren’t you? He is – He’s He is not – […]
DARE
Dare se folosește cu sensul de a îndrăzni, a avea curajul, în special în propoziții interogative și negative. How dare you to talk to me like that? Don’t you dare talk to me like that He dared not tell his mother about that mistake. La afirmativ, DARE se conjugă ca un verb principal she dares […]
Echivalenții subjonctivului
I. SHOULD + INFINITIV -în propoziții independente (întrebări directe) Why should I tell you? – De ce ți-aș spune? -în subordonate după it is necessary, it is important It is necessary that all the workers should come on time. după it is high time, it is about time It is time you should start a […]
Subjonctivul II – Trecut
Subjonctivul II trecut se folosește: a. după verbul wish, pentru a exprima anterioritatea I wish I had studied chemistry. Îmi doresc să fi studiat chimia. Numai de-aș fi studiat chimia! b. după locuțiunile conjuncționale as if, as though, pentru a exprima anterioritatea I hadn’ seen her for five years but I recognized her as if […]