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Expressing Subjects

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Expressing Subjects

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The subject

In-subject S+vb. (Aux +) S + vb? I Drink./ Do i DRINK?


be do have will
Out-subject There is a subject It It’s beautiful outside.
Grammarly There(ideea de existenta)/It (nu e ideea de
There is a dog outside.
Subiect existenta)

1. Make questions referring to the subject:

a) Am scris o poezie. 1. Prepositional verbs


I wrote a poem. 2. Subst+s=plural
Did i write a poem? Did e deja la trecut ...so vb vine la infinitiv. 3. Verb+s=singular (numai la
B) Ieri te uitai la film.
prezent)
Yesterday you was watching a movie.
Were you watching a movie yesterday? 4. Daca ai intrebare cu WH
b) It has rained a lot back then(pe atunci). topica ramane aceeasi-
Has it rained a lot back then? enuntiativa.
c) That poem has been written by Michael.
Has that poem been written by Michael.
d) All my friends will have enjoyed the party by midnight.
Will all my friends have enjoyed the party by midnight?

2. Translate into English:


a) Ești cam prost.
You are pretty stupid!
b) Plouă!
It’s raining.
c) Ascult ce se dă la radio.
I am listening to what is streaming on the radio.
d) Prietenii mei vorbesc despre ce s-a întâmplat noaptea trecută.
My friends speak about what happened last night.
e) E un nene afară care întreabă de tine.
There is an old man outside that questions about you.

3. Name subjects for the following predicates:


a) I heard the news.
b) Nobody will ever understand me.
c) There are many dogs in that park.
d) It will be sunny today.

4. Translate this text:


Azi e foarte important pentru mine să dorm. Am o petrecere la noapte și prietenii mei vor fi aici. Sper că
au și cadouri pentru mine. Oare vor veni toți? Cine va veni primul?
Today it is very important for me to sleep. I’m gonna have a party tonight and my friends will be here. I
hope that they have presents for me.Will they all come? Who is gonna be the first?
Homework

Turn these sentences into questions:

1. The sun was shining brightly.


Was the sun shining brightly?
2. The dogs were barking loudly.
Were the dogs barking loudly?
3. The pretty girl was wearing a blue frock.
4. Was the pretty girl wearing a blue frock?
5. My younger brother serves in the army.
6. Did my younger brother serves in the army?
5. The man and his wife were working in their garden.
Were the man and his wife working in their garden?
7. My mother and my aunt are trained classical dancers.
8. Are my mother and my aunt trained classical dancers?
7. You don’t have to wait for me.
Did you have to wait for me?
9. We will no longer tolerate this.
10. Will we tolerate this no longer?
9. The little tree was covered with needles instead of leaves.
Was the little tree covered with needles instead of leaves?
11. A rich merchant was passing by the shoemaker’s window.
12. Was a rich merchant passing by the shoemaker’s window?

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