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1. Sarah Star is a singer who sings and dances on TV currently. She is driving a red Mercedes and eating in a restaurant with Nick Pear. 2. Ann is a doctor who normally works in a hospital but is staying at home today. Now she is cooking dinner while her friends are visiting her for her birthday. 3. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1706. He had little formal schooling but became a successful writer and publisher and later played an important role in the founding of the United States. He was also an important scientist and inventor.

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Rezolvare Exercitii

1. Sarah Star is a singer who sings and dances on TV currently. She is driving a red Mercedes and eating in a restaurant with Nick Pear. 2. Ann is a doctor who normally works in a hospital but is staying at home today. Now she is cooking dinner while her friends are visiting her for her birthday. 3. Benjamin Franklin was born in Boston in 1706. He had little formal schooling but became a successful writer and publisher and later played an important role in the founding of the United States. He was also an important scientist and inventor.

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Rezolvare exercitii:

I. Fill in with PRESENT SIMPLE or PRESENT CONTINUOUS:

1) Sarah Star is a singer. She sings ………(sing) and ……………….. (dance) on TV.
She …………………… (drive) a red Mercedes. At the moment she is with Nick Pear.
They …………………….. (eat) in a restaurant. Sarah …………………….. (drink) a
cocktail and Nick …………………….. (talk) to the waiter.

2) Ann is a doctor. She ………………….. (work) in a hospital but today she


……………(stay) at home. Now she ……………………….. (cook) dinner. Her friends
…………………..(visit) her today. It …………………. (be) her birthday.

II. Fill in the blanks using WAS (NOT) / WERE (NOT):

1. I’m here today but I ……. wasn’t ……… here yesterday.


2. Jennifer is tall now but she …………………….. tall two years ago.
3. It is rainy today but it ……………………… yesterday.
4. Mr. Smith is angry now but he ……………………………… an hour ago.
5. The shops are open today but they ………………………….. on Sunday.
6. My car is clean today but it …………………………………… yesterday.
7. My father isn’t at home now but he ………………………………….. an hour ago.
8. The students are in class today but they …………………………….. last week.
9. It isn’t sunny now but it ………………………………. an hour ago.
10. We aren’t hungry now but we …………………………… twenty minutes ago.

III. Fill in the blanks with the PAST form of the verbs:

Benjamin Franklin …… was born ….. (be born) in Boston in 1706. He ………………… (be)
the fifteenth of the seventeen children of a poor candlemaker. He …………………(go ) to
school only one year. He …………………………… (begin) to work when he was twelve. At the
age of fourteen he …………………………… (decide) to be a writer. He ………………….
(copy) the great stories of famous writers and later he …………………………… (become) the
best known writer in his time.
When he ………………….. (be) seventeen, he ………………………… (leave) Boston and
…………………………… (arrive) in Philadelphia with only a few pennies in his pocket. He
……………………… (get) a job as a publisher of a newspaper and ……………………. (retire)
from business as a very rich man at forty-two. Then he ………………………. (spend) the next
forty years for his government. He ………………………. (play) an important role in the
founding of the USA.
Franklin ……………… (be) also an important scientist and inventor. He ……………. (draw)
electricity from a cloud on a kite string. He ……………………… (write) one of the first text
books on electricity. He ……………………… (invent) a simple lightning rod and many other
practical tools. He ……………………… (make) a study of water and ……………………….
(discover) many principles of hydrodynamics. He even ………………………… (invent) bifocal
glasses when he was seventy-eight and ……………………… (need) them himself.
Franklin ……………… (do) all these things and many more because he …………….………
(believe) he ………………………… (can).

IV. Complete the sentences with the words in parentheses using the SIMPLE
PAST or PAST PROGRESSIVE:

1. Sally …………………………… (eat) dinner last night when someone …………………..


(knock) on the door.
2. I began to study at seven last night. Fred …………………………… (come) at seven-
thirty. I ……………………………… (study) when Fred ……………………….. (come).
3. While I ………………………………. (study) last night, Fred ……………………………
(drop by) to visit me.
4. My roommate’s parents …………………………………. (call) him last night while we
…………………………………….. (watch) TV.
5. My mother called me around five. My husband came home a little after five. When he
……………………………….. (come) home, I ………………………………….. (talk) to
my mother on the phone.
6. Yesterday Tom and Janice ……………………… (go) to the zoo around one. They
………………………… (see) many kinds of animals. They stayed at the zoo for two
hours. While they …………………………… (walk) home, it …………….…….. (begin)
to rain, so they …………………………….. (stop) at a small café and ……………………
(have) a cup of coffee.
7. Yesterday afternoon I ………………………… (go) to visit the Parker family. When I
…………………….. (get) there around two o’clock, Mrs. Parker ………………….. (be)
in the yard. She ………………………………… (plant) flowers in her garden. Mr. Parker
……………………….. (be) in the garage. He ……………………………….. (work) on
their car. He …………………………….. (change) the oil.

V. Put the verbs in the correct tense. Use the SIMPLE PAST or the
PRESENT PERFECT:

1. ………………….. Tim …………………. (finish) his work yet?


2. ……………………….. he ………………………… (finish) it yesterday?
3. They ……………………………………. (just / go) out.
4. They ……………………………… (go) out a minute ago.
5. ……………… Ann ……………………. (study) yesterday afternoon?
6. ……………… she …………………….. (call) him a week ago?
7. They …………………………. (not / see) the film yet.
8. ……………. you ……………………. (ever / be) in a TV studio?
9. ……………… you ………………………. (not / finish) school last year?
10. I ……………………. (lose) my dictionary. I can’t find it anywhere.
11. His hair looks short. He ……………………………….. (have) a haircut.
12. When ……………………………………. (he / give up) smoking?
13. My bicycle isn’t here. Somebody ……………………………………………. (take) it.
14. Why …………………………… (Jim / not want) to play tennis last Friday?
15. When we were on holiday, the weather …………………… (be) terrible.

VI. Use THE SIMPLE PAST or THE PRESENT PERFECT TENSE to fill in
the blanks:

1. What ………………………………………… (you / learn) since you …………………….


(come) here? How many friends ………………………………………. (you / make)? I
hope you ……………………………………... (already / meet) a lot of interesting people.
2. Last night my roommate and I ……………………….. (have) some free time, so we
………………………….. (go) to a show.
3. I ………………………………….. (just / have) lunch, but I ………………………………
(not / have) lunch yesterday.
4. Who …………………………. (write) the play “Hamlet”?
5. It ………………… (rain) a lot last week, but it ……………………… (not / rain) much
so far this week.
6. How many letters …………..………….. (you / write) since the beginning of the month?
7. When we were on vacation, the weather ……………………………… (be) terrible.
8. In her whole lifetime, Mary …………………………………… (never / see) snow.
9. When I ……………. (get) home last night, I ……………….. (be) very tired and I
………… (go) straight to bed.
10. Mr. Clark …………………………… (work) in a bank for 15 years. Then he gave it up.

VII. Translate into English:


1. Imi place sa citesc carti in limba engleza.
2. Filmul de astazi a fost foarte interesant.
3. Copilul se odihneste in fiecare zi de la 12 la 1 dupa amiaza.
4. Aceasta este harta pe care am cumparat-o alaltaieri din Tokyo.
5. Probabil ca in Japonia a mancat si ea mancare japoneza.
6. Pentru ca nu am masina, merg pe jos.
7. Imi place mancarea chinezeasca.
8. Duminica am facut si cumparaturi, am fost si la prieteni acasa, am ajutat-o si pe mama si
altele.
9. Examenul de ieri a fost interesant, dar dificil.
10. Maine la ora 7 merg la facultate.

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