Test 2

1. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

A. Last week we finally 1) moved (move) into our new house. We 2) have been waiting (wait) to move for so long
that I 3) began (begin) to wonder if we ever would. We 4) have been unpacking (unpack) for days now, and we still
5) haven't finished (not/finish). Now the house 6) is starting (start) to look like a place to live in, and Im sure we 7)
will be (be) happy here. Next time, though, I 8) will use (use) a different removal company to do the work.
B. Joanna wishes she 9) was (be) a ballet dancer. If she 10) could (can), she 11) would join (join) the Royal Ballet,
but she hasnt been trained. If only I 12) had taken (take) lessons! she says. Her parents told her that they 13)
would have sent (send) her to ballet school when she was a girl if they 14) had had (have) enough money but,
unfortunately, they werent as well-off then as they are now. How I wish my parents 15) had been able (be able)
afford to send me to the Academy, she says. If I have a daughter, I 16) will make (make) sure she has the
opportunity to study there if she wants to.
C. My friend Jessica 17) has recently changed (recently/change) jobs. She 18) has worked (work) as a nurse before
she 19) decided (decide) she wanted to do something different. At the moment she 20) is working (work) in a
temporary job in a school near Leeds.

2. Complete the sentences using the words in bold. Use two to five words.
1) Shell probably cancel the party.
likely She is likely going to cancel the party.
2) I went to the airport by taxi so as not to miss my flight.
that I went to the airport by taxi so that I won't miss my flight.
3) They didnt start fighting until their parents had left.
started They waited until their parents had left and then they have started fighting.
4) Im sure Fred didnt steal the money.
have Fred could not have stolen the money.
5) They made him rewrite the report.
to He has to rewrite the report.
6) How long is it since you wrote to Grandma?
write When did you last write to Grandma?
7) I prefer jogging to doing aerobics.
than I prefer to jog than to do aerobics.
8) My brother is too young to do the course.
enough My brother isn't old enough to do the course.
9) Shes never done this before.
first Its the first time she does this.
10) Youd better consult a lawyer.
were If I were you, I would consult a lawyer.

3. Correct the mistakes in each sentence.

1) Money were very dear to her but the police was in search for those money she had managed to hide in the
basement.
Money was very dear to her but the police were searching for the money she had managed to hide in the basement.
2) I didnt get too many information about that boy.
I didnt get enough information about that boy.
3) Physics are my favourite subject and billiards are what I like most to play.
Physics is my favourite subject and billiards is what I like most to play.
4) 20 years are a long time to wait for a missing husband.
20 years is a long time to wait for a missing husband.
5) Good looks is all you need to be a model.
Good looks are all you need to be a model.
6) Call me as soon as you get there.
Call me as soon as you will get there.
7) Id rather you come to the party with me.
Id rather you came to the party with me.
8) Hardly did he get into the house when he heard her voice.
He hardly got into the house when he heard her voice.
9) She wasnt enough beautiful to enter the contest.
She wasnt beautiful enough to enter the contest.
10) We didnt expect such a bad weather.
We didnt expect such bad weather.

4. Explain the difference between the sentences in pair.

a) 1. I remember locking the door when I left.
2. Remember to send her some flowers.
In the first sentence remember + -ing form means recalling a past event, and in the second sentence remember + to-
infinitive refers to remember to do something.
b) 1. She means to start a new life.
2. I wont take the job if it means moving to Scotland.
The two forms of the verbs change the meaning - mean + to-infinitive refers to intend to, mean + -ing form means
involve.
c) 1. I saw him crossing the street.
It suggests that I saw someone in the middle of crossing the road (he was probably walking in the middle of the
road toward one of the sides). But, I didn't necessarily see him get to the side of the road.
2. He saw you paint the tree.
It suggests that he saw him do the entire action of painting, from the beginning until the end.
d) 1.I hate people telling lies.
It expresses a feeling of hate.
2. I hate to tell you that you have to leave the house.
It expreses the feeling of regret.
e) 1. They cant have been friends.
It expresses an impossible event from the past.
2. They couldnt have been friends.
It expresses a hypothetical event from the past.

5. Write the past tense and the past participle of the following verbs.
To steal stole stolen
To lay laid laid
To rise rose risen
To become became become
To think thought thought
To wear wore worn
To swim swam swum
To sing sang sung
To run ran run
To sit sat sat
To stand stood stood
To fly flew flown
To flow flowed flowed
To forget forgot forgotten
To forgive forgave forgiven
To hide hid hidden
To blow blew blown
To bite bit bitten
To draw drew drawn
To beat beat beaten
To strike struck struck

6. Translate into Romanian.

The first meeting took place in the country, at a little tea party, one snowy night. It must have been some seventeen
years ago. My friend Latouche, going to spend Christmas with his mother, had persuaded me to go with him, and the
good lady had given in our honor the entertainment of which I speak. To me it was really entertaining; I had never
been in the depths of New England at that season. It had been snowing all day, and the drifts were knee-high. I
wondered how the ladies had made their way to the house; but I perceived that at Grimwinter a conversazione
offering the attraction of two gentlemen from New York was felt to be worth an effort. Mrs Latouche, in the course
of the evening, asked me if I didnt want to show the photographs to some of the young ladies. The photos were in
a couple of portfolios, and had been brought home by her son, who, like myself, was lately returned from Europe. I
looked round and was struck with the fact that most of the young ladies were provided with an object of interest
more absorbing than the most vivid sun-picture. But there was a person standing alone near the fireplace, and
looking round the room with a small gentle smile which seemed at odds, somehow, with her isolation. (Henry
James, Four Meetings)

7. Translate into English.

Daca as fi stiut care ii va fi reactia la vestea pe care i-o dadusem pe nerasuflate, mi-as fi ales mai bine cuvintele
pentru a nu o face sa sufere mai mult decat era cazul. Imi amintesc ca intai m-a privit fix pentru cateva minute, a pus
mana pe receptor sa-l sune pe Mircea, apoi, cu lacrimi in ochi, a facut cativa pasi prin camera bolborosind ceva
pentru sine. N-am reusit sa inteleg ce spunea, dar, indata ce s-a linistit putin, am incercat sa stau de vorba cu ea. I-am
spus ca trebuia sa fie tare si sa infrunte situatia chiar daca ii era aproape imposibil sa o accepte. Am rugat-o sa se
odihneasca putin promitandu-i ca voi sta cu ea cat timp va dormi si ca am sa ma gandesc cum sa parasim capitala
mai repede fara a atrage atentia. Dormea de vreo ora cand a sunat telefonul si ni s-a confirmat de catre ambasada ca
sotul ei era disparut in munti. Inainte sa pun receptorul jos, statea in pragul usii tremurand si cautandu-mi privirea de
parca ar fi asteptat sa-i spun ca totul nu era decat o minciuna si ca Mircea urma sa vina din clipa in clipa.