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Correct the sentences if necessary:

1 I had to work late on Friday, so my mother would pick up Sue from school.
2 Mary wouldn't sing for me, even though I often asked her to.
3 The moment I asked Steve, he would agree to lend me the car for the day.
4 When I phoned, the receptionist wouldn't let me have an appointment with Dr Johnson
before next week.
5 At the interview they wouldn't tell me how much travelling was involved in the job.
6 Yesterday he would make me sandwiches and would bring me a cup of coffee.
7 When I had problems with my homework last night, my father would do it for me.
8 Five years ago, the children in this school would help to plant all the trees you see before you.
9 Before he moved to London, Thomas would meet me every day after work.
10 When I was young, shopkeepers would cycle around town, delivering food to customers.

If possible, complete the sentences with either will or would followed by the bare infinitive form of the verb in
brackets. If it is not possible to use will or would, write only the verb in brackets in the past simple.

1 Around 2 o'clock every night, Sue………. talking in her sleep. It's very annoying, (start)
2 As soon as he woke up he………….. things ready for breakfast. (get)
3 He…………… work in 1963 as an assistant to the managing director, (begin)
4 After I read about the place in a magazine, I……… to visit Madagascar myself, (want)
5 When I was younger I…………. hours just kicking a ball around the garden, (spend)
6 Even when it's freezing cold, some people………… just jeans and a T-shirt, (wear)
When I was at school all the children………… in silence when the teacher came into the
room, (stand up)
8 Everywhere she went, people………… her name and ask for her autograph, (call out)
9 Jack…………….. three days ago from a holiday in France, (return)
10 1 usually get up late, so most mornings, I………. just a cup of tea for breakfast, (have)
11 There's a boy in my maths class who…………. the most ridiculous questions, (ask)
12 She………. all her closest friends and relatives to her 50th birthday party last summer.
(invite)

Complete these sentences with will, would or used to. If more than one answer is possible, write them both.
1 I…………. like going to pop concerts when I was a teenager.
2 Business people……….. watch what their competitors are doing with great interest.
3 The country now known as Myanmar…………. be called Burma.
4 My father didn't know that we…………. borrow the car when he was at work.
5 When I was a child, summers…………. be warmer and winters colder than now.
6 Accidents…………… happen in the home, however safe we try to make them.
7 When the weather was good, we……….. go walking in the hills every weekend.

Translate into English (use modal verbs or modal constructions for the underlined words):
Daca propunerea PSD va primi votul favorabil al majoritatii parlamentarilor, respectiv 233, presedintele poate fi
suspendat pentru 30 de zile, timp in care trebuie organizat referendumul pentru demitere. In aceasta perioada,
atributiile lui Basescu vor fi preluate de Nicolae Vacaroiu. Potrivit Constitutiei, presedintele Senatului este prima
optiune pentru interimat, urmat de cel al Camerei Deputatilor. Situatia este aceeasi si in cazul in care seful
statului demisioneaza, insa mandatul de presedinte interimar al lui Vacaroiu ar fi de aproape patru luni, luand in
calcul cele trei luni pentru organizarea alegerilor prezidentiale si un eventual tur doi al acestora.
Nicolae Vacaroiu are pregatite variante pentru ambele scenarii. Daca cumva Basescu este suspendat, Vacaroiu ar
putea conduce Romania din biroul sau de presedinte al Senatului. Daca demisioneaza, se instaleaza la Cotroceni,
unde exista toate sansele sa mearga cu o alta echipa de consilieri. „Este vorba despre o perioada mai lunga de 3-4
luni, si atunci va trebui schimbata garnitura la Cotroceni”, a spus Vacaroiu, precizand ca acest lucru este necesar,
deoarece sunt multe lucruri de facut, iar in luna septembrie trebuie organizat un summit NATO la Bucuresti.

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