Question

You have already spent a few days in London.Everyone in the group is writing letters home.Use the right form of the verbs in brackets(Present Simple or Continuous,Present Perfect Simple or Continuous or Past Tense ) to find out what Dan wrote to one of his friends.

Hi Paul ,
I really(mean) to write to you as soon as I (get) here,but I (be) very busy sightseeing,as you can imagine.I (hardly/have) five hours of sleep a night since I (arrive),but it's worth it.London is even more beautiful than I (think). I (have) the holiday of my life!
I (stay) in a very nice youth hostel not far from Madame Tussaud's. There are lots of young people from all over the world and we (make) friends with some very nice looking French girls.And we (be) lucky with the weather so far. It (rain) on the day we (arrive), but we (have) sunny weather ever since. I (already/see) the main sights,some of them even twice. I can tell you I (like) the Tower a lot,and St. Paul's is astounding. We (go) there on Sunday morning,but we (not/be allowed to) go up to the galleries while the service (be) on,so we (have) to go back there on Monday. Of course we (see) the Whispering Gallery and (check) if you could actually hear what someone (whisper) near one wall when you are on the other side of the gallery. Then we (climb) all the stairs to the Golden Gallery and we (feed) our eyes on the view. You ( never see ) anything like it , I'm sure , and I (be sorry) you ( not come) with us. You would have liked the Tower; too. I'll write you more about it , but now Big Ben (just/strike) seven and I have to meet the group in ten minutes. We (not/buy) any souvenirs yet and we (not be) down the Thames , so this is what we (do) tonight.
So that will be all for now.I'll be in touch. Take care and give my best wishes to the others.

Yours , Dan

Answer 1

Hello!

You have already spent a few days in London. Everyone in the group is writing letters home. Use the right form of the verbs in brackets (Present Simple or Continuous, Present Perfect Simple or Continuous or Past Tense) to find out what Dan wrote to one of his friends.

Deja ați petrecut câteva zile în Londra. Fiecare persoană din grup scrie scrisori acasă. Folosiți forma corectă a verbelor din paranteze (Present Simple sau Continuous, Present Perfect Simple sau Continuous or Past Tense) pentru a descoperi ce i-a scris Dan unuia dintre prietenii lui.

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Răspuns/Answer:

Hi Paul,

I really meant to write to you as soon as I got here, but I was very busy sightseeing, as you can imagine. I have hardly had five hours of sleep a night since I arrived, but it's worth it. London is even more beautiful than I thought. I am having the holiday of my life!

I am staying in a very nice youth hostel not far from Madame Tussaud's. There are lots of young people from all over the world and we have made friends with some very nice looking French girls. And we have been lucky with the weather so far. It was raining on the day we arrived, but we have had sunny weather ever since. I have already seen the main sights, some of them even twice. I can tell you I liked the Tower a lot, and St. Paul's is astounding. We went there on Sunday morning, but we were not allowed to go up to the galleries while the service were on, so we have to go back there on Monday. Of course we saw the Whispering Gallery and checked if you could actually hear what someone was whispering near one wall when you are on the other side of the gallery. Then we climbed all the stairs to the Golden Gallery and we fed our eyes on the view. You have never seen anything like it, I'm sure, and I am sorry you did not come with us. You would have liked the Tower, too. I'll write you more about it, but now Big Ben has just struck seven and I have to meet the group in ten minutes. We have not bought any souvenirs yet and we have not been down the Thames, so this is what we are doing tonight.

So that will be all for now. I'll be in touch. Take care and give my best wishes to the others.

Yours, Dan.

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Observaţii:

• Verbele la Present Simple indică o acțiune care are loc în prezent și este cu caracter general. De obicei, indicii de timp sunt: sometimes, often, seldom, usually, generally.
• Present Continuous exprimă o acțiune la prezent care se desfășoară în momentul vorbirii. Indicii de timp sunt: now, at this moment, at the moment.
• Timpul Present Perfect Simple indică o acţiune începută în trecut şi neîncheiată în prezent. Indicii de timp frecvent utilizaţi pentru acest timp verbal sunt: just, already, never, ever, before, yet, since şi for.
• Present Perfect Simple se axează mai mult pe rezultatul activității decât pe activitatea propriu-zisă în timp ce Present Perfect Continuous se folosește pentru a pune accent pe durata acțiunii.
• Past Simple este un timp care exprimă o acțiune trecută și încheiată complet în trecut. Ca indici de timp, avem: yesterday, last week/month/year, ago.