Romanian Imperfect - Past Tense Continuous

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ROMANIAN IMPERFECT PAST TENSE CONTINUOUS

1.I was eating when you phoned me yesterday.


2.Ann was writing a letter at 5 oclock yesterday.
3.It was raining at lunch time.
4.My mother was working in the factory this time yesterday.
5.When my sister came back home, I was watching the show on television.
6. I was walking in town at 8 oclock in the evening.
7.The sun was shining when I got up this morning.
8.My brother was repairing his bike when Tom called him.
9.I was washing my car when it started raining.
10.What were you doing at 6:45 oclock yesterday evening? I was still having dinner.
11.Dan was taking a shower when the phone rang.
12.The woman was dying her hair to match the colour of her eyes.
13.She was carrying her son in her arms while her husband was playing with their daughter.
14.Gina was tying the dog to the fence when her husband opened the front door and saw what she was doing.
15.Iulia was beginning to understand that it was too late for her to give up.
16.Excuse me, please, but I couldnt quite understand what you were saying earlier. Could you repeat that?
17.She was shredding cabbage to make a salad and the eggs were boiling on the cooker.
18.The puppy was ripping the sofa into shreds when my mother came into the room.
19.I was eating a delicious ice-cream when you rang me up.
20.She was always saying she kept spoiling her son, but she loved him terribly.
21.The twins were watching TV when I phoned them.
22.Simon was writing the letter while his sister was laying the table.
23.My father was reading an article when I came home.
24.The students did not hear the bell because the teacher was talking.
25.Marian lived in Cluj when I met him.

26.Tania had an accident because she was driving too fast.


27.While I was watering the plants, my sister in law was cooking in the kitchen.
28.It was raining cats and dogs when we got to the station to pick him up.
29.As Maria was walking on the street she found a Lei 50 note.
30.George was crossing the street when he saw the car crash.
31.When my mother in law arrived home, her granddaughter was waiting for her.
32.While grandmother was ironing the clothes, grandfather was reading a fairy tale to the grandchildren.
33.Luiza was shopping when she ran into Peter.
34.While we were swimming, the girls were sunbathing.
35.The dog was barking because someone was trying to enter the house through the window.

FUTURE
1.Well email you as soon as we know the time of our arrival.
2.My neighbor will look after our dogs while we are away on holiday.
3.I will have something to eat before I leave for work.
4.They will finish their homework before they go out to play.
5.When the film ends, I will call a taxi to take me home.
6.If you dont drink your tea, it will get cold.
7.Diana wont speak to her fiance until he apologises.
8.Thing will never change if people are not prepared to experiment.
9.When I finish my lunch, I will practice a little for my piano lesson.
10.My niece will invite all her friends and classmates to her party tomorrow.
11.Hold on! I will get a pen and then you can tell me your story.
12.You will not grow if you dont eat your vegetables, said the mother to her son.
13.The train will leave for Bucharest at 10.50 tonight. Make sure you will be there on time.
14.Its very cloudy. It will rain soon and I hate rain.

15.I will turn 40 next week and I will throw a big party for all my friends and relatives.
16.They will graduate from highschool next year and they will go to university. I will be so lonely!
17.Ioana has won the lottery. She says she will go to Spain and then she will probably visit some exotic places.
18.My classmates will come over this afternoon to work on our project together.
19.The committee will have an annual reunion for former members this week.
20.People will go to Mars in the next 20 years. I want to be one of them.

ROMANIAN MAI MULT CA PERFECT- PAST PERFECT


1.She hadnt ridden a horse before that day.
2.He had phoned Maria before she went to see her in Brasov.
3.The children collected the chestnut that had fallen from the tree.
4.I could not remember the song we had learned the day before.
5.The waiter took off the plaster that she had put on a month before.
6.The waiter brought a drink that we hadnt ordered.
7.My sister ate all of the cake that mum had made.
8.When they went out to play, they had already done their homework.
9.He hadnt been to Amsterdam before 1984.
10.What had Gina done that she was kept in after school?
11.Who had lived in that house before they moved in?
12.Silvia had been washing the dishes when her sister came home.
13.Had you eaten anything before you went to the cinema?
14.Had they booked a room before they went to Iasi?
15.How often had you rung the bell before we answered the door?
16.He had found a new job by the time he left for Bucharest.
17.Why had you had lunch before you came to the party?
18.Had they read the contract before they signed it?
19. The pupils talked about the film they had watched.

20.I had been late for work all week, before my boss fired me.
21.We lived in the house that my father had built.
22.My friend was in hospital because he had slipped on a banana skin.
23.He had to clean the floor because the dog had knocked over the flowers pots.
24.Everybody received a good grade because they had practiced a lot.
25.We all admired the picture that Anca had painted.
26.The teacher corrected the tests that we had written.
27.My children watered the flowers they had planted a day before.\
28.They didnt send me the blouse I had ordered, and I was very upset.
29.The wind blew away all the leaves that we had collected that morning.
30. The children were very sorry for what they had done.

SUNJUNCTIVE
1.Elena cant turn on the machine. She must ask for help, or she wont finish the project on time.
2.They cannot speak Portuguese fluently, that is why they need a translator.
3.We may go to the disco tonight.
4.They mustnt eat any fat, sugar or salt.
5.I must redo this math problem.
6.Carmen may sleep in my bed this week.
7.Can Briana ski well? I want to ask her to teach me when we go to the mountains together.
8.The twins may go on the trip this weekend. But they must behave themselves, or else mother will get upset and change her
mind.

9.Victor cant hear the speaker because the crowd is cheering so loudly.
10.The students must read The Jderi Brothers by Monday next week.
11.It is said that you need a guide to explain all the information in this course.
12.You are not allowed to go into the forest alone.

CONDITIONAL
1.If Marius found the money, he wouldnt keep it.
2.If they didnt wear thick clothes in the mountains, they would easily catch a cold.
3.If Ana knew her phone number, she would call her to apologise for her brothers behavior that evening.
4.If we didnt visit this museum, you wouldnt write a good report.
5.If it werent so late, we would play one more game of chess.
6.If I were you, I wouldnt miss his party.
7.If your brother in law didnt like Larisa, he wouldnt ask her out.
8.If you dropped this bottle, it would break.
9.If your son wouldnt treat his classmates so badly, he would have more friends.
10.If the children didnt print their project, the teacher wouldnt correct it.
11.We would watch a very interesting film if we went to the cinema with your cousins.
12.My mother would prepare us dinner if we came home earlier.
13.Francesco would visit us if we were in Rome.
14.Adam would play in our team if he were older, and we would surely win the tournament this year.
15.Tudor would get better grades at school if he studied harder.
16.We would buy a new car if we had more money.
17.We would catch the bus if you hurried up a little.
18.You wouldnt treat your children like that if you really loved them
19.We would go abroad this year if we had money.
20.Everybody would be pleased to hear from you if you came by our house this afternoon.

SUPIN
1.My grandmother bought a sewing machine last month.
2.To pick up flowers is quite boring.
3.This tool is for washpainting the walls.
4.The camera is in my backpack

5.He found a good method for watering all the plants.


6.I have bought a mown machine.
7.It is a good time for swimming.
12.Ill start beating the carpets right away.
13.He made an unforgiveable mistake.
14.It is an unimaginable decision.
15.The landscape is of an immeasurable beauty.
16.He found an unsolvable crossword puzzle.
17.He came across unimaginable difficulties.
18.This is an undeniable reality.
19.This is an undrinkable milk.
20.The book you gave me is unreadable.

GERUNZIU
1.Coming out the door, they saw Danut.
2.Speeding, he didnt see the dog on time.
3.Walking very fast, he passed by him.
4.Crossing the road, he saw his classmates on the school bus.
5.He wanted to answer the question, knowing the lesson very well.
6.Working on his computer, he heard the door bell ringing.
7.Giving yourselves as an example, you have caught their attention.
8.They didnt come, not knowing we were actually waiting for them.
9.Not working as he should have, he didnt finish his project on time.
10.Not hurrying up, he missed the bus and didnt get to school on time.

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