a. Whereas b. Since Daniel passed the exam first time ________ his brother had to retake it four times. a. as b. while Paula got the job she wanted ________ she had no experience. a. even though b. as I will be late today ________ my car has broken down. a. because b. though ________ my wife likes to travel abroad, I prefer to stay at the countryside for my vacations. a. Whereas b. Since INTERJECŢIA- INTERJECTION Clasificare: Cu ajutorul interjecţiilor se exteriorizează: 1) senzaţii şi sentimente: a) bucurie: Ah ! Ooh ! Jippee ! Hurray ! (a, ah, ura!). b) surpriză: Oh ! Wow ! (a, ah, oh!). Oh, what a nice dress ! c) mirare: Oh, dear ! Dear me ! Indeed ! (vai dragă, vai de mine, într-adevăr) Oh, dear, I can’t find my purse. Dear me ! What are you doing over there ? d) admiraţie: Whew !(ah, doamne): Whew, how beautiful she is ! e) înţelegere: Aha ! (a, aha!): Aha, these gloves are exactly what I was looking for. f) dispreţ: Fie ! Pshaw ! What a shame! (Ptiu, pah, ce ruşine!): Fie upon you ! You ought to be ashamed at what you have done. g) dezgust: Ugh! (îh!): Ugh, how dirty your hands are ! h) aprobare: Well done ! Congratulations ! (Foarte bine! Felicitări!) Well done, Peter ! You’ve passed all your exams brilliantly. i) dezaprobare: Nonsense! What a nuisance! (Prostii ! Ce pacoste!): What a nuisance! Now I’ll have to do it all over again! j) regret: Ah! Oh! What a pity! (a!, oh! ce păcat!): What a pity you couldn’t come! It was a good play. k) durere: Ouch! Ow! (vai, ah, aoleu!): ouch, it hurts! 2) manifestări de voinţă: a) o rugăminte, un îndemn: Oh! Help! (oh! Ajutor!); Ssh! Hush! Silence! (Sst, linişte!): Hush! The baby’s sleeping! b) o încurajare: Cheer up! Come on! (Curaj! Haide!): Come on, don’t be afraid! You’ll be fine. c) o avertizare: Look Out! Fire! (Atenţie! Foc!): Fire ! The house is on fire! 3) se reproduc sunete şi zgomote din mediul înconjurător: Bow - wow ! Miaow! Baa! Buzz! (Ham - ham ! Miau! Beh! Bzzz!): Bang! Click! Crash! Exerciţii – Practice LUCREAZĂ SINGUR ŞI VERIFICĂ LA SFÂRŞITUL CĂRŢII! Alegeţi interjecţia potrivită situaţiilor de mai jos. Puteţi folosi interjecţii ca: ah, hello, dear, eh, allas, hmm, oh, well, er, uh-huh, ouch, etc. 1. " ____, that feels good" 2. " ____, she's dead now" 3. " Oh ____ ! Does it hurt ?" 62
4. "What do you think of that, ____ ?" 5. "Lima is the capital of.... ____...Peru" 6. " ____ John, How are you today ?" 7. " ____, I'm not so sure" 8. " ____ , please say 'yes' !" 9. " ____, what did he say " 10. " 85 divided by 5 is... ____...17" 11. "Shall we go ? " " ____" 12. " ____ ! That hurts !" 63