Exercise 29.
It (be) ......................along day, but by 9.00 the children (go)...........................to to bed. They (clear)...................
.a way the supper things and now they (look).....................forward to a couple of hours in front of the TV, Unfortunatly the film (be)...............................rather boring. Jim soon (fall)..........................asleep and Sue (start)....................to think about all her work. she (be)..............................sure she (hear)...............a noise outside the window, so she ( look)...................up. A shadow (move).........................slowly through the garden. Her heart (race)..................................She (turn)...................................out the light so that she (can).............................see better . There (be)........................nobody there. But she see)............................that it (snow).................earliere that evening, and cross the grass there (be)........................a line of footprints. A fox (walk).........................across right in front of their window, and now it (look).....................at her from the far corner of the garden.
Exercise 30.
Oneday a few years ago, I (enter)........................a small room and (sit)...........................quietly, (look)...............through the window, (wait)...........................Time (run).............................by fast, but my excitement( let, not)..................................me (be) ..............................aware of it. After five, ten, fifteen minutes (pass)..................and no one (come)..................in, my impatience (reach)........................a peak. However, nothing(go).........................wrong; it was only that I (arrive)......................earlier that I (be)......................supposed to. At last, I (hear)............................steps; the door (open).....................; agentleman (come).......................in. (Look)........................at me and (smile)............................he (greet)................me affably.
I (respond, not)...............................to his greeting: I simply (stare).......................at him and (smile).....................foolishly. (Gesticulate)Khoa tay múa chân..................................expressively, the man (continue).....................(speak)..............................................I (understand).................................not one word that he (say)..................... Nevertheless, he(go).........................on for 45 mminutes. Finally(stop)...................................., he (bow)..................................and (leave)..................................the room.
The next day I ( be)....................in the small room again, but that time I (be).........................able (answer)........................the man's greeting when he (appear).....................The day before, you (see)......................, (be)...........................my first English lesson.
Exercise 31.
Tom Smith has musical talent, but he (be)........................a very lazy boy. He always (get)...................up late, and he (be)..........................seldom on time for school. When he (know)......................that he (have).......................to work hard in school on a certain day, he (stay)..........................home.
If Tom (be)...............................wise, he (not try)..............................so hard to awoid all the problems of his youth. He often (say)...........................that he(wish).............................he (be)..................................born rich, or he (complain).................................that if his great-grandfather (not be)....................unlucky, his family (be)....................rich now. The boy sometimes (say).................that if he (have).........................any substantial help from anyone, he already (be).................................a great musician.
Among his friends there (be) ..........................two or three who (appreciate)............................Tom's ability, but they (think)...................................that he (lack) ........................preserverance. If he (have)........................it , they (help)...............................him.
