Chia các động từ trong ngoặc theo 1 trong 4 thì sau: Thì quá khứ đơn; quá khứ hoàn thành; hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn:
1) When the old lady (return) to her flat she (see) at once that burglars (break) in during her absence, because the front door (be) open and everything in the flat (be) upside down.
2) The burglars themselves (be) no longer there, but they probably only just (leave) beacuse a cigarette was still burning on an ornamental table.
3) Probably they (hear) the lift coming up and (run) down the fire escape.
4) They (help) themshelves to her whisky too but there (be) a little left, so she (pour) herself out a drink.
5) She (wonder) if they (find) her jewellery and rather (hope) that they had.
6) The jewellery (be given) her by her husband, who (die) some years before.
7) Since his death she (not have) the heart to wear it, yet she (not like) to sell it.
8) Now it (seem) that fate (take) the matter out of her hands; and certainly the insurance money would come in handy.
9) I (put) the £5 note into one of my books; but next day it (take) me ages to find it because I (forget) which book I (put) into.
10) A woman (come) in with a baby, who she (say) just (swallow) a safety pin.
11) I (think) my train (leave) at 14.33, and (be) very disappointed when I (arrive) at 14.30 and (learn) that it (just) leave.
12) I (find) later that I (use) an out-of-date timetable.
13) He (park) his car under a No Parking sign and (rush) into the shop. When he (come) out of the shop ten minutes later the car (be) no longer there.
14) He (wonder) if someone (steal) it or if the police (drive) it away.
15) It (be) now 6 p.m; and Jack (be) tired because he (work) hard all day.
Chia các động từ trong ngoặc theo 1 trong 4 thì sau: Thì quá khứ đơn; quá khứ hoàn thành; hiện tại đơn và hiện tại tiếp diễn:
1) When the old lady (return) returned to her flat she (see) saw at once that burglars (break) had broken in during her absence, because the front door (be) was open and everything in the flat (be) was upside down.
2) The burglars themselves (be) were no longer there, but they probably only just (leave) had left beacuse a cigarette was still burning on an ornamental table.
3) Probably they (hear) heard the lift coming up and (run) ran down the fire escape.
4) They (help) healped themshelves to her whisky too but there (be) was a little left, so she (pour) poured herself out a drink.
5) She (wonder) wondered if they (find) had found her jewellery and rather (hope) hoped that they had.
6) The jewellery (be given) had been given her by her husband, who (die) had died some years before.
7) Since his death she (not have) hadn't had the heart to wear it, yet she (not like) hadn't liked to sell it.
8) Now it (seem) seemed that fate (take) had taken the matter out of her hands; and certainly the insurance money would come in handy.
9) I (put) put the £5 note into one of my books; but next day it (take) took me ages to find it because I (forget) forgot which book I (put) had put into.
10) A woman (come) came in with a baby, who she (say) said just (swallow) had swallowed a safety pin.
11) I (think) thought my train (leave) left at 14.33, and (be) was very disappointed when I (arrive) arrived at 14.30 and (learn) learned that it (just) leave had left.
12) I (find) found later that I (use)had usedan out-of-date timetable.
13) He (park) parked his car under a No Parking sign and (rush) rushed into the shop. When he (come)came out of the shop ten minutes later the car (be)was no longer there.
14) He (wonder)wondered if someone (steal) had stolen it or if the police (drive) had driven it away.
15) It (be) is now 6 p.m; and Jack (be) is tired because he (work) has been working hard all day.