Условие:
Choose past simple, past continuous or past perfect to complete the sentences below.
It was Sunday afternoon. I 1
a cookery program on TV when I 2
how hungry I was. But of course I was hungry; I 3
anything since lunch, and I 4
a race in the morning. “Biscuits!” I 5
. My mother 6
me a jar of delicious home-made biscuits.
I 7
into the kitchen, 8
the fridge and 9
some milk in a big glass. Then I 10
for the kitchen chair but it 11
there: somebody 12
it away. And there were no biscuits in the biscuit jar: somebody 13
them all! I was sure I 14
the jar there the previous day, and I 15
only one cookie. It was very strange.
A few minutes later, I 16
my glass of milk when I 17
a loud noise coming from the dining room. I 18
there quickly and I 19
the door. I couldn’t believe my eyes. An enormous monkey 20
the biscuits excitedly on the kitchen chair.
Решение:
Рассмотрим каждое предложение и подберём правильное время, исходя из последовательности событий и контекста рассказа. 1. «It was Sunday afternoon. I ___ a cookery program on TV…» Событие происходит в данный момент, когда что-то прерывается. Для описания фона используется Past Continuous, поэтому правильно: 1. was watching 2. «…when I ___ how hungry I was.» В этот момент происходит короткое действие, которое прерывает фон. Поэтому используем Past Simple: 2. realized 3. «But of course I was hungry; I ___ anything since lunch…» Здесь речь идёт о действии, которое не происходило до этого м...