III. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect. 1. By the time the firefighters_________ (arrive), the fire_________ (already destroy) over 50 hectares of pine forests. 2. Two people_________ (report) that flames_________ (trap) them inside a smoke-filled apartment. 3. It_________ (rain) all morning before the tornado_________ (touch) down. 4. They_________ (not know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody_______ (tell) them. 5. _________ (you/ already leave) the office when the fire_________ (start)? 6. The post_________ (not arrive) when I_________ (leave) home this morning. 7. It_________ (be) cloudy for days before it_________ (start) to rain heavily and_________ (flood) the whole City. 8. When I_________ (get) to the check-in desk, I realized I_________ (leave) my ticket at home

Cách làm:

1. Đến lúc lính cứu hỏa đến, đám cháy đã phá hủy hơn 50 hecta rừng thông.
2. Hai người đã báo cáo rằng lửa đã bao vây họ trong căn hộ đầy khói.
3. Trời đã mưa suốt sáng trước khi cơn lốc xoáy đổ bộ.
4. Họ không biết nơi trú ẩn trước cơn bão vì không ai đã nói cho họ.
5. Bạn đã rời văn phòng khi đám cháy bắt đầu chưa?
6. Bưu kiện không đến khi tôi rời nhà sáng nay.
7. Trời đã đen mây suốt vài ngày trước khi trời bắt đầu mưa to và lũ lụt cả thành phố.
8. Khi tôi đến quầy kiểm tra, tôi nhận ra rằng tôi đã để quên vé tại nhà.

Câu trả lời:

1. arrived, had already destroyed
2. had reported, had trapped
3. had been raining, touched
4. didn't know, had told
5. Had you already left, started
6. didn't arrive, left
7. had been, started, flooded
8. got, had left

3. It had been raining all morning before the tornado touched down.

2. Two people reported that flames had trapped them inside a smoke-filled apartment.

1. By the time the firefighters arrived, the fire had already destroyed over 50 hectares of pine forests.

III. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple or past perfect.

1. By the time the firefighters____arrived_____ (arrive), the fire_____has already destroied____ (already destroy) over 50 hectares of pine forests.

2. Two people_____reported____ (report) that flames______trapped___ (trap) them inside a smoke-filled apartment.

3. It_____rained____ (rain) all morning before the tornado_____has touched____ (touch) down.

4. They____didn't know_____ (not know) where to shelter from the storm because nobody___told____ (tell) them.

5. ___Have you already left______ (you/ already leave) the office when the fire_____started____ (start)?

6. The post_____wasn't arriving____ (not arrive) when I____left_____ (leave) home this morning.

7. It____has been_____ (be) cloudy for days before it_____started____ (start) to rain heavily and____flooded_____ (flood) the whole City.

8. When I_____got____ (get) to the check-in desk, I realized I____left_____ (leave) my ticket at home