Mary888 пишет: ↑04 фев 2021, 13:13
1. We had to come back home because we missed the last train.
KEY:... as we had missed the last train.
Тот случай, когда понятно, что в тесте ожидается проверка на
вшивость паст перфект, но в реальности вполне нормально:
Macmillan Dictionary for Children
In the sentence "My friends and I were late because we missed the bus," the words "and" and "because" are conjunctions.
Robert B. Costello · 2001
My English - Book 1 - Page 122
1. Bob and I were late because we missed the car.
2. I have not seen the play, nor do I intend to see it.
3. Have you seen their house since it has been remodeled?
4. Helen, either your clock is slow or my watch is fast.
5. What Elsie told you ...
William Maddux Tanner, Frank J. Platt · 1941
A Language Testing Handbook - Page 62
e We were late because we missed the train.
Through . . .
f Since he was elected, the Prime Minister has become very popular.
Since his . . .
g My wife has cleaned the house and cooked the dinner too.
As well as...
Andrew Harrison · 1983
Sentence Craft: A Text with Exercises for the Freshman ...
Ordinarily an idea can be stated more simply and concisely by using because in its normal function of introducing a clause modifying the verb: "He was late because he missed the first bus." Because is less acceptable to introduce a clause used as subject than one used as predicate complement. Even in informal usage a construction like "Because you enjoy..."
Verna Louise Newsome · 1952
Using Good English - Page 373
(Noun clause)
He was late because he missed the bus. (Adverb clause)
...
Harold Gray Shane · 1964
English - Orange Level - Page 485
Find the antecedent of the italicized pronoun in each of the following sentences. Lin was late because she missed the bus. (She refers to the noun Lin. Lin is the antecedent of the pronoun she.)
McDougal, Littell & Company · 1989
KEY: 3. Stop talking! I can't hear anything (can hear nothing).
Вариант в скобках кмк ожидается в другом контексте: I
am listening, but I can hear nothing!
В смысле же "из-за вашего гама ничего не слышу" I can hear nothing звучит оченно винтажно.
KEY: 6. What is the weather like today? — It's cold, a strong wind is blowing.
Или по-простому:
How's the weather today?
Но про людей
what... like? ≠ how..?
Пардон за занудство.
Во втором предложении наблюдается пунктуационно-синтаксическая ошибка -
comma splice, разновидность run-on sentence. Два независимых предложения должны соединяться либо через союз (... AND a strong wind...), либо более сильным пунктуационным знаком, чем зпт (- тчк или тчк+зпт):
Montana Outdoors - Volumes 22-23 - Page 33
The weather might be too hot or too cold; a strong wind might blow (it can make fishing impossible even if the insects and trout are willing); or the insect populations themselves might be poor during any given year. ”Clearly , I thought my ...
1991
Такое тоже может встретиться:
Russian Civil War (1918-1922) and Emigration - Page 160
The day was cold, a strong wind was blowing from the north, and I began to long for the warm room I had left behind. Soon a snowstorm began. Conversations died , and noses went deeper into fur collars . All my efforts to keep up with the ...
Boris Shebeko · 1961
Но достаточно обратить внимание на имя автора.)
VictorB пишет: ↑04 фев 2021, 14:53
I wonder, which of them told (me) a lie.
Зпт тоже лишняя.)
Mary888 пишет: ↑04 фев 2021, 13:13
who of them told a lie.
KEY: which of them has told (told) a lie.
Опять душа склоняется к
простоте simple past - имеем дело с конкретным событием в прошлом (which of them told a lie {when they were asked that wife-beating question}?).
Who of them звучит, как говорят, винтажно:
Who of/among them spoke the truth?
Mary888 пишет: ↑04 фев 2021, 13:13
to get to
the Red Square
Those darned articles.. 👹
Mary888 пишет: ↑04 фев 2021, 13:13
10. We watched the children decorate the Christmas tree.
KEY: decorating
Оно, конечно, зависит от контекста, но
'как' + '-али' (несоверш. вид глагола - 'наряжаааали'), скорее, предполагают процесс в динамике - в противопоставлении завершенному событию
'что' + '-или' ('что нарядили' в сов. виде).