Some of the sentences below have mistakes. Find and correct them. 1. Jane was staying in London just for three days. 2. Oh, please, stop it! You can't be serious. You're just being nasty. 3. I don't know what happened to Tom and Joe yesterday: they were quarrelling the whole day. 4. For the first time he saw that Rachel was understanding him; his arguments were beginning to work. 5. The friends were playing football in the schoolyard during the break and missed the bell. 6. That evening Sue was looking sensational. 7. I'm not surprised that you were bored: you watched television all day long. 8. Every time I'm hearing this song, I laugh.
1. Jane was staying in London just for three days.
Ошибка: использование предлогов "just for" не нейтрально в данном контексте.
Исправление: Jane was staying in London for just three days.
2. Oh, please, stop it! You can't be serious. You're just being nasty.
Ошибка: здесь нет явных ошибок. Однако, употребление слова "just" может быть лишним в данном контексте.
Пояснение: слово "just" добавляет ослабленное уточнение в реплику "You're just being nasty", но оно не обязательно для понимания ситуации.
Исправление (необязательное): Oh, please, stop it! You can't be serious. You're being nasty.
3. I don't know what happened to Tom and Joe yesterday: they were quarrelling the whole day.
Ошибка: глагол "quarrelling" в данном контексте используется с неправильным временем.
Исправление: I don't know what happened to Tom and Joe yesterday: they quarrelled the whole day.
4. For the first time he saw that Rachel was understanding him; his arguments were beginning to work.
Ошибка: здесь нет явных ошибок.
5. The friends were playing football in the schoolyard during the break and missed the bell.
Ошибка: здесь нет явных ошибок.
6. That evening Sue was looking sensational.
Ошибка: здесь нет явных ошибок. Пояснение: форма "was looking" в данном случае правильно передает длительность действия.
7. I'm not surprised that you were bored: you watched television all day long.
Ошибка: здесь нет явных ошибок.
8. Every time I'm hearing this song, I laugh.
Ошибка: глагол "hearing" в данном контексте используется с неправильным временем.
Исправление: Every time I hear this song, I laugh.
Обратите внимание, что мы исправляем глаголы в некоторых предложениях, потому что они используются в неправильном времени. В других предложениях ошибок нет или они зависят от контекста. Удачи в изучении английского языка!