Раскройте скобки, употребляя глаголы в Past Perfect.
1. It was warm and sunny. Spring (come) at last!
2. It snowed yesterday just as the weatherman (promise).
3. Nobody lived in the village. Tsunami (destroy) it.
4. He bought a video camera yesterday. He (dream) of it for so long.
5. The child felt much better now. The doctor (give) it some medicine.
6. Her name was Apple. Her parents (call) her so.
7. They realized that times (change).
8. He couldn’t believe that he (achieve) everything, that he (make) a good career.
9. He (live) in Samara before he came to St. Petersburg.
10. By the time the children returned home from school, Mother (cook) dinner.
11. He was upset. He (lost) his mobile phone again.
12. She couldn’t believe that he (forget) to congratulate her on her birthday. 13. The composer sang the song which he (write) many years before.
14. He was going to tell the detective some facts which he never (tell) anyone. 15. They were discussing the information they (manage) to get.
However, two American teachers, William Draves and Julie Coates, believe that it is not the boys who are the problem, but the school. Their book, “Nine shift: Work, life, and education in the 21 st century explains that in fact boys are better prepared for the future. Boys are more interested in computers and the internet. They like taking risks, and thinking about ways of making money and teamwork – things that are important for success at work.
The problem is that schools punish boys for this behavior because they are bad at listening and following instructions.