Viết lại câu sau 1. I'm having a lot of trouble now because I lost my passport last week. ----> If 2. She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her. ----> Hardly 3. "You should have waited for us." the team leader said to John. ---->The team leader criticised 4. I only made that terrible mistake because I wasn't thinking. ----> If I 5. When the police caught him, he was climbing over the garden wall. -->The police caught

1. I'm having a lot of trouble now because I lost my passport last week.

----> If I didn't have a lot of trouble now, I wouldn't have lost my passport last week.

(Nếu bây giờ tôi không gặp nhiều rắc rối thì tôi đã không bị mất hộ chiếu vào tuần trước)

Cấu trúc câu điều kiện trộn lẫn (vế đầu câu đk2, vế sau câu đk3)

If + S + were + V(bare), S + would have + Vpp

2. 2. She had hardly begun to speak before people started interrupting her.

----> Hardly had she begun to speak when people started interrupting her.

(Cô ấy vừa mới bắt đầu nói thì mọi người bắt đầu ngắt lời cô ấy)

Cấu trúc đảo ngữ Hardly:

Hardly + had + S + Vpp/V-ed + when + S + V-ed: vừa mới … thì …

3. "You should have waited for us." the team leader said to John.

---->The team leader criticised John for not waiting for them.

(Trưởng nhóm chỉ trích John vì đã không chờ đợi họ)

Câu gián tiếp criticise:

criticised sb for doing sth : phê bình ai việc gì

4. I only made that terrible mistake because I wasn't thinking.

----> If I had thought, I wouldn't have made that terrible mistake

(Nếu tôi suy nghĩ, tôi đã không mắc lỗi lầm khủng khiếp đó)

Cấu trúc câu điều kiện loại 3 (khi tình huống là quá khứ thì sử dụng loại câu này):

If + S + had + Vpp, S + would have + Vpp

5. When the police caught him, he was climbing over the garden wall.

----> The police caught him while he was climbing over the garden wall.

(Cảnh sát bắt anh ta trong khi anh đang trèo qua tường)

Quá khứ tiếp diễn với "while":

While + S + was/were + V-ing, S + V-ed... :Trong khi....