1a Look at these sentences. Which sentences are in the present simple and which are in the past simple? a The police arrested them immediately. b Did an art thief take it? c Banks use complicated systems to stop bank robbers. d The work of art was a bottle of water. e They went into the shop in the middle of the night. f British banks don’t usually open on Saturday afternoon. g The police didn’t see them. h Hill wasn’t very happy.

Перевод задания: Посмотрите на эти предложения. Какие из них стоят в Present Simple, а какие — в Past Simple?

Present Simple: c, f. В предложении c глагол use употреблён в настоящем времени; в f форма don’t open обозначает настоящее отрицание.

Past Simple: a, b, d, e, g, h. Это прошедшие формы arrested, did … take, was, went, didn’t see и wasn’t.

Перевод ответа: Present Simple: c, f. Past Simple: a, b, d, e, g, h.