Question

Look at sentences a and b from the story and answer questions 1-4. a The Belóns would not have survived if others hadn’t helped them.b If Maria had been underwater any longer, she might have drowned.1 Do the sentences talk about the past, present or future?2 Did the Belóns survive? Did others help them?3 What tense is used after if in the sentences? What verb forms are used in the other clause?4 Why is the punctuation di erent in sentences a and b?

Answer 1

Ответ:

1. The sentences talk about the past.

2. The Belóns survived, and others helped them.

3. The tense used after "if" in the sentences is the past perfect tense. The verb forms used in the other clause are the conditional perfect (auxiliary verb + past participle) in sentence a and the conditional perfect modal verb + base verb in sentence b.

4. The punctuation is different in sentences a and b because sentence a uses a comma to separate the conditional clause from the main clause, while sentence b uses a comma to indicate a parenthetical phrase within the main clause.

Answer 2

1. Time Frame:

   • Sentence a ("The Belóns would not have survived if others hadn’t helped them.") talks about the past.
   • Sentence b ("If Maria had been underwater any longer, she might have drowned.") also talks about the past.

2. Survival and Help:

   • Sentence a suggests that the Belóns did survive, and others helped them.
   • Sentence b suggests that Maria did not drown, but it implies a potential risk of drowning if she had stayed underwater longer.

3. Tense and Verb Forms:

   • Both sentences use the past perfect tense in the "if" clauses:
     • Sentence a: "hadn’t helped" (past perfect)
     • Sentence b: "had been" (past perfect)
   • The other clauses in both sentences use conditional/modal verbs:
     • Sentence a: "would not have survived" (conditional)
     • Sentence b: "might have drowned" (conditional)

4. Punctuation Difference:

   • Sentence a uses a contraction: "hadn’t" (short for "had not").
   • Sentence b does not use a contraction and explicitly states "had not" instead of "hadn’t."