Opgave B - Verbernes tider

Her får du Studienets vejledning til Opgave B fra HF Engelsk B eksamen den 31. maj 2018. I opgaven bliver du bedt om at omskrive en tekst fra præteritum (datid) til præsens (nutid). I denne vejledning har vi delt teksten op i fire mindre dele, så vi kan give dig fokuserede hints til besvarelsen af hver enkelt del. Til sidst kan du også se eksempelbesvarelser, så du kan tjekke dine svar efter. 

Før du går i gang med opgaven, anbefaler vi, at du læser op på verbernes tider og kongruens. 

1. We (were) __are__ in a hurry now. I (felt) ______ his eyes on me as I (scrambled) ______ to shove books, t-shirts, drink bottle in the bag. We (were) ______ late and he (knew) ______ it.

2. He (marched) ______ straight out into the park, not toeing the ball ahead as he sometimes (did) ______ . Stiff-backed, I (lurched) ______ along behind in low-grade panic. We (were) ______ only fifteen minutes late.

3. It (wouldn’t) ______ matter. But it (was) ______ a long way across the park, and hot, and I (was) ______ sweating by the time we (made) ______ it to the small hill in front of the gym. In the foyer, no one (was) ______ at the snack machine.

4. Lucien (went) ______ straight across to it. I (tried) ______ not to watch as he (stood) ______ on tiptoes to examine the snacks. I (scanned) ______ the empty foyer, and the few gymsters who (were) ______ coming and going (were) ______ red-faced from exercise.

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