When — The Setting
Bạn ở đâu, làm gì khi sự kiện xảy ra — 3 thì mở đầu.
- I was working in a quiet café at the time when this happened.
- It was last summer when I experienced this.
- I had chosen this place because it was supposed to be peaceful.
Khung sự kiện — Part 2
Tiêu chí: Grammatical RangeFluency and Coherence
Dạng Describe a time when... đòi hỏi phối hợp thì quá khứ. Thiếu bối cảnh hoặc kết đột ngột sẽ hạ Grammatical Range.
When — The Setting
Bạn ở đâu, làm gì khi sự kiện xảy ra — 3 thì mở đầu.
Who — The People
Ai liên quan, tính cách trong tình huống.
What — What happened
Diễn biến, pattern of three, có thể kết bằng third conditional.
Past Continuous (I was working...) + Past Simple (when X happened) + Past Perfect (I had chosen...). Ba hành động: I packed up, paid the bill, and left.
I was working in a quiet café at the time, trying to focus, when this event happened. Unfortunately, the woman next to me was rather thick-skinned and spoke loudly on her phone. In the end, I packed up my things, paid the bill, and left. If I had known it would be that noisy, I wouldn't have chosen that café in the first place.
She was so thick-skinned on the phone.
I had to fork out extra for better seats.
I was pleased as punch after the concert.
We arrived, gave in our tickets, and sat down.
If I had known, I wouldn't have chosen that café.