My husband and I moved to Islington from Deptford in 1990, to a two-bedroom flat for four times my then-meagre salary. In 2001, we crept further north, to a Twenties semi in Highbury with a big garden and no central heating. It hadn’t sold, the agent told us, because it reminded English people of their grannies’ houses. My granny lived in a high-rise in Miami, so I was immune.
Fifteen years passed and I felt suddenly restless. Highbury was lovely, but perhaps too suburban? In a matter of months, our daughter would be leaving home. Did we need three bedrooms? Perhaps it was time for a change, but where would we go? California? Scotland?
One day while messing about online, I stumbled on an open plan photographer’s loft in an industrial building with 16ft-high ceilings, a pitched glass roof, and permission for residential use.
1. We were not having lunch in the canteen.
2. She was not singing a lovely song.
3. You were not speaking to your boss.
4. George was not sitting in the armchair by the fireplace.
5. Jane and Margaret were not going to the airport.
6. The baby was not crying.
7. It was not getting dark.
8. We were not waiting for my cousin.
9. The woman was not watching the children on the playground.
10. The tourists were not taking photos in front of the palace.
Как это работает:
После were или was просто поставить not, или поменять их на weren't и wasn't соответственно.
На будущее:
С is все тоже самое, либо is not, либо просто isn't.
