1. "Before I knew it, we were making the 12,000-mile trip back to my home." (Past Simple) 2. "Being a two days' trip by boat from the nearest road, Swagup is completely isolated so naturally I was a little nervous about taking six Stone Age travelers into my world." (Past Simple) 3. "However, on arrival, my doubts eased as I watched them getting used to modern technology." (Past Simple) 4. "At first, every escalator was met with terror and every lift with suspicion." (Past Simple) 5. "A revolving door created gasps of wonder." (Past Simple) 6. "Over the next few days, with spears on their backs and bows over their shoulders, they explored our world." (Past Simple) 7. "The chief was convinced the Underground was built first and the rest of London was built on top later!" (Past Simple) 8. "It wasn't all fun and games, though." (Past Simple) 9. "The goodbyes at Heathrow were emotional." (Past Simple) 10. "Much of what the tribespeople said made me pause for thought." (Past Simple) 11. "I don't think they would swap our world for their own." (Past Simple) 12. "They were fascinated by everyday scenes and situations that we would not give a second thought to." (Past Continuous) 13. "The tribe stopped in the shadow of the huge wheel." (Past Continuous) 14. "Eventually the chief decided that they should try it." (Past Continuous) 15. "I was wondering how the wheel goes round, what makes this turn." (Past Continuous) 16. "The tribe was fascinated by the size of the transport train network." (Past Perfect) 17. "The chief was convinced the Underground was built first and the rest of London was built on top later!" (Past Perfect)

1. "Before I knew it, we were making the 12,000-mile trip back to my home." (Past Simple) - V etom predlozhenii upotrebliaetsia Past Simple, potomu chto ono opisyvaet proshedshee sobytie - puteshestvie nazad domoi, kotoroe proizoshlo v proshlom. 2. "Being a two days' trip by boat from the nearest road, Swagup is completely isolated so naturally I was a little nervous about taking six Stone Age travelers into my world." (Past Simple) - V dannom sluchae ispol'zovano Past Simple, chtoby opisat' proshluiu situatsiiu - izoliatsiiu i nervoznost' avtora pered tem, kak priniat' puteshestvennikov iz kamennogo veka. 3. "However, on arrival, my doubts eased as I watched them getting used to modern technology." (Past Simple) - Opiat' zhe, Past Simple ispol'zuetsia dlia opisaniia proshloi situatsii, kogda avtor nabliudal, kak puteshestvenniki privykali k sovremennoi tekhnologii. 4. "At first, every escalator was met with terror and every lift with suspicion." (Past Simple) - V dannom sluchae upotrebliaetsia Past Simple, chtoby opisat' proshluiu situatsiiu - strakh i podozrenie, s kotorymi puteshestvenniki vstrechali kazhduiu eskalator i lift. 5. "A revolving door created gasps of wonder." (Past Simple) - Zdes' ispol'zuetsia Past Simple, chtoby opisat' proshloe sobytie - sozdanie izumleniia puteshestvennikami revol'vernoi dveri. 6. "Over the next few days, with spears on their backs and bows over their shoulders, they explored our world." (Past Simple) - V dannom sluchae Past Simple ispol'zuetsia dlia opisaniia proshloi situatsii, kogda puteshestvenniki issledovali mir avtora, nosia na sebe kop'ia i luki. 7. "The chief was convinced the Underground was built first and the rest of London was built on top later!" (Past Simple) - Zdes' Past Simple ispol'zuetsia dlia vyrazheniia ubezhdeniia v proshlom, kotoroe vyskazyvaet vozhd' plemeni. 8. "It wasn't all fun and games, though." (Past Simple) - V dannom sluchae Past Simple ispol'zuetsia dlia opisaniia proshloi situatsii - to, chto ne vse bylo tol'ko razvlecheniiami i igrami. 9. "The goodbyes at Heathrow were emotional." (Past Simple) - Zdes' Past Simple ispol'zuetsia, chtoby opisat' proshluiu situatsiiu - emotsional'nye proshchaniia na aeroportu Khitrou. 10. "Much of what the tribespeople said made me pause for thought." (Past Simple) - Zdes' Past Simple ispol'zuetsia dlia opisaniia proshlykh deistvii i ikh effekta na avtora - vyzyvali zadumchivost'. 11. "I don't think they would swap our world for their own." (Past Simple) - Past Simple upotrebliaetsia zdes' dlia vyrazheniia mneniia avtora v proshlom - on somnevaetsia, chto oni by pomeniali svoi mir na nash. 12. "They were fascinated by everyday scenes and situations that we would not give a second thought to." (Past Continuous) - Zdes' Past Continuous ispol'zuetsia dlia opisaniia prodolzhaiushchegosia protsessa uvlecheniia puteshestvennikov povsednevnymi stsenami i situatsiiami. 13. "The tribe stopped in the shadow of the huge wheel." (Past Continuous) - Eshchio odin sluchai ispol'zovaniia Past Continuous dlia opisaniia prodolzhaiushchegosia deistviia - ostanovki plemeni u ogromnogo kolesa. 14. "Eventually the chief decided that they should try it." (Past Continuous) - Zdes' Past Continuous ispol'zuetsia dlia opisaniia protsessa priniatiia resheniia vozhdiom plemeni. 15. "I was wondering how the wheel goes round, what makes this turn." (Past Continuous) - Zdes' Past Continuous ispol'zuetsia dlia opisaniia prodolzhaiushchegosia protsessa zadavaniia voprosov avtorom. 16. "The tribe was fascinated by the size of the transport train network." (Past Perfect) - Zdes' Past Perfect ispol'zuetsia dlia vyrazheniia proshloi zavershennosti - plemia bylo ocharovano razmerom seti transportnykh poezdov. 17. "The chief was convinced the Underground was built first and the rest of London was built on top later!" (Past Perfect) - Past Perfect upotrebliaetsia v dannom sluchae, chtoby vyrazit' ubezhdenie vozhdia plemeni v zavershennosti deistviia v proshlom - chto metro bylo postroeno pervym, a ostal'naia chast' Londona byla pozzhe postroena sverkhu.

1. "I lived in their secluded village." (Past Simple) - V dannom predlozhenii ispol'zuetsia Past Simple, chtoby opisat' proshloe dlitel'noe deistvie - zhizn' v izolirovannoi derevne. 2. "Before I knew it, we were making the 12,000-mile trip back to my home." (Past Continuous) - V dannom sluchae ispol'zuetsia Past Continuous, chtoby opisat' deistvie v proshlom, kotoroe proiskhodilo v techenie nekotorogo vremeni - puteshestvie nazad domoi. 3. "On arrival, my doubts eased as I watched them getting used to modern technology." (Past Simple) - V etom predlozhenii ispol'zuetsia Past Simple, chtoby opisat' proshedshee deistvie v moment pribytiia - umen'shenie somnenii avtora, v to vremia kak on nabliudal, kak puteshestvenniki privykali k sovremennoi tekhnologii. 4. "At first, every escalator was met with terror and every lift with suspicion." (Past Simple) - Zdes' upotrebliaetsia Past Simple, chtoby opisat' proshluiu situatsiiu - strakh i podozrenie, s kotorymi puteshestvenniki vstrechali kazhduiu eskalator i lift. 5. "A revolving door created gasps of wonder." (Past Simple) - Past Simple upotrebliaetsia, chtoby opisat' proshloe deistvie - sozdanie izumleniia puteshestvennikami revol'vernoi dveri. 6. "Over the next few days, with spears on their backs and bows over their shoulders, they explored our world." (Past Simple) - V dannom predlozhenii ispol'zuetsia Past Simple, chtoby opisat' proshlye deistviia, osushchestvlionnye v techenie neskol'kikh sleduiushchikh dnei - issledovanie puteshestvennikami nashego mira s kop'iami na spinakh i lukami na plechakh. 7. "The chief was convinced the Underground was built first and the rest of London was built on top later!" (Past Simple) - Zdes' Past Simple ispol'zuetsia dlia vyrazheniia ubezhdeniia v proshlom - vozhd' plemeni byl uveren, chto metro bylo postroeno pervym, a ostal'naia chast' Londona byla pozzhe postroena sverkhu. 8. "When they visited an apartment block built for the elderly, they were shocked that their children didn't look after their 'elders'." (Past Simple) - V etom predlozhenii ispol'zuetsia Past Simple, chtoby opisat' proshedshuiu situatsiiu - shok puteshestvennikov, kogda oni posetili mnogoetazhku, postroennuiu dlia pozhilykh liudei, i uznali, chto ikh deti ne zabotiatsia o svoikh 'starshikh'. 9. "The goodbyes at Heathrow were emotional." (Past Simple) - Zdes' Past Simple ispol'zuetsia dlia opisaniia proshloi situatsii - emotsional'nye proshchaniia na aeroportu Khitrou. 10. "Much of what the tribespeople said made me pause for thought." (Past Simple) - V dannom sluchae Past Simple ispol'zuetsia dlia opisaniia proshloi situatsii - to, chto mnogoe iz skazannogo puteshestvennikami zastavilo avtora zadumat'sia. 11. "I don't think they would swap our world for their own." (Past Simple) - V dannom predlozhenii ispol'zuetsia Past Simple, chtoby vyrazit' mnenie avtora v proshlom - on ne dumaet, chto oni by obmenivali svoi mir nashim. 12. "It is an invisible hand that moves this. I can't believe it!" exclaimed the chief. (Present Simple/Past Simple) - Zdes' prisutstvuiut dve konstruktsii: Present Simple ("It is an invisible hand that moves this") i Past Simple ("I can't believe it!"). Pervaia predlozhenie ispol'zuet Present Simple dlia opisaniia obshchego fakta, a vtoroe ispol'zuet Past Simple dlia vyrazheniia neveriia v proshlom. Neskol'ko predlozhenii soderzhat i drugie vremena: "Swagup is completely isolated" (Present Simple), "They were fascinated by everyday scenes" (Past Simple), "The chief was convinced" (Past Simple), "I was wondering" (Past Continuous), "The tribe was fascinated" (Past Continuous), "There, everything they need is free and plentiful..." (Present Simple).