Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
You should have made your children do housework as soon as they were able to do so.
A. It was essential to make your children do housework as soon as they were able to do so but you didn’t.
B. You didn’t make your children do housework as they were able to do so
C. You should make your children do housework as soon as they are able to do
D. You made your children do housework but they weren’t able to do so
Đáp án A.
Tình huống ở quá khứ, dùng : should have + PP.
Tạm dịch: Lẽ ra bạn nên để con mình làm việc nhà ngay từ lúc chúng có thể
Đáp án B, C, D đều sai về nghĩa. Ý A thể hiện đúng nhất nghĩa của câu đề : Để con mình làm việc nhà ngay từ lúc chúng có thể là một điều cần thiết nhưng bạn đã không làm.