Could you please check the correctness of my sentences and point out to me the correct variations?
1. It is high time I (was/were/have been/had been?) successful.
2. It is high time he (was/were/has been/had been?) successful.
3. It is high time I (was/were/have been/had been?) you.
4. It is high time he (was/were/has been/had been?) you.
5. It was high time I (was/were/had been?) successful.
6. It was high time he (was/were/had been?) successful.
7. It was high time I (was/were/had been?) you.
8. It was high time he (was/were/had been?) you.
9. It is high time you learned that you shouldn't trespass law.
10. It is high time you (have/had?) learned that you shouldn't trespass law.
11. It was high time you learned that you shouldn't trespass law.
12. It was high time you had learned that you shouldn't trespass law.
13. It is high time you (did/had done/have done?) the work.
14. It was high time you (did/had done?) the work.
15. He carried on as if he (was/were/had been?) berserk and everybody had been wondering what to do with him.
16. He carried on as though he (was/were/had been?) berserk and everybody was wondering what to do with him.
17. He carried on like he (was/were/had been?) berserk and everybody has been wondering what to do with him.
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Main rule: It is (high) time + past simple
It is high time you found a job
Usually we would form this in the past using "for."
It was (high) time for him to find a job.
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Я имею в виду вот это: "было самое время, чтобы..."; мне интересно с какими из моих вариаций эти предложения правильные грамматически.
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Hello Dmitriy. What do you mean by "it was high time"? it does not make sense in these contexts. Tell me what you are trying to say, you can try ion Russian if english is more difficult.
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