Exercise 20. Complete the following sentences using ago, for, or since, and put the verbs in brackets in the correct form Past Simple or Present Perfect.

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Exercise 18. Put the verbs in brackets into the Present Perfect or Past Simple.

Exercise 17. There are mistakes in some of these sentences. Find the mistakes and correct them.

1. When did Neil Armstrong walk on the Moon?

2. You did a lot of interesting things in your life.

3. How many people have died in the Second World War?

4. We saw the new Steven Spielberg's film last week.

5. Doris was interested in music since she's been a child.

1. I _ (know) Paul Carter since my childhood.

2. (It's 9.30 in the morning) - __ you _ (see) Mrs Lynne this morning?

3. (It's the middle of the afternoon). - I'm really hungry. I _ (not/have) any breakfast this morning and I _ (not/have) time to go out for anything to eat this afternoon.

4. Oh, no! Someone _ (steal) my car radio!

5. Who _ (discover) America?

6. When _ you _ (meet) Mr Brown?

Exercise 19. Ask "How long ...?" and "When ...?" questions.

Example: Amy's grandparents have lived in Ireland all their life. - How long have they lived in Ireland?

1. Frank and Rachel have known each other for five years.

2. He met Rachel when he travelled to Wales five years ago.

3. Debby and her friend have worked in a bank for two months.

4. They got this job two months ago.

5. The manager has been ill for the last three days.

1. Oxford __ (be) a centre of learning __ more than a thousand years.

2. William Shakespeare __ (be) born about four hundred years __.

3. It __ (be) four hundred years __ Shakespeare's birth.

4. Ten years __ very few people __ (know) much about computers.

5. - Have your heard from Patricia recently?

- No. She __ (not/write) to me __ last summer. I __ (not/hear) from her __ some time, either. She __ (send) me a postcard from the Bahamas about three months __, but I __ (hear) nothing __ then.

- She's lucky! I __ (not/be) to the beach __ ages!