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When did you graduate?

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Exercise 24. Finished or unfinished time? Put the expressions provided 
below in two lists. 
Example: Finished time
Unfinished time
 
on Monday
in my life
long time ago 
at 5 o’clock 
recently
just after I entered university 
all her life 
in 1993
when I was a first year student ever since 
this year
last Christmas 
for years 
so far
last week
in July
before she was born
today 
on Friday evening a fortnight ago
Finished time
Unfinished time
Exercise 25. There are mistakes in some of these sentences. Find the mis-
takes and correct them.
1. I live in Brighton. I lived here for twelve years.
2. When did Neil Armstrong walk on the moon?
3. I’ve gone to Los Angeles in 1997.
4. You did a lot of interesting things in your life.
5. How many people have died in the Second World War?
6. What can we do? I think something dreadful happened.
7. We saw the new Steven Spielberg film last week.
8. Robert de Niro began acting in the 1970s.
9. When have you bought your new car?
10. Doris was interested in music since she’s been a child.
11. I wonder how long he’s studied before he graduated.
12. It’s the first time she cooked pizza. But it tastes delicious.

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Exercise 26. Put the verbs in brackets into Present Perfect Simple or Past 
Simple.
1. She _______________ (leave) school three years ago.
2. —I know Paul Carter.
—Really? How long ______________ you ______________(know) him?
—Oh, quite a long time now.
—When _______________ you _______________ (first meet) him?
3. He _______________ (catch) the 8 o’clock bus this morning.
4. She _______________ (do) a lot of stupid things in her life.
5. (It’s 9.30 in the morning) — _______________ you _______________Mrs 
Lynne this morning?
— Yes, I _______________(see) her when I _______________ (arrive) in 
the office, but she _______________ (go) out soon afterwards.
6. I _______________(often wonder) what Rick does for a living.
7. (It’s the middle of the afternoon).—I’m really hungry. I ______________ 
(not/have) any break fast this morning and I _______________ (not/have) 
time to go out for anything to eat this afternoon.
8. Judy ___________ (read) a lot of love stories when she was at school.
9. _______________ you _______________ (see) any good plays recently?
10. I _____________ (not/see) much of Helen lately.
11. — ____________ your wife _______________(ever have) pneumonia?
—Yes, she _______________ (have) it twice. She _______________
(have) it eight years ago, and once when she ____________ (be) a child.
12. Tolstoy _______________ (write) War and Peace.
13. Oh, no! Someone ______________ (steal) my car bag!
14. We ______________ (play) tennis yesterday afternoon.
15. I ______________ (never eat) Chinese food in my life.
16. When ______________ you ______________ (pass) your driving test?
17. Who ______________ (discover) America?
18. Amazing news! Scientists ______________ (discover) a new planet!
19. She ______________(be) a spoilt child.
20. —When ______________ you ______________ (meet) Mr Brown?
— I ______________ (meet) him the day before yesterday.
21. Last year the Smiths ______________ (move) to a new flat in the sub-
urbs. They ______________ (like) living there. But the journey to work 
______________ (be) too long. It ___________ (take) them nearly two 
hours to get to town. In the end, they had to move out.
22. After leaving university, Cathy ______________ (find) it very difficult to 
get a job.

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