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9 Complete the conversation with the words in parentheses. Use the present perfect or the
simple past.

Elsa: Last night (1) I fnished (I / finish) a really good novel about life
in the twenty-third century. Do you want to borrow it?

Michel: No, thanks. I’m not very interested in science fiction.
Elsa: (2) (you / read) much science fiction?

Michel: No, not much. (3) (I / read) a few novels by Isaac Asimov.
Elsa: Oh, when (4) (you / read) those?

Michel: Um, I think (5) (I / read) the last one about two years ago.
Elsa: What (6) (you / think) of them?

Michel: Oh, (7) (I / find) the ideas about the future really
interesting.

Elsa: I don’t understand. (8) (you / enjoy) them, but
(9) (you / not read) any other science fiction novels
since then.

Michel: That’s right. (10) (I / not have) much free time lately.
For the last two years, (11) (I / spend) most of my
time studying. Anyway, I prefer crime novels. (12)

(I / borrow) one from the library last week, but (13) (I / not
start) it yet.

10 WRITE & SPEAK.

A Write true sentences about yourself. Use the words in parentheses and a verb in the present
perfect or simple past.

1. I have lived in Wisconsin since 2012. (since 2012)

2. (this month)

3. (since the beginning of the year)

4. (last year)

5. (a few years ago)

6. (for the past several weeks)

7. (for a few months)

8. (when I was ten years old)

B Work with a partner. Compare your sentences from exercise A. Then use the present perfect
or the simple past to ask your partner for more information.

A: I have lived in Wisconsin since 2012. B: Where else have you lived? / Where did you live before?

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