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11 EDIT. Read about a young software developer in Uganda. Find and correct six more errors
with the present perfect and the simple past.

Abdu Sakalala:

Software Developer

Abdu Sakalala is a 22-year-old student in

Uganda. His life has changed when a phone
company has run a training course for software

developers in Uganda last year. Sakalala attended
1
the course and then he has started creating his own
A man talks on a cell phone
apps (programs) for mobile phones. Since then, Sakalala wrote west of Kampala, Uganda.
several successful apps for cell phones. For example, he has produced a dictionary app,

a translation app, and a sports app for soccer fans. Some of these apps have received
international attention, and Sakalala already made almost $400,000 from his work.

But Sakalala is most proud of Uganda Theme. This is an app that changes the display

on cell phones with pictures and sounds from his country. When it has appeared on the
Internet, it immediately has become one of the most popular downloads in the world
that week.

1 software developers: people who create computer programs

12 APPLY.

A Read the conversation below. Underline the verbs.

Janice: Have you ever visited Europe?
Logan: Yes, I’ve been there several times.

Janice: Oh really? Where have you been?
Logan: I’ve been to Italy, France, and Spain.

Janice: When did you go to Spain?
Logan: I went last summer with some friends.

B Work with a partner. Talk about one of the activities in the box or your own idea. Use the
conversation in exercise A as a model. Use the present perfect and the simple past.

Visit Europe/Asia/Africa Take a cruise
Learn to play a musical instrument Walk more than five miles
Ride a motorcycle Your idea:
Swim in a lake

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