Read the sentences taken from a letter Max is writing Mary and try to guess whether you should complete the blanks with the simple past or the present perfect tenses of the given verbs.
1. I ____________ (choose) the same numbers for nine years. 3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12.
2. I _____________ (have) many different jobs during my life.
3. My first job ______ (be) collecting subway tokens in the subway.
4. I __________ (work) at the frisbee printing machine in my third job.
5. In my fourth job, I _____________ (get - neg) paid much but ________ (get) free cookies and coffee.
6. _____________ (you - ever - be) hang gliding?
7. _____________ (you - ever - be) a communist?
8. _____________ (you - ever - be) attacked by a crow or a similar large bird. When I __________ (be) nine, a crow _________ (attack) me on my way to school.
9. I _________________ (teach) myself to read two pages at once.
10. I have to go now. I __________ (tell - neg) you about my 7th job, in a condom factory.
11. I _______________ (eat - never) sweetened condensed milk.
12. I ________________ ( use - never) a condom.
Now watch the video, listen to Max talk and correct. He speaks slowly, but at times not very clearly.
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