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TASK 3.1
A. Read the article and identify:
1. Sentences in simple present
tense ROJO
2. Sentences in simple past tense
AZUL
3. Sentences in present perfect.
AMARILLO

12 years of life in Spain

It’s been 12 years since I moved to Spain. I first came on
vacation with my dad, in August 2004. We were in France
for a week, and Spain for a week. At the end of August, we
were in Granada, and I met a girl. She wasn’t Spanish, but
she lived in Madrid. She was an Erasmus student. And I
was very young. 21 years old, actually. I went back to
Arizona, but suddenly my life wasn’t working out. Soon I
found myself with no job, no house and no girlfriend…
Eventually, I got a new girlfriend, this time from Italy.
And then, a few years ago, my grandmother came to
Spain. She loves to talk, and we talked about travelling.
She’s travelled around the world several times. And I
listened to her, and thought “I want to travel around the
world too!”

I’ve learned a lot in these years. But mostly, what I’ve

learned is that your life is what you make of it. Everybody
has difficult times. The economy collapses (like Spain’s did
several years ago), or your girlfriend leaves you for
someone else, or your landlord threatens to kick you out
of the house. The important thing is what you do next. Do
you complain? Or do you take action to make tomorrow
even better?
12 years of life in Spain.
I’ve had some good times here in Spain, and I’ve finally
had the opportunity to travel, too. I’ve been all over
Europe, at least. And soon I hope to start travelling
“around the world” in a serious way.

Recently, I’ve been to Portugal, Hungary, Croatia, The

Netherlands, Ireland, the UK and more. I celebrated my
11th Spainiversary last year in Sevilla.
I wrote more books and made a lot more videos.