MARY & MAX

LIFE EXPERIENCES

A. 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 _______’VE HAD______ (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.

B. WATCH THE MOVIE SEGMENT AND CHECK YOUR ANSWERS.

C. GIVE US YOUR OPINION.

1. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A PEN PAL? WHY (NOT)? 2. IS IT A GOOD IDEA
TO HAVE PEN PALS? EXPLAIN IT. 3. WHAT ARE THE ADVANTAGES AND
DISADVANTAGES OF HAVING PEN PALS? 4. DO PEN PALS HAVE TO LIKE
THE SAME THINGS? WHY (NOT)? 5. ARE PEN PALS REAL FRIENDS? OR
IT JUST A FANTASY?

D, WHAT IS THE DIFFRENCE BETWEEN USING PRESENT PERFECT AND USING SIMPLE PAST. GIVE SOME
EXAMPLES TO EXPLAIN THE DIFFERENCES.