2A GRAMMAR present perfect and simple past © Girclothe correct verb. Mike So, where should we go for our honeymoon? Gina_I don't know. Maybe somewhere in North Africa. Have you ‘ever Geen gone to Morocco? fe Yes, I've been /I went there Gina | didn’t know that. When °have you been / did you go there? Mike The year after | shave graduated / graduated from college. Gina_ What about Egypt? Mike ‘I've been / I went there, too. Gina_ Who ‘have you been / did you go with? Mike With an exgirfriend, But we only have been / went to Cairo. Let's go there. Gina No, let's go somewhere else. © Complete the dialogues with the correct form of the verbs in parentheses: simple past or present perfect. Use contractions where possible 1A How long have you been _ (you / be) married, Glenn? B Twenty-two years! Maxine and|?__________(have) our wedding anniversary three weeks ago. A Wheres _ (you / meet}? in college? B No,it*________(be} long before that. Actus we® (go) to the same elementary school. We *_ (know) each other for along, time, What about you? Im divorced. 1*__ (get) divorced a year ago. How long " (you / be) married? Just a couple of years. So, you're on your own now? Yes, but |? and I really lke her. >orar just / meet) someone new 2 A'____{you/ teach) English abroad before, Ms, Jenkins? 8 Yes, —— (teach) from 2009-2011 in Bolivia, and 1) Gust / come) back from ‘a four-month job in Columbia. A How long + _ (you / be) a language teacher? B Exactly six years. Before that I — (be) an elementary school teacher. ‘A Do you have any post-graduate quaiffications? Bie (start) an MA in Linguistics with the Open University last year, but |” (ot finish) it yet. © Practice the dialogues in a and b with a partner. “American English File 2nd edition Teacher's Book 3 Photocopiable © Oxford University Press 2014