Question

2 GRAMMAR present perfect or past simple (2)? a Circle the correct verb forms. My mum was born in Plymouth in 1948. When she left)/ she's left school, she started work in an office in Plymouth. Later, the company'sent/has sent her to a different office in Bristol, where she met / she's met my dad. "They fell / They've fallen in love, and they got / they've got married in 1970. "They had. They've had three children - I'm the youngest. They moved / They've moved back to Plymouth again when my dad retired. They bought a very nice house and they lived/ they've lived there for two years now. My dad 'just put / has just put a greenhouse in the garden for growing vegetables - 10 he was/he's been a keen gardener all his life. My parents made/ have made a lot of new friends and they're very happy in their new home. 11​

Answer 1

My mum was born in Plymouth in 1948. When she left school, she started work in an office in Plymouth.
Later, the company sent her to a different office in Bristol, where she met my dad.
They fell in love, and they got married in 1970.
They had three children - I'm the youngest.
They moved back to Plymouth again when my dad retired. They bought a very nice house, and they have lived there for two years now.
My dad has just put a greenhouse in the garden for growing vegetables - he has been a keen gardener all his life.
My parents have made a lot of new friends, and they're very happy in their new home.

Answer 2

1. When she left school, she started work in an office in Plymouth.
2. Later, the company sent her to a different office in Bristol, where she met my dad.
3. They fell in love, and they got married in 1970.
4. They have had three children - I'm the youngest.
5. They moved back to Plymouth again when my dad retired.
6. They have lived there for two years now.
7. My dad has just put a greenhouse in the garden for growing vegetables - he has been a keen gardener all his life.
8. My parents have made a lot of new friends, and they're very happy in their new home.