V.  Put in the present perfect or past simple of the verbs in brackets.

1.   Martin                               (be) to Greek five times. He loves the place.

2.   I                             (work) for a computer company for a year. That was after college.

3.   We                        (move) here in 1993. We                               (be) here a long time now.

4.   It isn’t a very good party. Most people                           (already/ go) home.

5.   It was so hot today that I                                     (wear) shorts and a T-shirt at work.

6.   My wife and I                               (move) three times since we                         (get) married.

7.   So far this week there                              (be) three burglaries in our street.

8.   When I was younger I                              (play) badminton for my local team.

9.   In the past few years, it                           (become) more and more difficult to get into university.

10. I                             (enjoy) skiing ever since I                             (live) in Switzerland.

11. I                             (have) these shoes since my eighteen birthday.

12. We                                    (live) in Newcastle for three years now and like it a lot.

13. The last time I                              (go) to Brighton was in August.

14. When my parents were on holiday, I                  (stay) with my grandparents for two weeks.

15. I                             (not see) Rachel for ages. She                      (not visit) us since July.