3 Present perfect and other past forms 77 Present perfect and other past forms 1: Social media Complete the dialogue with the correct tense forms (present perfect simple, present perfect progressive, past simple). Sam: Have you ever been 1 (be) on a social network like WhatsApp or TikTok? Clare: Oh yes, I 2 (be) on Instagram for quite a while now. It’s great. Sam: When you first 3 (sign up) on Instagram? Clare: Well, I 4 (start) about two years ago. A friend of mine 5 (give) me the address and 6 (show) me how to do it. That 7 (be) it. And since then I 8 (post) the latest pictures of myself on the web. Sam: And do you still like it? Clare: Of course, otherwise I wouldn’t do it any more. Sam: So if we look at a typical day: How much time you 9 (spend) on social media last night? Clare: After dinner I 10 (check) my Instagram account. And then I 11 (post) the latest pictures. It 12 (be) great fun to read all the comments that 13 (keep) pouring in. That’s why I like it so much. I think it was ten when I 14 (shut down) my laptop. Sam: So we can say that you 15 (spend) almost all your evening on social media. Clare: Yes, I 16 (do). Present perfect and other past forms 2: Complaining Read through the e-mail and cross out the wrong forms. 6 7 Re.: Complaint about trip to Italy (Booking No. 349827) Dear Sir or Madam, I am writing to you from our trip to Italy (Booking No. 349827). Unfortunately a lot of things have gone / went 1 wrong so far. Just after our arrival we have wanted / wanted 2 to have dinner at the hotel, but the kitchen had already closed. We could not get anything to eat there and in the middle of the night no other restaurants have been / were 3 open. Since the day of our arrival we have not been / were not 4 able to sleep well because the building site next to our hotel is only a few yards away from our window. As the air conditioning has not been repaired / was not repaired 5 in spite of all our complaints, we have to leave the window open. All this has contributed / contributed 6 to the feeling that it has been / was 7 a mistake to book a holiday with your agency. We have talked / talked 8 to the manager last night, but he has refused / refused 9 to help us. All in all we think that we should get a substantial refund because of all the problems we have had / had 10 so far. In addition, we would ask you to contact the hotel manager immediately to make sure that the noise at night is reduced. Yours faithfully, Clarence Redding Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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