Activity 1.4.2: Completing sentences Complete the gaps using either the present perfect or past simple form of the verbs in the brackets. When you have finished, compare your answers with those of another student. 1. Yesterday we (play) football after class. 2. The boys. (clean) the car. It looks new again. 3. We (just, read) the book. Now we can watch the film. (meet) my best friend three years ago. 4. I first 5. None of my family members. 6. She 7. Things (buy) her car when she was working in a business company. (change) a great deal at our company. When we first here three years ago, the company (expand) to include more than 2000 full-time workers. (ever, visit) another country before. (start) working (have, only) six employees. Since then, we 8. In the last hundred years, traveling In the 19th century, it (become) much easier and more comfortable. (take) two or three months to cross North America by (be) very rough and often dangerous. The situation_ (change) a great deal over the last century. Now you can fly from New York to Los Angeles in a matter of hours. covered wagon. The trip.