Name____________________________________ Date_____________ ESL098.50
Fill in the spaces with PAST or PRESENT PERFECT. Page 2 of 2
Dear Mary,
[I/be]_________I’ve been________________ at Lacrosse College for a year and [I/not/take]__________I haven’t taken___________ any computer courses yet. [I/take]______________I’ve taken____________ a few math courses at this college, but none involving computers. The calculus course that [I/take]______I took______________ last fall [be]_____________was_______________________________ interesting, but [I/not/understand]______I didn’t understand___________ a lot of the material, and [I/fail]________________I failed____________________________ the final exam. [I/really/try]___________I realled tried__________ hard to do well during the first semester, but [I/not/can/pass]______I couldn’t pass_______________ that class.
So far, [I/have]_____I’ve had_______________________ a lot of trouble with my classes. [I/never/enjoy]________I’ve never enjoyed__________ math or science, as you know, and [I/always/prefer]____I’ve always preferred___________ languages, but here they require you to take basic math and science.
In high school, [I/do]__________I did_____________________ well in math because [it/be]____________it was__________________ easy for me then. Now, it's more than I can handle.
My social life at school [be]_______has been_____________________ fairly quiet. [I/not/meet]_______I haven’t met_______________ any interesting people yet, although [I/go]____________I’ve gone_________________________ to several parties. In fact, {I/go]____________I went________________________ to one mixer last night, where [I/meet]__________I met____________________________ a lot of business students. [I/find]___________I found____________________________ them all to be really boring. [They/only/talk]____They only talked________________ about money.
Christmas vacation [be]__________was_________________________ really boring. [I/stay]_________I stayed___________________ in my room most of the time, and [I/read]________I read_________________________________ a lot of books and [call]____________called_______________________ a few friends on the phone, but [I/not/have]______I didn’t have_____________________ a lot of fun. [I/never/enjoy]_________I’ve never enjoyed_____________ Christmas vacations. [I/always/be]___________I’ve always been______________ a loner, and at parties [I/always/be]___________I’ve always been_________ a wallflower, never meeting anyone. [I/survive]____________I’ve survived___________ 19 Christmas holidays in my life so far, and [I/never/feel]_______I’ve never felt______________ the Christmas spirit. Well, maybe [I/enjoy]____________I enjoyed_______________ Christmas somewhat when [I/be]_______________I was______________________ a little kid, but I don't think that [I/have]____________I’ve had__________________ a good time during holidays in recent years.
I look forward to summer vacation, especially now that it’s February and so cold. [It/not/snow]__________It hasn’t snowed__________ much so far this winter, but I think that it will soon. This winter [be]_______has been_____________________ fairly warm, and [it/not/be]_______it hasn’t been_____________________ very good for skiing lately. [I/try]____________I tried____________________________ to go skiing last week, but [there/not/be]______there wasn’t__________________ enough snow.
I guess this letter [be]________has been____________________ a little depressing so far. I should mention that [I/go]_______I went_______________________ to Atlantic City last week and [I/win]____________I won___________________ some money playing roulette, so this year [not/be]_________hasn’t been________________ totally bad. By the way, [how/you/be]______________how have you been____________________ lately? [you/see]___________Have you seen____________ any good movies lately?
[How/your sister Kate/be]_____How has your sister Kate been_____?
[she/start]________Has she started ______________ her new job yet? [I/just/find]_______I’ve just found___________________ a part/time job, by the way. [I/get]___________I got____________________ it last week after my roommate [tell]_____________told___________________ me about it. How’s school? Write me.
Love,
Dick
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