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2.28: Present Perfect - Fill in the Blanks

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    Fill in the blanks with simple present, simple past, present perfect, present perfect continuous, or the future tense of the given verb. Circle all keywords/expressions that help you decide.

    I ________________ [live] in San Francisco. I ___________________ [live] there since I ________________[come] to California in 2015. Before I ______________ [move] here, I _______________ [live] with my family in a small city in Idaho. We ________________ [have] a farm and ______________ [grow] lots of vegetables and fruit. In 2015, I ________________ [apply] to a college in the bay Area and I __________ [be] very excited when I _______________ [receive] the acceptance letter. I ___________________ [always/want] to live in a big city. When I ____________ [get] to San Francisco, I _______________ [not/know] anyone but it ______________ [not/take] me a long time to make some friends. I _____________ [meet] many people in school and we _____________ [be] friends ever since. In my second year in California, I _________________ [decide] to move into an apartment with a friend. We ______________ [be] roommates since then. We ____________ [have] a lot of fun together. We often ________________ [study] together. We ________________ [not/have] any problems yet and I hope that we _____________________ [not/have] any problems in the future. I ________________ [be] very happy since I ____________ [move] to San Francisco. It _______________ [be] definitely the right decision for me!


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