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19 Fill in the gaps in the following dialogues with the correct Past Simple,
Present Perfect Simple or Present Perfect Continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.
A
A: (1)……………………………… (see) the latest Arnold Schwarzenegger film?
B: Yes, I (2)………………………………(see) it last weekend.
A: What (3)……………………………….. (think) of it?
B: I (4)……………………………….. (like) it, but I (5)…………….(think) it
(6)…………….(be) a bit violent.
B
Part of the interview with Natalie Imbruglia
A – Interviewer
B - Natalie Imbruglia
A: Is it true you (1)……………… (give up) drinking? (the day before the interview
a ‘booze hell’ story on Natalie appeared in a tabloid newspaper.
B: Did you read that I’m an alcoholic? You see, I try to be more open about things
and suddenly, boom, I’m an alcoholic!
A: (2)…………..you (be) really angry about that?
B: No, it (3)…………………..(make) me laugh. It’s probably because I
(4)……….(get) a steady boyfriend (singer/songwriter Daniel Johns). They can’t
write about my men now, so they (5)…………….(turn) to my alcoholism.
A: What’s the story with the giving up drink thing, then?
B: I (6) …………(get) nodules on my vocal cords, so when I’m singing, I can’t
have even a sip of alcohol. (Laughs) Maybe I’d have a drinking problem if I was
not a singer!
A: Are most of your friends famous?
B: No. I sometimes work seven days a week, so my team end up becoming like
family. My make-up artist (7)……………(work) for me for five years so I socialize
with her. The famous people I know are as busy as me – I can’t think of one
famous person who (8)……………………….(be) over to my house for dinner.
A: Do you want to get back into acting?
B: It (9)….always….(be) an ambition of mine to make a film.
A: So the stories about you being in a film called Dead End aren’t true?
B: No. I (10)……never…….(hear) of that. I don’t even know where it came from.
(19, April 2002, p.24)