For each of the following sentences, choose the correct tense of the verb, past or present perfect.
For help with this exercise, see chapter 25 of Real Essays 5e.
Example
When I graduated from high school back in 1994, I (was, have been) not interested in going to college.
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| B. |
Instead, I got married and (became, have become) a mother right away.
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| B. |
For the past eighteen years, I (stayed, have stayed) home to raise my three children.
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| B. |
When my youngest child entered high school last September, I (began, have begun) thinking about what it would be like to have my own career.
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| B. |
Until recently, my family (got, has gotten) by on my husband’s paycheck.
| A. |
| B. |
Then my husband, Tom, (lost, has lost) his job after sixteen years with the same company.
| A. |
| B. |
Since the layoff, Tom (applied, has applied) for more than one hundred jobs but can find only part-
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| B. |
After much discussion, we finally (decided, have decided) that I should go back to school to become a paralegal.
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| B. |
For the past semester, I (attended, have attended) Mt. Ida College.
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| B. |
Though I enjoy my classes, at first it (felt, have felt) strange to be a student again.
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| B. |