Question

Present Perfect или Past Simple. She _______ (want) to be astronaut when she was a child. She _______ (grew up) in Texas and _______ (study) biology and engineering at the university. After the university she _______ (be) a pilot in the Navy. She _______ (join) NASA in 1999 and _______ (become) an astronaut. Since then she _______ (orbit) the Earth 230 times and _______ (go) on three spacewalks in the last mission. She also participates in science experiments as part of her job, and she _______ (study) the effects of radiation on plants for the past four months. The most exciting thing she _______ (see) as a pilot is the Northern Lights. She _______ (see) them on a mission last year.​

Answer 1

Ответ:

She wanted (want) to be astronaut when she was a child. She grew up (grew

up) in Texas and studied (study) biology and engineering at the university. After the

university she was (be) a pilot in the Navy. She joined (join) NASA in 1999

and became (become) an astronaut. Since then she has orbited (orbit) the Earth 230

times and went (go) on three spacewalks in the last mission. She also participates

in science experiments as part of her job, and she has studied (study) the effects of

radiation on plants for the past four months. The most exciting thing she has seen

(see) as a pilot is the Northern Lights. She saw (see) them on a mission last year.

Answer 2

Давайте заполним пропуски в предложениях, используя правильное время (Present Perfect или Past Simple):

1. She wanted to be an astronaut when she was a child. 2. She grew up in Texas and studied biology and engineering at the university. 3. After the university, she was a pilot in the Navy. 4. She joined NASA in 1999 and became an astronaut. 5. Since then, she has orbited the Earth 230 times and has gone on three spacewalks in the last mission. 6. She also participates in science experiments as part of her job, and she has been studying the effects of radiation on plants for the past four months. 7. The most exciting thing she saw as a pilot is the Northern Lights. 8. She saw them on a mission last year.

Таким образом, использованы Present Perfect для действий, которые связаны с текущим временем или продолжаются в настоящее время, и Past Simple для событий, которые произошли в определенный момент в прошлом.