Question

СПАСИТЕ ПОЖАЛУЙСТА PAST SIMPLE or PRESENT PERFECT I have had a mobile phone since I was 12.I _______ (keep) my first phone for 2 years , but it ____ (be) bigger and less useful than my new phone.It ______(can) only make calls and send text messages.It _____(not have) a camera.I _____ (buy) a new phone last week , and since then i _____(take) lots of photos . I _____(also send) text messages to all my friends and i_____(receive) three emailsMy phone _____(become)an important part of my life​

Answer 1

I have had a mobile phone since I was 12. I kept my first phone for 2 years, but it was bigger and less useful than my new phone. It could only make calls and send text messages. It didn't have a camera.

I bought a new phone last week, and since then I have taken a lot of photos. I have also sent text messages to all my friends and received three emails.

My phone has become an important part of my life.

Answer 2

Here are the correct verb forms for the sentences:

I have had a mobile phone since I was 12.

• Present Perfect: have had

I _____ (keep) my first phone for 2 years, but it ____ (be) bigger and less useful than my new phone.

• Past Simple: kept; was

It ______ (can) only make calls and send text messages.

• Present Simple: can

It _____ (not have) a camera.

• Present Simple: does not have (negative form)

I _____ (buy) a new phone last week, and since then I _____ (take) lots of photos.

• Past Simple: bought; have taken (because it started in the past and continues into the present)

I _____ (also send) text messages to all my friends and I _____ (receive) three emails.

• Present Simple: also send; have received

My phone _____ (become) an important part of my life.

• Present Perfect: has become

So, the completed paragraph is:

I have had a mobile phone since I was 12. I kept my first phone for 2 years, but it was bigger and less useful than my new phone. It can only make calls and send text messages. It does not have a camera. I bought a new phone last week, and since then, I have taken lots of photos. I also send text messages to all my friends and have received three emails. My phone has become an important part of my life.