Question

Complete the text with the present perfect or past simple of the verbs in brackets.Peter Grossman (start)_______ his career as aninsurance clerk in 1997.But after four years, he ( leave)______ this job, and (join) _______Hertleins, a financial services company.He (be)______ with this company since 2001.Since joining Hertleins, he (have)____ twodifferent kinds of job. To begin with, he (sell)_______ investments to customers all over thecountry.But he (not like)__________ sellingvery much, so he (ask)________ the company ifhe could move to another department.Now he works as an assistant in the Human Resourcesdepartment.He (work)_______ in this job fornearly two years now.

Answer 1

1.started

2.left 

 

3.joined

4.has been

5.has had

6.sold

7.didn't

8.asked

9.has worked 

 

Answer 2

Sure, here's the completed text using the correct verb forms:

Peter Grossman started his career as an insurance clerk in 1997. But after four years, he left this job and joined Hertleins, a financial services company. He has been with this company since 2001. Since joining Hertleins, he has had two different kinds of jobs. To begin with, he sold investments to customers all over the country. But he didn't like selling very much, so he asked the company if he could move to another department. Now he works as an assistant in the Human Resources department. He has been working in this job for nearly two years now.