Read the following sentences.

Find and correct the mistakes in the use of Present Perfect and Simple Past. 1- I just saw have just seen your advertisement for contestants for a talent show in the newspaper. 2- My friends and I play music together since we are 12. 3- Our band is well known locally because we gave several concerts 4- We first performed in public 2 years ago. 5- Since then we appeared on stage at least six times. 6- We have recorded a song at a recording studio last winter but not many people have heard it yet. 7- None of us ever took part in a talent show before. 8- This could be our big break. We are trying to get on television for years. 9- Ive always been wanting to be famous but so far it hasnt happened. 10- This is the first time we have the chance to perform for a really big audience.

1Put the verbs brackets into the right sentence. Sometimes move than one tense is possible

Worlds First All Woman Expedition Reaches the North Pole.

The adventure started in 1995, as Victoria Riches (1) ________________ (make) her way to work by Underground. She was bored because (2) ________________ (do) the same thing every day for a year. Then, something (3) ___________________ (happen) to change her life. She (4) ___________________ (read) the paper on the train, when she (5) ___________________ (see) an unusual article. A group of women (6) ________________ (look) for adventures to join their all - woman team. They (7) ___________________ (plan) to walk to the North Pole, something that no woman (8) _________________ (ever / achieve) before! Victoria wasnt sure why she (9) ________________ (be) keen to join the expedition. Before reading the article, she (10) ___________________ (never / want ) to pull a sledge over sea ice or endure temperatures of minus 40 degrees Celsius! That evening she (12) _______________ (ring) her mother and (13) _________________ (tell) her that she (14) __________________ (think) of applying to go the North Pole. She (15) ___________________ (imagine) her would be shocked. But after she (16) ___________________ (hear) all about it, her mother (17) __________________ (decide) she wanted to go too! There was a large number of applicants and they all (18) ____________________ (have to) take a selection test. When Victoria and her mother (19) __________________ (finally / heard) that they (20) ____________________ (pass) the test, they (21) __________________ (feel) excited but terrified! Their real life adventure (22) ___________________ (just / begin).