Completar frases Past simple/Present Perfect 3Versión en línea This exercise will help you to practice and reinforce past simple and present perfect. por María del Rosario Alonso 1 Complete the following profile of a company manager , putting the verbs in brackets in either the past simple or present perfect . JIM BLAKE Jim Blake 1 ( join ) Hodson Electricals in 1980 , immediately after finishing his degree in chemical engineering . In 1998 , the company 2 ( choose ) him to run the costumer products division . Then , in 1995 , Jim ? s strong performance 3 ( earn ) him the top job . He 4 ( become ) CEO of Hodson Electrics at the age of just 46 . Since then , Jim ? s career 5 ( be ) an example of how to manage a company successfully . For the last ten years , Hodson Electrics 6 ( expand ) continually and now it 7 ( become ) one of the most highly valued companies in Europe . One of Jim ? s secrets is to develop talented people . Recently , he 8 ( establish ) a series of performance measures that identify who the best performers are . Executives are now promoted without regard to seniority . For example , when he had to choose a new Chief Financial Officer two years ago . Blake 9 ( pass ) over several candidates in favour of 38 - year - old Ben Bradley . He 10 ( insist ) always , ? Age doesn ? t matter . It ? s your ability that counts ? . People 11 ( call ) Blake many things during his career but one thing that nobody can call him is lazy . His energy and enthusiasm 12 ( make ) the company what it is today .
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