Read the letter and put the verbs in brackets in the Past Simple or the Present Perfect. Dear Christine, Thank you very much for your letter which I (1, receive) last week. I (2, be) really happy to hear from you after all this time. I have a lot of news to tell you about myself. I (3, start) working for the University newspaper. I (4, have) many interesting experiences so far. When I first (5, began), the editor (6, ask) me to interview our dean. He (7, be) so surprised to see me with a microphone in my hand! Last month there (8, be) a student conference at our faculty. Some students (9, give) really clever presentations. I (10, manage) to talk to both participants and organizers at the end of the day, and I (11, write) a report about it. By the way, I (12, buy) a new laptop recently because my old one (13, break down) completely three weeks ago. I have to go now because the editor (14, just / inform) me that I have to cover the dance competition that is taking place today. I hope our faculty team wins. They (15, practice) all last week. You see, I don’t have a moment’s rest. Keep in touch. Love, Margaret