III. Choose a verb with either the present perfect or past simple for these sentences: receive, crash, be, show, rise, survive, happen , sell, fall, work.
1. Until she retired last month, she __________________ in the customer complaints department.
2. The Bible ___________________ more copies than any other book.
3. His father ________________ so many complaints about the noise that he told Chris to sell his drums.
4. Research __________________ that cycling can help patients overcome their illness.
5. Unemployment ________________ every year until 1983 and then started to fall.
6. Maria hasn't wanted to drive since she _____________ her car.
7. A great deal _________________ since I last spoke to you.
8. Prices ___________________ sharply over the past six months.
9. This ___________________ his home for over 20 years and he doesn't want to leave it.
10. Few of the trees in our village __________________ the storms during the winter of 1991.
1 worked
2 has sold
3 received
4 has shown
5 rose
6 crashed
7 has happened
8 have fallen
9 has been
10 survived