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which options are correct ! Help me please teachers !



alexziaa
France

which options are correct ! Help me please teachers !
 

1) Thomas Cook organised/ has organised the first tour in 1841.

2) Pathfinders wasn’t/ hasn’t been the first to offer tailor-made holidays.

3) He worked/ has worked in the travel industry since 1996.

4) When did you start/ have you started working for Kuoni?

5) Customers became/ have become more demanding in the last few years.

6) The number of bookings fell/ has fallen since the accident.

7) So far we had/ have had a very successful season.

8) Visitors from the USA increased/ have increased by 8% since the last year.

9) We started/ have started offering tours to Mexico two years ago.

10) Many operators put/ have put their prices up lately.

8 Oct 2017      





Antonio Oliver
Spain

1) Thomas Cook organised the first tour in 1841.

2) Pathfinders wasn’t/ hasn’t been the first to offer tailor-made holidays. If PATHFINDERS still exists, 2nd option; if not, 1st

3) He has worked in the travel industry since 1996.

4) When did you start/ have you started working for Kuoni? Both posible, perhaps 1st option preferrable

5) Customers became/ have become more demanding in the last few years.

6) The number of bookings has fallen since the accident.

7) So far we have had a very successful season.

8) Visitors from the USA have increased by 8% since the last year.

9) We started offering tours to Mexico two years ago.

10) Many operators have put their prices up lately.

 
Hope that helps. Perhaps you could get other people �s opinions before deciding.

8 Oct 2017     



alexziaa
France

Thank you very much ! 

8 Oct 2017     



cunliffe
United Kingdom

Agree with Antonio.
Go for the first option in 4. When did you start working for...?
5. Go for �Customers have become.... � If you use became it implies that whatever enterprise they became more demanding in, is over and I think you �d say. �Customers became more demanding in the final few years. �  
Edit: Maybe I�ve over-thought Number 5?Smile, depending on context, the �became� option is OK. 

8 Oct 2017     



alexziaa
France

Many thanks indeed cunliffe :)) 

8 Oct 2017     



Antonio Oliver
Spain

Hi,
Sorry I missed #5 -Cunliffe is right, "have become" makes a lot more sense if you put it together with "in the last few years" (Present Perfect often used for ongoing actions, ie they became demanding and they still are)

8 Oct 2017     



alexziaa
France

Once again many thanks ! 

9 Oct 2017