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company.",[76],{"id":77,"blankNumber":19,"options":78},"019d363a-53e3-71e7-a9a9-1eeb78c96313",[79,82,85],{"id":80,"optionText":81,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d363a-53e3-71cb-a9a9-1eeb789de19b","has gotten",{"id":83,"optionText":84,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":19},"019d363a-53e3-7187-a9a9-1eeb77957791","got",{"id":86,"optionText":87,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d363a-53e3-71a7-a9a9-1eeb780dcfda","has got",{"id":89,"sentenceTemplate":90,"displayOrder":91,"explanation":92,"exampleSentence":93,"blanks":94},"019d363a-53e3-72f7-a9a9-1eeb7c1eec81","We __1__ to five different countries since we retired.",4,"Use the Present Perfect with 'since' to describe achievements that started in the past and continue to be relevant now.","They have visited ten museums since they moved to the 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old.",[114],{"id":115,"blankNumber":19,"options":116},"019d363a-53e3-73b3-a9a9-1eeb7df69218",[117,120,123],{"id":118,"optionText":119,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d363a-53e3-7397-a9a9-1eeb7dbbeafc","was running",{"id":121,"optionText":122,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":19},"019d363a-53e3-7377-a9a9-1eeb7cc6dd1a","have run",{"id":124,"optionText":125,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":32},"019d363a-53e3-7353-a9a9-1eeb7c76c574","ran",{"id":127,"sentenceTemplate":128,"displayOrder":129,"explanation":130,"exampleSentence":131,"blanks":132},"019d363a-53e3-74f3-a9a9-1eeb7f9cd161","My parents __1__ their house yet, so they still live in the same place.",6,"Use the Present Perfect negative with 'yet' to show that something hasn't happened up to now, but might happen in the future.","He hasn't finished his degree yet, but he's working on it.",[133],{"id":134,"blankNumber":19,"options":135},"019d363a-53e3-748b-a9a9-1eeb7f207417",[136,139,142],{"id":137,"optionText":138,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":9},"019d363a-53e3-744f-a9a9-1eeb7ec1f9e8","didn't sell",{"id":140,"optionText":141,"isCorrect":24,"displayOrder":19},"019d363a-53e3-742f-a9a9-1eeb7e0f89ca","haven't sold",{"id":143,"optionText":144,"isCorrect":28,"displayOrder":32},"019d363a-53e3-746f-a9a9-1eeb7ee0ff69","don't sell",{"id":146,"sentenceTemplate":147,"displayOrder":148,"explanation":149,"exampleSentence":150,"blanks":151},"019d363a-53e3-75cb-a9a9-1eeb81a179dc","__1__ your teaching qualification last month?",7,"Use the Past Simple question form with 'last month' because it asks about a specific finished time period in the past.","Did they graduate from university last 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