Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. The Present Simple, the Past Simple, the Present Perfect. Carla Brown has a job in advertising. It's a good job, and she over $ 30.000 a year. She (earn) (study) marketing at college, and then (found) a job with a small advertising agency in Manchester. Since then she (work) for Jerome and Jerome, which is a big company with offices all over the world. She clients in America, and she Last year she (change) her job several times. Now she (be) with the company for three years. The company has (be) there several times on business. (spend) six months there.

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Carla Brown has a job in advertising. It's a good job, and she earns over $30,000 a year. She studied marketing at college and then found a job with a small advertising agency in Manchester. Since then, she has been working for Jerome and Jerome, which is a big company with offices all over the world. She has had clients in America, and she has also changed her job several times last year. Now, she has been with the company for three years. The company has sent her there several times on business, and she has spent six months there.

In this text, we need to use the correct form of the verbs in parentheses, which include the Present Simple, the Past Simple, and the Present Perfect tenses.

1. "earns" - We use the Present Simple tense because it describes Carla's job at present.
2. "studied" - We use the Past Simple tense because it refers to an action in the past when Carla was studying marketing at college.
3. "found" - We use the Past Simple tense because it refers to an action in the past when Carla found a job with a small advertising agency.
4. "has been working" - We use the Present Perfect tense because it describes an action that started in the past (working for Jerome and Jerome) and continues up until the present.
5. "has had" - We use the Present Perfect tense because it describes an action (having clients in America) that started in the past and has an effect on the present.
6. "changed" - We use the Past Simple tense because it refers to an action in the past when Carla changed her job several times last year.
7. "has been" - We use the Present Perfect tense because it describes an action (being with the company) that started in the past and continues up until the present.
8. "has been" - We use the Present Perfect tense because it describes an action (the company being there) that started in the past and has an effect on the present.
9. "spent" - We use the Past Simple tense because it refers to an action in the past when Carla spent six months there.