Ex 1. Put the verbs into the correct form (present perfect simple). 1. I haven't phoned home for/since Christmas.
2. We've been here for/since nine o'clock.
3. I have worked for International House for/since more than eight
years.
4. I haven't visited my home town for/since I left school.
5. I haven't been to the cinema for/since ages.
6. I have studied non-stop for/since 9.15.
7. I have had a driving licence for/since I was eighteen.
8. She hasn't had a day off for/since 1999.
9. Johan has been in England for/since more than two weeks now.
10.Peter has been my best friend for/since we were nine.
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1. We went to the canteen to have our dinner. There were some students in the canteen, but no teachers. There were square tables near the window - it was a large canteen and there were a lot of windows in it. The windows were open.
2. My friend took a menu and started to read it. He said he didn't like fish soup: he always has vegetable soap for dinner, for the second course he prefers some meat and noodles. But I like potatoes very much, so I asked a waiter to bring me some. I also asked him to bring me some chiicken. My friend doesn't like green salad. He likes salad with meat and eggs. So, he ordered some of his favorite salad. "Shall I order for you some?" he asked. "Yes, thank you," I answered.
We started eating, but then he wanted  mustard, and there was no mustard on the table. He asked the waiter to bring us some.
3. We wanted to have ice-cream for the sweet, but we had to wait for it to be brought. After dinner we paid for it ane went back to the office. We were early and had some time left. So, we had some smoke and read newspapers.

Hemingway, Ernest Miller was born on 1899 in Chicago.  He grew up in a family of a doctor. His literary talent manifested itself in school years. 
During the First World war Ernest served as an ambulance driver and was wounded on the Austro-Italian front. After the war, devoted himself entirely to literature. He traveled much, was fond of mountain skiing, hunting, fishing.
After the war, Hemingway went to Cuba, and resumed his creative activity. He continued to travel and in 1953 in Africa because he was involved in a serious crash.He became the winner of the Pulitzer and Nobel prize for literature. He was married four times. 
After coming to power in Cuba Fidel Castro Ernest returned to the United States, Idaho.Last years of his life he suffered from severe depression, and later he had a serious disease of the liver.
On 2 July 1961 Ernest committed suicide.
Hemingway was buried in Cuba, where he lived the last years, then his house was converted into a Museum.