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Present Perfect / Past Simple - May I ask to correct a few sentences? When I was 8 years old I had my best vacation ever. My parent’s friend invited us to their house in Switzerland. We’ve never been there before so everybody were really excited. We’ve lived in the big castle on the hill. During days I felt like a little princess but at nights this place was scary as hell! I’ve seen a lot of beautiful places in Switzerland. I really liked a local open swimming pool. There were so many attractions for kids. Unfortunately some day somebody has stolen my inflatable arm rings and I couldn’t swim anymore. Even though, I’ve spent a great time with my family in the very beautiful place.

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Hi Magdalena, Nice work! The different tenses are really difficult to master.

Present Perfect / Past Simple - May I ask to correct a few sentences?

When I was 8 years old I had my best vacation ever. My parent’s friend invited us to their house in Switzerland. We’ve  We had (or We'd) never been there before so everybody were was  (everybody is singular) really excited. We ’ve lived in the big castle on the hill. During the day s I felt like a little princess, but at night s the is place was scary as hell! I ’ve seen saw a lot of beautiful places in Switzerland. I really liked a/the local open swimming pool. There were so many attractions for kids. Unfortunately some one day somebody has stole n my inflatable arm rings and/so I couldn’t swim anymore. Even thoughDespite this, I ’ve spent had a great time with my family in this e very beautiful place.
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When I was 8 years old, I had the best vacation ever. My parents' friends invited us to their house in Switzerland. We’ve never been there before so everyone was really excited. We’ve lived at the big castle on the hill. Those days, I felt like a little princess but at night, this place was scary as hell! I’ve seen a lot of beautiful places in Switzerland. I really liked a local open swimming pool. There were so many attractions for kids. Unfortunately, one day someone has stolen my inflatable arm rings and I couldn’t swim anymore. However, I’ve spent a great time with my family at that beautiful place.

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