Exercise 70. Two colleagues meet by chance on holiday in New York. Complete the conversation by choosing the right variant.

 

MEL Nell, fancy meeting you here. Were you /Have you been here long?

NELLNo, we came / 've come the day before yesterday.

MEL I don't think you met / ' ve met my partner, Barry.

NELL Yes, we met / 've met at the Christmas party.

MEL You're not here on your own, are you?

NELL No, my sister's with me, but she stayed / 's stayed in the hotel because she didn't sleep / hasn't slept very well since we got / ' ve got here.

MEL We were / 've been here for a week and so far we really enjoyed / 've really enjoyed it.

NELL I read / 've read a couple of books about New York before we set off / 've set off .

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MEL Yes, we did / have too. We ate /' ve eaten at a couple of places that the books recommended / have recommended. In fact, we went / 've been to a very good restaurant last night.

NELL And did you visit/have you visited the Empire State Building yet?

MEL Yes, but there was / has been an enormous queue so we decided / 've decided to walk up the stairs. I never climbed / ' ve never climbed so many stairs in my life.