Complete the text with the correct past simple or present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
To everybody's surprise, the following day, the circus (1) _______________ (place) and advertisement in the local newspaper for a clown. Why would you need a clown? What qualifications do you need? I decided to give the owner a call.
Jim Clark, 'Bippo' to his friends (2) __________________ (work) in circuses all his life
He (3) ____________ (start) out riding circus horses when he was young, but her
(4) _________________ (not perform) on a horse since an accident in 2009. Since my accident. (5) ________ (be a clown). He tells me on the phone.
And, of course, when I'm not on stage, I'm the owner. I (6) ________________ (buy) the circus in 2010, and since then I (7) _____________ (make) all the difficult decisions round here, It’s hard work.
I asked Jim why he needed a clown. One of our clowns (8) _______________ (break) his leg, he said. He’s in hospital now. Fortunately, he (9) __________________ (not hurt) himself badly, but he can’t perform.
There was a long pause on the line. Do you want to apply for the job? He asked. Sure,
I said. Why not? (10) _________________ (never / do) anything like this before. Is it hard?
Not really, said Jim. You just have to fall over a lot!
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1) placed
2) worked
3) started
4) hasn't performed
5) I was a clown
6) bought
7) made
8) broke
9) hasn't hurt
10) I never did
Explicación: Stan Talent, Stan NCT
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