5. Fill in the gaps wirh the Present Perfect or Past Simple of the verbs in brackets . 
1.I_______ (read) cimics when I was younger . 
2.People around the world ________ (read ) comics for over 100 years . 
3..Batman _____ (be) my favourite comic character since I _______ (be)  ten . 
4. When I was little , I tought Superman reallt ____ . . 
5. Herge first published Tintin in 1929 . My grandfater ______ (enjoy )  this comic since then . 
Ex 6 :. Rewrite the sentences so that they mean the samne as the first one . In each  case , use the words in brackets . 
1.The last time I bought a comic I was in junior school , I ___________ (not buy , since ) . 
2. My brother  hasn`t wasked since las Sunday . That was seven days  ago ! 
 My brother ______ (  not  wash , for ) 
3.  My  favourite  comic is Archine . I have read it for years . 
I ________ ( start  ,ago  ) 
4. I`re read Asterix  since I was 11 . 
I________ (start , when)  
5. The first time I read Batman was in 1986. I still read it every week .                                  I_______(read ,since)