Present Perfect or Past Simple?

“Hey, look what I (CATCH)!” a man sitting several metres upstream proudly showed us his bag. There was a large fish in it.

Mrs Pitt looked at him and said in a flat voice: “You are late again, Paul. What (HAPPEN)?” Paul was not ready with an answer.

Veronica loved autumn. It was her favourite season. There were many good things about it. She loved the smells, the changing leaves, and the cool breezes. There (BE) also apple pies, apple doughnuts and pumpkin pies.

“What’s wrong, Jason?” “I (LOSE) my key and I can’t get into my house.”

Suddenly I (UNDERSTAND) - the book had gone! I had left it on the table but it wasn’t there any more.

Michael could not imagine his life without computers. His parents (BUY) him his first computer at the age of seven.

“Good job,” Dad (SAY) and everyone became quiet again.

“Yes, I was. I got a job of a waiter in his restaurant. But I (LOSE) that job already. They said I was rude to a client.”

She believed that it (HELP) her keep fit and gave her extra energy.

Kitty lived next door to me and we’d been friends since childhood. We studied at the same school and (WALK) there together.

But not everyone was happy! The boys said that it (BE) a waste of time.

“What (HAPPEN)?” Jim sounded sleepy.

“I (BUY) special sunglasses for skiing,” Linda boasted to her father. “Have a look! Nice, aren’t they?”

“Oh, no! I (LEAVE) all my pens at home.” She turned to Jenny: “Have you got a spare pen?”

However, they (NOT HAVE) enough money to buy or rent a house in the country so they decided to take matters into their own hands.

It's very different now. Stonehenge (BECOME) more crowded than it was.

When Emma told her friend, Lucy Pitt, about the new job, Lucy said: “I’m very happy that you (FIND) a good job. But I also feel very sad about it because you’ll go to the city and will forget about your friends.”

“And how did you chat or send your e-mails without computers?” he asked his mother. She smiled: “We (NOT SEND) each other e-mails. And there were no networks.”