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Hello!! I'm a Spanish girl. I'm 30 and I'm in Malta to improve my English. I would like to meet people who speak English as a mother tongue to practise conversation. If you are interested in Spanish you know... contact me here:

Hello Mowgli Mowgli wrote: I would prefer past simple "Where were you?" because B isn´t abroad or away any more, they couldn´t have this conversation otherwise.To me, "I went to Malta for a 3 week holiday" sounds natural as the answer. I interpret A might ask "Where have you been?" because A...

Hello, I have these sentences in the textbook Enterprise 3, Workbook, p. 16. A: I haven´t seen you for ages.! Where have you been? B: I went to Malta for a three week holiday. This says the Answer key. However, I would prefer past simple in the sentence "Where have you been?", so I would...

(1) Just as in plain 'food', both forms are possible, depending on whether the speaker is considering the nutritive substance in general, or as several discrete types. It is often in the industry or in nutritional discussions that we speak of the different natural/health foods-- muesli, royal...