Test Yourself A
They’ve known each other for ______.
25 years
35 years
45 years
55 years
2. They became friends because they _____.
went to a different school
lived in the same city
went to the same school
lived next door to each other
3. They lost contact with each other when one of them ______.

moved to England
moved to Scotland
changed his school
changed his house
4. They’ve been living here in Brighton since _____.
1998
1990
1995
1999
5. They did not see each other _____.
in the park
at lunch time
at Jame’s wedding
in the pub
I’ve known James for 25 years. We first met when he moved to my town. He went to a different school but we became friends because he lived next door to me. We’ve known each other since then, but we haven’t kept in touch all that time. We lost contact with each other when I moved to Scotland in the 1970s for my job. I didn’t go to Jame’s wedding but he came to mine. And now? Well I’ve been living here in Brighton since 99, and these days I see James about once a week, usually in the park where I walk my dog, or in the pub for lunch with another friend that we’ve known for about the same length of time. We haven’t been doing that for very long but it’s good to get all of us together.