1 I’ve gone / I went to university when I was nineteen and
2 I qualified / I’ve qualified as an engineer about four years later. Now I live here in Pennsylvania with my wife and children, but we
3 haven’t lived / didn’t live here very long.
4 I’ve worked / I worked in six other places and last year
5 I’ve spent / I spent three months working overseas. But now I think we’ll stay in Pennsylvania.
6 It’s been / It was good for us living here. At first some of the local people
7 haven’t been / weren’t friendly because they were worried about the local environment, but the natural gas industry
8 has created / created new jobs and
9 has improved / improved the local economy, so things are better now.