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CHARLIE: So, Alex, what was the interview like?

ALEX:  Well, the interviewer started by asking me when I (1) I’d left (leave) school.  And then he wanted to know where I (2) ……..  (be) since then. I told him I (3)……….. (have) several  jobs.  First I (4)……….. (work) in a cafe for about a year because I (5) ……… (need) to  save a lot of money for travelling. Of course he asked me where I (6) …….. (want) to go and when I told him, he asked whether I (7)……………. (visit) all those (be) to Brazil and places. I explained to him that I (8)……………. (be) to Brazil and Peru, and I (9)……………. (spend) some months in Turkey. He told me I (10)…………….. (be) very lucky. Then he asked if I (11)……… (bring) some  work to show  him and he looked at my work. He liked it, I think.

CHARLIE: Was that all?

ALEX:  I think so. He asked me when I (12)…………………(become)  interested  in painting and drawing, and I said that I (13)……………..(think) I always (14)………………..(be). Oh, yes,          and he        told me       my work (15)…………… (be) very good.

CHARLIE:  I'm not surprised. It is good. I hope he'll like my stuff too.

ALEX:  Oh, I think he will, actually.