Present perfect or past simple? 1 read about marco and underline the correct verb form. marco santos is a chef. he started/ has starred cooking when he (1) has been/was 15 years old. he (2) has studied /studied in a cookery school for the next three years, and then he (3) got /has got his firs job, in a restaurant in lyons. now 33, he (4) warkea has worked all over france, and he (5) just decided / has just decided to open a restaurant in london. (h. (6) hasn't thought /didn't think of a name for it yet. four other top restaurants (7) have happened/opened there this year, but marco is optimistic. "my food (8) was always / has always been the best, he says. 'in 1992 i (9) cooked /have cooked for the italian president when he (10) has come /came to france. and he (11) has told /told me that it (12) was / has been the most delicious food outside italy!