B4

My first internet experience was back in 1997 when the Internet was made accessible to the public.
(past simple passive, т.к. интернет был сделан, а не он сделал что-то сам. Это случилось в определённый момент в прошлом)

MAKE

B5

I had some experience in computing as I had taken a couple of computer classes before.
(past perfect, т.к. что-то завершилось до какого-то события в прошлом)

TAKE

B6

When the Internet became even more popular, I could no longer resist buying my own computer and getting online.
(степень сравнения)

POPULAR

B7

I was so excited when I brought the computer home that I just couldn’t wait to set it up and start surfing the web! The setting up was quite easy but I still couldn’t get online.
(past simple, т.к. событие произошло в определённый момент в прошлом)

BRING

B8

I had to call the service provider and establish a dial-up service first. Luckily, that didn’t take very long. I was able to get online within a few hours.
(past simple, т.к. событие произошло в определённый момент в прошлом)

NOT TAKE

B9

You wouldn’t believe what happened next. I found out that the monitor wasn’t working properly. It had black horizontal lines running through. While I was trying to fix it, the screen went completely black. I went to exchange the monitor the following day, and my real first internet experience began.
(past continuous,т.к. мы говорим о двух параллельных событиях.
Когда я пытался починить это, что-то другое случилось)

TRY

B10

Now I am in my final year at university and I can’t imagine my life without the Internet or e-mail. I hope that as I grow older my knowledge and experience with computers will expand as technology advances.
(future, будут расширяться)

EXPAND