Once you have finished, re-read the text and make sure that you have understood everything.

The next step

is to complete the story (the text is exactly the same) putting the verbs into the correct tense.
John ________________ (always/travel) a lot. In fact, he _____ (be) only two years old when he first _____ (fly)
to the US. His mother ___ (be) Italian and his father ___ (be) American. John ___ (be) born in rance, b!t his
"arents ________ (meet) in #olo$ne, %ermany after they ________ (live) there for five years. &hey ______
(meet) one day while John's father __________ (read) a boo( in the library and his mother ________ (sit down)
beside him. Anyway, John ________ (travel) a lot beca!se his "arents also __________ (travel) a lot.
As a matter of fact, John ____________ (visit) his "arents in rance at the moment. He _______ (live) in )ew
*or( now, b!t ______________ (visit) his "arents for the "ast few wee(s. He really _______ (en+oy) livin$ in
)ew *or(, b!t he also _______ (love) comin$ to visit his "arents at least once a year.
&his year he ___________ (fly) over ,-,--- miles for his +ob. He _______________ (wor() for Jac(son . #o.
for almost two years now. He's "retty s!re that he ____________ (wor() for them ne/t year as well. His +ob
__________ (re0!ire) a lot of travel. In fact, by the end of this year, he ____________ (travel) over 12-,---
miles3 His ne/t +o!rney _______ (be) to A!stralia. He really ________ (not li(e) $oin$ to A!stralia beca!se it is
so far. &his time he __________ (fly) from 4aris after a meetin$ with the com"any's rench "artner. He
_______________ (sit) for over 15 ho!rs by the time he ________ (arrive)3
John _____________ (tal() with his "arents earlier this evenin$ when his $irlfriend from )ew *or( _________
(tele"hone) to let him (now that Jac(son . #o. ___________ (decide) to mer$e with a com"any in A!stralia. &he
two com"anies ______________ (ne$otiate) for the "ast month, so it really _______ (not be) m!ch of a s!r"rise.
6f co!rse, this _______ (mean) that John _______ (have to catch) the ne/t "lane bac( to )ew *or(. He
______________ (meet) with his boss at this time tomorrow.
Once you have finished, re-read the text and make sure that you have understood everything. The next step
is to complete the story (the text is exactly the same) putting the verbs into the correct tense.
John ________________ (always/travel) a lot. In fact, he _____ (be) only two years old when he first _____ (fly)
to the US. His mother ___ (be) Italian and his father ___ (be) American. John ___ (be) born in rance, b!t his
"arents ________ (meet) in #olo$ne, %ermany after they ________ (live) there for five years. &hey ______
(meet) one day while John's father __________ (read) a boo( in the library and his mother ________ (sit down)
beside him. Anyway, John ________ (travel) a lot beca!se his "arents also __________ (travel) a lot.
As a matter of fact, John ____________ (visit) his "arents in rance at the moment. He _______ (live) in )ew
*or( now, b!t ______________ (visit) his "arents for the "ast few wee(s. He really _______ (en+oy) livin$ in
)ew *or(, b!t he also _______ (love) comin$ to visit his "arents at least once a year.
&his year he ___________ (fly) over ,-,--- miles for his +ob. He _______________ (wor() for Jac(son . #o.
for almost two years now. He's "retty s!re that he ____________ (wor() for them ne/t year as well. His +ob
__________ (re0!ire) a lot of travel. In fact, by the end of this year, he ____________ (travel) over 12-,---
miles3 His ne/t +o!rney _______ (be) to A!stralia. He really ________ (not li(e) $oin$ to A!stralia beca!se it is
so far. &his time he __________ (fly) from 4aris after a meetin$ with the com"any's rench "artner. He
_______________ (sit) for over 15 ho!rs by the time he ________ (arrive)3
John _____________ (tal() with his "arents earlier this evenin$ when his $irlfriend from )ew *or( _________
(tele"hone) to let him (now that Jac(son . #o. ___________ (decide) to mer$e with a com"any in A!stralia. &he
two com"anies ______________ (ne$otiate) for the "ast month, so it really _______ (not be) m!ch of a s!r"rise.
6f co!rse, this _______ (mean) that John _______ (have to catch) the ne/t "lane bac( to )ew *or(. He
______________ (meet) with his boss at this time tomorrow.