Read the followingshortstoryandfillintheblanksusingtheappropriatetense.

Each
tenseisusedatleastonce.

simplepresent simplepast simplefuture

presentperfect pastperfect futureperfect
presentcontinuous pastcontinuous futurecontinuous
presentperfectcontinuous pastperfectcontinuous futureperfectcontinuous
futureintention

John (1) _____ (always travel) a lot. In fact, he

(2) _____ (be) only two years old when he
first
(3) _____ (fly) to the US. His mother (4)_____(be)Italianandhis father (5)_____(be)
American. John (6) _____(be) born in France, but his parents (7) _____ (meet)inCologne,
Germanyafterthey (8)_____(live)thereforfiveyears.They (9)_____(meet) onedaywhile
John's father (9) _____ (read) a book in the library and his mother (10) _____ (sit down)
beside him. Anyway, John (11) _____ (travel) a lot because his parents also (12) _____
(travel)alot.

As a matter of fact, John (13) _____ (visit) his parents in France at the moment. He (14)
_____ (live) in New York now, but (15) _____ (visit) his parents for the past fewweeks.He
really (16) _____ (enjoy) living in New York,buthealso (17)_____(love)comingtovisithis
parentsatleastonceayear.

This year (18) _____ (fly) over 50,000 miles for his job. He (19)_____(work)forJackson&
Co. for almost two years now. He (20) _____ (be) pretty sure that he (21) _____ (work) for
them next year as well. His job (22) _____(require) a lot of travel. In fact, by theend ofthis
year, he (23) _____ (travel) over 120,000 miles! His next journey (24) _____ (be) to
Australia. He really (25) _____ (not like) going to Australia because itissofar.Thistimehe
(26) _____ (fly) from Paris after a meeting with the company's French partner. He (27)
_____(sit)forover18hoursbythetimehe (28)_____(arrive)!

John (29) _____(talk)withhisparentsearlierthiseveningwhenhis girlfriendfromNewYork

(30) _____ (telephone) to let him know that Jackson & Co. (31) _____ (decide) to merge
with a company in Australia. The two companies (32) _____ (negotiate) for thepastmonth,
so it really (33) _____ (not be) much of a surprise. Of course, this (34) _____ (mean) that
John (35)_____(havetocatch)thenextplanebackto NewYork.He (36)_____(meet)with
hisbossatthistimetomorrow.

Foreachofthesixquestionschoosetheonecorrectanswer.
1. They're completely They're always buying each other little presents and going out on
romanticdates.
a)takingtheplunge
b)lonelyhearts
c)honeybunny
d)smittenwitheachother

2.Inthesmallads,whatdoes'LTR'standfor?
a)lastingtwosomeromance
b)longtermrelationship
c)lovetimerelationship
d)likelytoremember

3.She'schatsupeveryoneshemeets.She'ssuch
a)aflirtwithsomeone
b)flirts
c)aflirt
d)flirt

4. She thinks she's so great. Noone hasever splitupwithherbefore.Shejustcan'tbelieve

withoutevenexplainingwhy.
a)hesplitherup
b)hedumpedher
c)shelonelyhearts
d)itsimplyisn'tmeanttobe

5.They'vebeenhavingloadsofbecauseshefoundouthe'sbeen
a)domestics/playingawayfromhome
b)blazingrows/travellingawayfromhome
c)domestics/workingawayfromhome
d)domestichelp/ironingawayfromhome

6.Ihearthey'reWe'llbesoon.
a)talkingtheplunge/listeningtotheweddingbells
b)hearingweddingbells/takingtheplunge
c)takingtheweddingbells/hearingtheplunge
d)takingtheplunge/hearingweddingbells

WhereIcomefromisn'tallthatgreat
Myautomobileisapieceofcrap
Myfashionsenseisalittlewhack
Andmyfriendsarejustasscrewyasme

Ididn'tgotoboardingschools
Preppygirlsneverlookedatme
WhyshouldtheyIain'tnobody
Gotnothinginmypocket

[Chorus]
BeverlyHillsThat'swhereIwanttobe!(GimmeGimme)
LivinginBeverlyHills...
BeverlyHillsRollinglikeacelebrity!(GimmeGimme)
LivinginBeverlyHills...

Lookatallthosemoviestars
They'reallsobeautifulandclean
Whenthehousemaidsscrubthefloors
Theygetthespacesinbetween

Iwannalivealifelikethat
Iwannabejustlikeaking
Takemypicturebythepool
CauseI'mthenextbigthing!

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
Thetruthis...Idon'tstandachance
Itssomethingthatyou'reborninto...
AndIjustdon'tbelong...

NoIdon'tI'mjustanoclass,beatdownfool
AndIwillalwaysbethatway
Imightaswellenjoymylife
Andwatchthestarsplay

[Chorus]