Read the following short story and conjugate the verbs. Once you have conjugated the verb, check your answers on the answers page.
John Tense? _____ (always travel) a lot. In fact, he Tense? _____ (be) only two years old when he first Tense? _____ (fly) to the US. His mother Tense? _____ (be) Italian and his father Tense? _____ (be) American. John Tense? _____(be) born in France, but his parents Tense? _____ (meet) in Cologne, Germany after they Tense? _____ (live) there for five years. They Tense? _____ (meet) one day while John's father Tense? _____ (read) a book in the library and his mother Tense? _____ (sit down) beside him. Anyway, John Tense? _____ (travel) a lot because his parents also Tense? _____ (travel) a lot.
As a matter of fact, John Tense? _____ (visit) his parents in France at the moment. He Tense? _____ (live) in New York now, but Tense? _____ (visit) his parents for the past few weeks. He really Tense? _____ (enjoy) living in New York, but he also Tense? _____ (love) coming to visit his parents at least once a year.
This year Tense? _____ (fly) over 50,000 miles for his job. He Tense? _____ (work) for Jackson & Co. for almost two years now. He Tense? _____ (be) pretty sure that heTense? _____ (work) for them next year as well. His job Tense? _____(require) a lot of travel. In fact, by the end of this year, heTense? _____ over 120,000 miles! His next journey Tense? _____ (be) to Australia. He really Tense? _____ (not like) going to Australia because it is so far. This time he Tense? _____ (fly) from Paris after a meeting with the company's French partner. He Tense? _____ for over 18 hours by the time he Tense? _____ (arrive)!
John Tense? _____ (talking) with his parents earlier this evening when his girlfriend from New York Tense? _____ (telephone) to let him know that Jackson & Co. Tense? _____ (decide) to merge with a company in Australia. The two companies Tense? [_____ (negotiate) for the past month, so it really Tense? _____ (not be) much of a surprise. Of course, this Tense? _____ (mean) that John Tense? _____ (have to catch) the next plane back to New York. He Tense? _____ with his boss at this time tomorrow.
