Fill in the blank spaces with the correct form of the verb.

Peter Black _______  in Queens, New York; he _______ there for 32 years, all his life.
                   (live)                                               (live)

 He _______  in any other house but the one he ________  in now. The family __________  in this
        (live, never)                                                  (reside)                              (stay)

 part of Queens even though there ________  a lot more crime in recent years. Peter's
                                                      (be)

father __________  six years ago and his sister ___________  last year, but Peter _________
           (die)                                                  (get married)                               (stay)

home and _________  alone with his mother since then.
                 (live)
 

    Every Sunday Peter __________  to the same corner store to buy the same newspaper at
                                   (walk)

the same time, and he _________  back past the same small park. All his neighbors
                                   (walk)

_________ him since he _________  and __________  to him every Sunday morning on his
     (know)                         (be born)                (wave)

way to corner store.  Peter _________  for the same company since he __________
                                           (work)                                                        (leave)

high school, and _________  the same bus route at the same time every day. Each
                            (take)

summer Peter ___________ his mother for a week's vacation to Florida and he __________
                      (take)                                                                            (consider, never)

 going anywhere else. Peter's aunt _________  to persuade him to get married and she
                                                     (try, often)

 _____________  him to a few nice young women, but Peter ____________
(introduce, even)                                                                      (say, always)
 
that he only ________  "a girl just like the girl who _________  dear old Dad".  Anyway,
                    (want)                                                   (marry)

 he _______ , he ________  used to his mother's cooking and the way she ________
       (say)               (get)                                                                             (wash, always)

his socks and _________ his shirts. Peter _________  changes; ________  the same
                       (iron)                                (like/negative)               (watch)

program on T.V. every Saturday night for the last 20 years, and he ________  the same
                                                                                                     (drink)
kind of beer while watching the football or baseball games. Every morning for years, he

_________ with the same kind of shaving cream, and ________  the same color suit every
(shave)                                                                        (wear)

day of his working life. I guess you could say that Peter's life ________  pretty dull;
                                                                                              (be)
but now things are going to be a lot different because last week Peter...

                                          Why don't you tell us what you think happened to Peter last week.

(c) Anthea Tillyer
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