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

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

 He _has never lived_  in any other house but the one he _resides_  in now. The family _has stayed_  in this
        (live, never)                                                  (reside)                              (stay)

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

father _died_  six years ago and his sister _got married_  last year, but Peter _has stayed_
           (die)                                                  (get married)                               (stay)

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

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

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

_have known_ him since he _was born_  and _wave_  to him every Sunday morning on his
     (know)                         (be born)                (wave)

way to corner store.  Peter _has worked_  for the same company since he _left__
                                           (work)                                                        (leave)

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

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

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

 _has even introduced_  him to a few nice young women, but Peter _has always said_
     (introduce, even)                                                                      (say, always)
 
that he only _wants_  "a girl just like the girl who _married_  dear old Dad".  Anyway,
                    (want)                                              (marry)

 he _says_ , he _'s gotten _ used to his mother's cooking and the way she _always washes_
       (say)               (get)                                                                             (wash, always)

his socks and _irons___ his shirts. Peter _doesn't like _  changes; he _has watched_  the same
                       (iron)                                (like/negative)               (watch)

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

_has shaved_ with the same kind of shaving cream, and _worn_  the same color suit every
(shave)                                                                        (wear)

day of his working life. I guess you could say that Peter's life _has been_  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
Practice #2
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