Complete the story by putting the verbs into the correct tense.

(Simple Present,

Present Continuous , Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous ,Future Tenses,

Simple Past, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous

John 1. __________________(travel ) a lot so far. In fac t, he was only two years

old when he first

2. __________________(fly) to the U.S.A. His mother is Italian and his father i s

American. John was born in France, but his parents 3. __________________( meet) in

Germany. The way they met was not very romantic. One day while John’s fa ther 4.

____________________________________(read) a book in the library, his mother

5 __________________(drop) hot coffee on him!

John 6. __________________( (travel) a lot. As a ma tter of fact, he 7

__________________(visi t) his pa rents in France a t the moment. He lives in New York

now, but 8. __________________( (visi t) his parents for the past weeks. He really 9.

__________________(enjoy) living in New York, but he also 10 .

__________________( (love) going to visit his parents at least once a year.

He 11. __________________( (work) for Jackson & Co. for al most two years now.

He travel s a lot because of his job. This year he 12. __________________(fly) over

50.000 miles for his job. Next Monday

he 13. __________________ (fly) to Paris for a meeting. He has to get up very early

since the train tha t he will take to the airport 14. __________________( d epart) a t

5.30 am.

While John 15. __________________(talk) with his parents earlier this evening,

his girlfriend from New York 16. __________________(phone) to tell hi m tha t

Jackson & Co. 17. __________________(decide) to merge with a company in Australia.

The two companies 18) __________________ (negotiate) for the last two

months, so i t really was not much of a surprise. “Of course, thi s means tha t I 19)

________________ (have to ca tch) the nex t plane back to New York” he said to hi s

girlfriend.
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Complete the story by putting th e verbs into th e correct tense. (Simple Present,

Present Continuous , Present Perfect, Present Perfect Continuous ,Future Tenses,

Simple Past, Past Continuous, Past Perfect, Past Perfect Continuous

John 1. HAS TRAVELLED (travel ) a lot so far. In fact, he was only two years old

when he first

2. FLEW (fly) to the U.S.A. His mother is Italian and his father is American. John was

born in France, but his pa rents 3. MET / HAD MET ( meet) in Germany. The way they

met was not very romantic. One day while John’s father 4. WAS READING (read) a

book in the library, his mother 5 DROPPED (drop) hot coffee on him!

John 6. TRAVELS / HAS TRAVELLED(tra vel) a lot. As a ma tter of fac t, he 7 IS

VISTING (visi t) hi s parents in France a t the moment. He lives in New York now, but 8.

HAS BEEN VISITING (vi si t) his pa rents for the pa st weeks. He really 9. ENJ OYS

(enjoy) living in New York, but he also 10. LOVES (love) going to visi t his pa rents a t least

once a year.

He 11.HAS BEEN WORKING/ HAS WORKED (work) for Jackson & Co. for al most

two years now. He travels a lot because of his job. This yea r he 12. HAS FLOWN (fly)

over 50.000 miles for his job. Next Monday

he 13. IS FLYING / IS GOING TO FLY (fly) to Paris for a meeting. He has to get up

very early since the train tha t he will take to the airport 14. DEPARTS( depart) at 5.30

am.

While John 15. WAS TALKING (talk) with his pa rents earlier this evening, hi s

girlfriend from New York 16. PHONED (phone) to tell hi m tha t Jackson & Co. 17. HAD

DECIDED (decide) to merge with a company in Australia. The two companies 18) HAD

BEEN NEGOTIATING (negotiate) for the last two

months, so it really was not much of a surprise. “Of course, this means tha t I 19) WILL

HAVE TO CATCH/HAVE TO CATCH (have to ca tc h) the nex t plane back to New York”

he said to his girlfriend.