Question

ДАЮ 15 БАЛЛОВ!!!! Complete the text using the correct tense. Note, not only past tenses are possible here. I 1) _____ (bore) in London, in the capital of England and I 2) _____ (live) there until I 3) _____ (leave) home at the age of 18. My parents 4) _____ (move) to England from China in the 1970s. As a child I 5) _____ (go) to the local school and, of course, 6) _____ (speak) English with a local accent, just like all the other children. But at home it was very different. We 7) _____ (live) in a Chinese environment, with a great extended family of uncles and aunts. I 8) _____ (remember) feeling part of this big thing called “family”, and an even bigger thing called “China”. I think my family really 9) _____ (influence) me a lot while I 10) _____ (grow) up. They often talked about China as “our home” – even though I had never 11) _____ (be) there before. To me, it 12) _____ (not, seem) at all strange to grow up as part of two cultures. I always 13) _____ (think) that growing up in two cultures is a kind of gift, not a disadvantage. Now that I 14) _____ (have) a child of my own, I want her to get in touch with her Chinese roots too, so we _____ (plan) a visit to China later this year. All her Chinese cousins and relatives 15) _____ (look) forward to meeting her.

Answer 1

I 1) _____ (was born) in London, in the capital of England and I 2) _____ (had lived) there until I 3) _____ (left) home at the age of 18. My parents 4) _____ (moved) to England from China in the 1970s. As a child I 5) _____ (went) to the local school and, of course, 6) _____ (spoke) English with a local accent, just like all the other children. But at home it was very different. We 7) _____ (lived) in a Chinese environment, with a great extended family of uncles and aunts. I 8) _____ (remember) feeling part of this big thing called “family”, and an even bigger thing called “China”. I think my family really 9) _____ (influenced) me a lot while I 10) _____ (was growing) up. They often talked about China as “our home” – even though I had never 11) _____ (been) there before. To me, it 12) _____ (did not seem) at all strange to grow up as part of two cultures. I have always 13) _____ (thought) that growing up in two cultures is a kind of gift, not a disadvantage. Now that I 14) _____ (have) a child of my own, I want her to get in touch with her Chinese roots too, so we _____ (are planning) a visit to China later this year. All her Chinese cousins and relatives 15) _____ (are looking) forward to meeting her.

Answer 2

1) was born 2) lived 3) left 4) moved 5) went 6) spoke 7) lived 8) remember 9) influenced 10) grew 11) been 12) did not seem 13) thought 14) have 15) are looking