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Practice #1   Perfect Tenses - answers

Peter Black

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

He _'s 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?

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