2. Instructions:
The following activity consists in a story of two
friends that will have to try to preserve their
friendship despite the distance. You will find some
blank spaces in which you have to choose the
correct verb form.
Have fun!

3. Margaret and Maizon ______________ (have been/ is) friends
for a very long time.
Maizon _______ (is/are) from the
United States and
Margaret _____ (are/is)
from Argentina.

4. Maizon currently ______ (lived/lives) in Argentina
because his dad _____ (is/are) working there.
Maizon _______________ (will move/
moves) back to his country,
so he ______ (has/had) to pack.

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in ks/tough
_ _____ _____ (th d, so he wi
ll
Maizon _ is best frien
of Margaret as h
.
miss her a lot
__ _ (is/are)
aizon __
M
afraid o f making
ds
new frien .
t ry
in his coun

6. When they first _____ (meet/met)
they ______ (were/was)
very different.
They _______ (were/was) used to eat different
food,
play different sports, and of course they _______
(speaks/spoke) different languages.
They ______ (was/were)
attending to the same school,
and Margaret _______(know/knew)
how to speak in English,
so they ______ (get/got)
a long very well since
the beginning.

7. Despite the cultural differences they _____
(has/had),
Margaret ___________(helps/helped) Maizon
to _____________(get/got) used to the type of
living in Argentina, she
___________(shows/showed) him the basic
things
he __________(needed/needs)
to __________(know/knew) in
order to get use
to her country.

8. They
a
may re afraid
end
will t or ch their frie
n
muc ry to ke ange, bu dship
h as e y the
poss p in tou
with
this ible a ch a y
faraw nd c s
a ve a y fr ontin
iend u
ry lo
ng ti ship e
me. for

10. 1. A shoulder to cry on:
2. See eye to eye:
3. No love lost:
4. Hate someone's guts:
5. Clear the air:
6. Bury the hatchet:
7. Patch up our differences:
8. Through thick and thin:

12. Have been

13. is

14. lives

15. is

16. will move

17. has

18. thinks

19. is

20. met

21. were

22. spoke

23. knew

24. got

25. had

26. helped

27. get

28. showed

29. needed

30. know