Fill in the blanks- Practise 1

I ____ home at the age of 15.

• leaving

• leaves

• left

I ____ to find work in the city.

• wanting

• wanted

• wants

Also, I ____that life in the Kampung was not for me.

• feel

• felt

• feels

My mother ___ all night when she knew I was ____ home.

• cried, leaving

• crying, leaving

• cried, left

My father _____ not say anything about it.

• does

• did

• do

My siblings? Well I_____ eight younger siblings.

• have

• had

• has

They ____ a constant headache to me, quarreling and shouting throughout the day.

• were

• is

• are

Since we ___ poor, my father could not afford to send some of us to school.

• were

• is

• are

Moreover, my family ___ a big family and my father ___ not earn much.

• is, does

• was, does

• was, did

I _____ that if I remained here, our lives would never change.

• think

• thought

• thinking