Read the story and write down the correct past tense verb form you'll find in the box

I _______ very poor when I first ________ in Paris. When I _________ shopping for food, I always

_____ the cheapest things. I never ____________ by taxi; I usually_________. But I _______ not

unhappy. I ___________ Paris and people _______ very kind to me. I _______ some people then who are still good friends today.

I only _________ a little French, and I ________ to learn to speak and understand French well. Every day I ______ up early. Before my French lesson I _________ a newspaper and _________ to understand it; then I _________ up the difficult words in the dictionary and _________ to learn them. I ________ to lessons every day, and I __________ to everybody I _________.

After a few months I __________ very little money, so I __________ as a part-time secretary for and American lawyer. The job ______________ interesting, but my life outside my job ________ very interesting. I __________ friends who __________ artists, musicians and writers. I ________ them and _________ things that were new and interesting every day.

My family __________ I was coming home at the end of a year. Actually I stayed for five years, and I ________ every day of those five years. I __________ home in 1990 and I'm happy I did, but I think of Paris every day.

live be (3) travel go walk meet buy love

get read speak try(2) meet talk want look go

be(2) have got(2) work see love start not be think hear come