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Charts
1 Complete the paragraphs with the correct forms of the words in parentheses. Use the simple
11-17
present, present progressive, simple past, or past progressive. Add not where necessary.
I’m an only child. (1) I ___ dont have (have) any brothers or sisters. A lot of people

(2) CCC) sorry for me when I tell them that, but J (3) SS
(know) why. They (4) ____————SSCSsS(beelieve) certain things to be true about all only
children, but they're wrong. For example, many people (5) ———__ (think)

that all only children are lonely, but I (6) ________ (be) lonely as a child.
I1(7)___ SCS (?2c0) to my friends’ houses and (8) SSS)
with the kids in my apartment building. Also, not all only children are spoiled. While I
(9) CC“‘CSCN grow up), my parents (10) —SCSCSCS(giive) me a lot of love and
attention, but I (11) ____._______ (get) everything I asked for.

It’s really not bad to grow up without siblings. Nowadays, more and more
couples (12) SS (decile) to have only one child. One reason is that

it (13) SSS (Cost) a lot of money to raise children. Also, many couples
(14) CSCC a itt) rnnttii] their thirties to start a family. My husband and I
(15) CSC) only one child, and we (16) ___ SS an) to
have more. One child is just fine.

Charts 2 EDIT. Read the e-mail from Max’s father to Anna, a family member. Find and correct eight
V1.2, more errors with present and past Gimple and progressive) verb forms.
1.3, 1.5,
1.6 Qe

Hi Anna,
are things going
How de+hines-co? Everything is great with Emily, Max, and me. J

Max grows day by day. He’s four months old now. He is getting big!
Emily is working part time now. She was going back to work last

month, so she’s always really tired. It’s too bad babies aren’t sleeping
through the night. Max wakes up two or three times a night. I’m lucky.

I’m never waking up. Emily does.
I need my sleep. I’m working long hours these days. On top of that,

my boss is always complaining about something. The other day, at
6:00 p.m., while I walked out the door to go home, he said, “Do you leave

already?” These comments upset me, so now IJ think about changing jobs.
Anyway, enough about me. What do you do nowadays? Write soon!

Love,
Carlos
Cee)
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