Review of verb tense(present,past,future)
Dianne, Sara, and Emily all (go)__________ to college together twenty years ago. They (have)___________ a wonderful time and (learn)_________ a lot. Now, the three of them (work)__________ at the same insurance company. They (eat)__________ lunch together every day and sometimes (tell)__________ stories about their school days.
Yesterday, they (remember)___________ a funny incident at a special banquet during their sophomore year. At this dinner, they (sit)_______ at the same table as the president of the university. Everything (go)_______ so well, but then something terrible (happen)____________. To make a long story short, Sara (spill) _________ a serving dish full of spaghetti onto the president.
Sara (be)________ terribly embarrassed. She (apologize)___________ profusely and (leave) __________ the banquet room in tears. Now, twenty years later, the three women (remember)__________ every detail, especially the look on the president’s face. When they (tell)__________ that story at lunch yesterday, and they (laugh)__________ until tears streamed down their faces.
The spaghetti incident (be, not)___________ funny when it happened, but it (be)__________ funny to the women now. Terrible embarrassments that we that we had when we (be)__________ young often seem funny when we (be)__________ older. As we (get)_____________ older, we (get)_________ more tolerant of our own faults. Right now you (be)__________ young. When you (be)________ older, you (smile)___________ with amusement about some of the seemingly terrible and embarrassing things that happen to you as a young adult.
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