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Interactions 1 Grammar, 4/e
Elaine Kirn
Darcy Jack

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Read the conversation. Fill the blanks with the correct forms of the past tense of the verbs in parentheses.



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Father: I ever (talk) to you kids about the good old days?
Jason: The good old days?
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Father: Yes ... when your mother and I were you age. We (work) hard, but we (enjoy) life. We n't (need) a lot in the 1950s.
Jason: You n't (have) many machines then, right?
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Jessica: What? You mean TV n't (exist)?
Father: Oh, television (exist), but there was only black and white TV.
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Jessica: What you (do) for fun? you (go) to the movies every night?
Father: No. We usually (stay) home and (entertain) ourselves.
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Jason: How you (live) without a TV, and video games, and CDs?
Father: The children (play) games. My sister (use to) play rock and roll records on her record player. My mother and father (use to) talk a lot.
Mother: Not my family. My parents n't (use to) talk much at all.