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ESL Advanced: Read the Story , Practice Verb Tenses and Answer Comprehension Questions

The Man from Thailand

1. The man in the blue car is driving to work.

2. He lived in Thailand for 30 years. Now he lives in Washington.

3. He was a teacher in Thailand for 5 years. He taught reading and writing.

4. He liked that job, but he wanted to come to the United States.

5. He never had enough money in Thailand. He could not find a second job.

6. Now he works at a hospital as a translator.

7. He likes this job too, but it is easy for him.

8. He does not want to stay at the hospital all his life.

9. He goes to college in the evenings.

10. He wants to be a manager at a software company.

11. He believes that work will be challenging.

12. He will graduate in four years.

Now study the verbs in this story. Then practice by writing your own story.

 * liking is not used very much

Two Verb Rule: When 2 verbs are used together, the 1^st verb shows tense (present, past, future) and the 2^nd verb is in basic form (to work, to drive, to see). Study verbs  on the grammar pages.

Get more practice with this story. Answer reading comprehension questions.