Instructions:

The following activity consists in a story of two friends that will have to try to preserve

their friendship despite the distance. You will find some blank spaces in which you have to

choose the correct verb form.

Have fun!

Margaret and Maizon ______________ (have been/ is) friends for a very long time.

Maizon _______ (is/are) from the United States and

Margaret _____ (are/is) from Argentina.

Maizon currently ______ (lived/lives) in Argentina because his dad _____ (is/are)

working there.

Maizon _______________ (will move/ moves) back to his country,

so he ______ (has/had) to pack.

Maizon ____________ (thinks/tought)

of Margaret as his best friend, so he

will miss her a lot.

Maizon _____ (is/are)

afraid of making

new friends

in his country.

When they first _____ (meet/met) they ______ (were/was)

very different. They _______ (were/was) used to eat

different food, play different sports, and of course they

_______ (speaks/spoke) different languages.

They ______ (was/were) attending to the same school,

and Margaret _______(know/knew) how to speak in English,

so they ______ (get/got) a long very well since

the beginning.

Despite the cultural differences they _____ (has/had),

Margaret ___________(helps/helped) Maizon to _____________(get/got) used to

the type of living in Argentina, she ___________(shows/showed) him the

basic things

he __________(needed/needs)

to __________(know/knew) in

order to get use

to her country.

They are afraid their

friendship may end or

change, buy they will try to

keep in touch as much as

possible and continue with

this faraway friendship for a

very long time.

1. A shoulder to cry on: 2. See eye to eye:3. No love lost: 4. Hate someone's guts: 5. Clear the air: 6. Bury the hatchet: 7. Patch up our differences:8. Through thick and thin:

Have been

is

lives

is

will move

has

thinks

is

met

were

spoke

knew

got

had

helped

get

showed

needed

know