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complete the text using the correct tense. note, not only past tenses are possible here.
i 1) (bore) in london, in the capital of england and i 2) (live) there until i 3) (leave)
home at the age of 18. my parents 4) (move) to england from china in the 1970s.
as a child i 5) (go) to the local school and, of course, 6) (speak) english with a local
accent, just like all the other children. but at home it was very different. we 7) (live) in
a chinese environment, with a great extended family of uncles and aunts. i 8) (remember)
feeling part of this big thing called “family”, and an even bigger thing called “china”. i think my
family really 9) (influence) me a lot while i 10) (grow) up. they often talked about
china as “our home” – even though i had never 11) (be) there before.
to me, it 12) (not, seem) at all strange to grow up as part of two cultures. i always
13) (think) that growing up in two cultures is a kind of gift, not a disadvantage. now
that i 14) (have) a child of my own, i want her to get in touch with her chinese roots
too, so we (plan) a visit to china later this year. all her chinese cousins and relatives
15) (look) forward to meeting her.
I 1) (was born) in London, in the capital of England and I 2) (had lived) there until I 3) (left) home at the age of 18. My parents 4) (moved) to England from China in the 1970s. As a child I 5) (went) to the local school and, of course, 6) (spoke) English with a local accent, just like all the other children. But at home it was very different. We 7) (lived) in a Chinese environment, with a great extended family of uncles and aunts. I 8) (remember) feeling part of this big thing called “family”, and an even bigger thing called “China”. I think my family really 9) (influenced) me a lot while I 10) (was growing) up. They often talked about China as “our home” – even though I had never 11) (been) there before. To me, it 12) (did not seem) at all strange to grow up as part of two cultures. I have always 13) (thought) that growing up in two cultures is a kind of gift, not a disadvantage. Now that I 14) (have) a child of my own, I want her to get in touch with her Chinese roots too, so we (are planning) a visit to China later this year. All her Chinese cousins and relatives 15) (are looking) forward to meeting her.