TENSES (MORE GAP FILLINGS OF TENSES)
1) complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
Too much, too young?
The world of professional tennis is full of teenage stars who want (1be)............................ the best, before their minds and bodies can (2 cope)........................... with the pressure, Venus and Serena Williams' father started(3 plan)......................... their international tennis careers before these two girls (4 be)...................... even born. Steffi Graf (5 already/play).......................... regularly by the age of three or four years old, and Jennifer Capriati (6 reach)............................her first Grand Slam semi-final by the time she (7 be)............................. just fourteen.
(8 be)...................... the success such child stars hope (9 achieve)................ a dream come true? Pssibly, but by the time most of these four women (10 reach)................... their twenties, the pressure of professional tennis (11 already/have)............................. an impact on their personal and family lives.
One tennis star parent advises others (12 think).................................... really careful before (13 pressurize)................................................. their children. " It's best (14 not push)..................................... too hard", she says. "Let professionals (15 guide)..........................their career, and make sure that your child feels allowed (16 say)....................................... no if they want", she warns.
In the case of young stars like Jennifer Capriati, nobody (17 notice)..................... what was happening until things (18 already/go)............... badly wrong, and jennifer(19 steal and take drugs).................... for some years.
Hopefully, our expectations of young professionals (20 become).............................. a bit more realistic, by the time the latest four-and five-year-old players (21 grow up)............................. to be tennis-star adults
Too much, too young?
The world of professional tennis is full of teenage stars who want (1be)............................ the best, before their minds and bodies can (2 cope)........................... with the pressure, Venus and Serena Williams' father started(3 plan)......................... their international tennis careers before these two girls (4 be)...................... even born. Steffi Graf (5 already/play).......................... regularly by the age of three or four years old, and Jennifer Capriati (6 reach)............................her first Grand Slam semi-final by the time she (7 be)............................. just fourteen.
(8 be)...................... the success such child stars hope (9 achieve)................ a dream come true? Pssibly, but by the time most of these four women (10 reach)................... their twenties, the pressure of professional tennis (11 already/have)............................. an impact on their personal and family lives.
One tennis star parent advises others (12 think).................................... really careful before (13 pressurize)................................................. their children. " It's best (14 not push)..................................... too hard", she says. "Let professionals (15 guide)..........................their career, and make sure that your child feels allowed (16 say)....................................... no if they want", she warns.
In the case of young stars like Jennifer Capriati, nobody (17 notice)..................... what was happening until things (18 already/go)............... badly wrong, and jennifer(19 steal and take drugs).................... for some years.
Hopefully, our expectations of young professionals (20 become).............................. a bit more realistic, by the time the latest four-and five-year-old players (21 grow up)............................. to be tennis-star adults
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