Fill in the Blanks IV LEVEL UNIT 2 GENERATIONS Lesson 2Online version Students will be able to reinforce new verb patterns by Martha Uribe 1 asked surrounded engineering mood childhood afterwards continued moved Nowadays missed played " My name is Martha . I was born in 1965 . I am a divorced mother of two - Tiffany and Thomas . I grew up by my family , my mother and my father and my two sisters . At that time we didn ? t have computers , so we outside with our neighborhood friends , made up our own games , and even made some of our own toys when we were in a creative . In the summers we rode our bikes , played catch , played baseball and softball in the park , and had swings in the backyard . In the winters there were snow ? ghts and sledding . We spent a lot of time outdoors . As teenagers , while we to play sports , we were also into music and music videos . I feel like my children did much less of that . They spent more time indoors playing video games and board games , and reading . It makes me think that they out on the kind of I had . , I am busier than I have ever been . I run my own ? rm and manage ? fteen employees . My daughter Tiffany has ? nished college and back home . She has a part - time job and is thinking about what to do next . Thomas is in his last year of college and will probably go straight to law school . My parents are getting on in age , so I them to move into an apartment nearby so I could help them with anything they need . Life is good , but I worry a lot about my family . " 2 latest afford can tough Nowadays Eventually considering emphasized seeing science mind political college generation position " I am Tiffany . I was born in 1993 . My childhood was a happy one . My brother and I played lots of video games at home or at our friends ? homes . We had all the games , and our friends loved coming to our house . We were not really into sports , although I don ? t a basketball game or football game on TV . We did read a lot though . Mom used to take us to the library every week , and she always the importance of reading and getting a good education . I ? nished two years ago . , I work as a part - time secretary , but this is out of necessity rather than choice . Full - time jobs are dif ? cult to come by . I studied in college , and there doesn ? t seem to be much demand for political scientists on the market , so I may go back to grad school and train to be a teacher , but I am still my options . In the meantime , I live with my mom as I ? t the high rents downtown on my salary . I am happy to be near my family , but I know that my mom worries about my future . Maybe I should have studied something more practical . A lot of my friends are in a similar - either back home with their parents , or sharing an apartment downtown . I don ? t like sharing , so I prefer to live with my mom . my will get itself sorted , but the economy is right now . "