>When I first ..... (meet) Noah in 1984 he .... (be) a small boy. I
>must say he .... (grow) a lot since that time. He .... (become) a very
>serious young man. It .... (be) a great pleasure to speak with such {a}
>serious young man. He .... (just/graduate) from secondary school and
>next week he ..... (write) qualification tests for university. He ....
>(want) to study social sciences and he .... (hope) to make an
>important official or even a politician in the future.
>However, things have been a bit different with Noah's older brother -
>Simon whom I .... (know) since childhood. Before he ..... (join) the
>army in 1988, he .... (spend) a few years {abroad} away from home. He
>.... (travel) a lot in Europe and Asia and .... (settle) in the Indian
>capital - New Delhi - for two years. I guess that Simon .... (not
>feel) too happy so far away from his hometown, and so he .... (make)
>up his mind to return in 1987. After the military service he ....
>(take) up different jobs, but ever since the crisis .... (begin) in
>1996 he .... (be) unemployed.
>I .... (not hear) much from Stella - Noah and Simon's sister who ....
>(emigrate) to Canada in 1986. Before the emigration, she .... (work)
>as a waitress in the local restaurant, but supposedly, this job ....
>(not give) much satisfaction to a clever girl like Stella, so she ....
>(leave) her {native} town for good. As far as I know, she .... (get)
>married to some Scotsman not long time ago and they .... (have) a baby
>in a few month's time.
>
>A to moje propozycje : *met, was, has grown, has become, {was}, has just
>graduated, {will be writing}, wants, hopes, have known, joined, had spent,
>{had travelled}, settled, didn't feel, made, took, {began}, has been,
>{haven't heard}, {emigrated}, {had worked}, {didn't} give, {} left, {} got, are
>{having}