For each of the following sentences, choose the correct form of the verb.
For help with this exercise, see chapter 25 of Real Essays 5e.
Example
When my grandfather retired at the age of seventy, he (to hold) many different jobs.
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By the time he was fifteen years old, he (to drop out) of school and was working full-
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Before taking the job at the pizzeria, though, he (to be) a tailor at the shop across the street.
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By the time he married my grandmother at the age of eighteen, he (to work) at four different restaurants and bakeries.
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Each time he left a job it was because he (to figure out) that there would be a better wage at another one.
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By the time my uncle was born, my grandfather (to realize) that he was going to have to try something else yet again in order to support his rapidly growing family.
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His own father (to manage) grocery stores for a living, and he decided to give that kind of job a try.
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The grocery store business was very good to him, and by the time he moved to Florida forty years later he (to receive) more than twenty-
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My grandfather always says that what he wishes he (to learn) earlier is that there is often more to gain from sticking with one job than from bouncing around.
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I’m not sure that this is always true, though, and I might not have found the great job I have now if I (not to try) a couple of other ones first.
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