Life Events

Gap-fill exercise

Fill in all the gaps, then press "Check" to check your answers. Use the "Hint" button to get a free letter if an answer is giving you trouble. You can also click on the "[?]" button to get a clue. Note that you will lose points if you ask for hints or clues!
The couple, Ken and Crucita, are getting married. Ken's friends say--Finally!
Ken and Crucita were neighbors. Ken and his mother moved into the house next to Crucita's house when Ken was only six years old.

Ken's mom had a very bad , and then an ugly and with Ken's father. That is why Ken and his mother moved to Yuma.

Crucita was the first new friend Ken met after moving into his new house. Ken and Crucita's grew until they were soon . Ken even received his first from Crucita.

As the two grew into and suffered all the of being , they supported each other in difficult times.

Ken was next to Crucita when she discovered that her father had a . Ken was there for her father's eventual . At the , Ken was there as Crucita looked into the and at her father's body for the last time.

Later, Ken helped Crucita's mother, a new . Because Crucita's mom, Ana, wanted to honor her husband, Ken suggested that she write a . She did and was very happy that she spent lots of time thinking about all the good times that she had had.

But all that is behind Ken and Crucita now. After a short , our couple are ready for . Lee, the , is planning a for Ken. Lorna, the , is planning a shower for Crucita. Soon Crucita and Ken will become and .