Complete the sentences with suitable tense forms of the verbs.
Karen, Emily and Anne all (go) … to college together 20 years ago. They (have) … a wderful time and (learn) … a lot. Now, the three of them (work) … at the same insurance company. They (eat) … lunch together every day and sometimes (tell) … stories about their school days. Yesterday, they (remember) … a funny accident at a special banquet during their sophomore year. At this dinner, they (sit) … at the same table as the president of the university. Everything (go) … alg fine, but then disaster (strike) … . To make a lg story short, Karen (spill) … a serving dish full of spaghetti to the president. Karen (be) … terribly embarrassed. She (apologize) … profusely and (leave) … the banquet room in tears.
Now, twenty years later, the three woman (remember) … every detail, especially the look the president’s face. When they (tell) … that story at lunch yesterday, they (laugh) … until tears streamed down their faces. The spaghetti incident (be, not) … funny when it happened, but it (be) … to the women now. Terrible embarrassments that we suffer when we (be) … young often seem funny when we (be) … older. As we (get) … older, we (get) … more tolerant of our own foibles. Right now you (be) … young. When you (be) … older, you (smile) … with amusement about some of the seemingly terrible and embarrassing things that happen to you as a young adult.