Tenses review

Complete the passage with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Fifteen-year-old New Yorker Leanna Archer ^1. …………………… (be) a successful businesswoman since the age of nine. For years, people ^2. ……………………… (pay) her compliments on her hair. She realised that this was because of her grandmother’s homemade hair products, made from secret formulas that ^3. ………………………… (pass) down by the women in her family for generations. Leanna ^4. …………………… (must / enjoy) all the compliments, but she also decided to take action. The nine-year-old told her parents that she ^5. ……………………… (want) to sell the products. They told her that she ^6. ………………………… (have to / wait) a few years because she was too young. So she began without their help, and today her shampoos and hair butters ^7. ……………………………… (sell) all over the world. Last year her company had an income of $100,000. If she ^8. ………………… (take) her parents’ advice, she ^9. ……………………… (not achieve) success at such a young age. Now they ^10. …………………… (must / be) glad that she didn’t listen to them!

KEY

1. has been

2. have paid

3. had been passed

4. must have enjoyed

5. wanted

6. had to wait

7. are sold

8. had taken

9. wouldn’t have achieved

10. must be