I come from a very large family and recently my parents have decided (decide) that they had spent (spend) long enough living in an overcrowded house in Birmingham.
“We are moving (move) to the country”, my father announced (announce) one evening. “I will sell/am selling (sell) this house and we will live/are going to live (live) on a farm”.
So last week we loaded (load) all our belongings into two hired vans, and for the last few days we have been trying (try) to organise ourselves in our new home.
Yesterday, for example, my two brothers and I started (start) painting the upstairs rooms. Unfortunately, while I was mixing (mix) the paint, one of my brothers opened (open) the door.
Nobody told (tell) him that we were (be) in the room. So instead of painting the walls we spent (spend) all morning cleaning paint off the floor.
But worse things have happened (happen) since then. This morning, when I woke (wake) up, water was dripping (drip) through the ceiling next to my bed. We have spent (spend) the last five hours repairing the roof. It is not all bad news though. The school in the village nearby closed (close) down two years ago, and my parents haven't found (find) another school for us yet.
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