Your Language Trainer
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Steven Glen Graning ………… (to be) born in Oak Lawn, Illinois in 1970. He …………… (to grow) up in Homewood, a suburb of Chicago, and …………… (to go) to Homewood-Flossmoor High School, where he ………….. (to play) baseball and football, and occasionally ……………. (to study). One day, while he was …………… (to sit) at his desk in Chicago, where he ……………….. (to be) working as an accountant, he …………..…… (to decide) …………….. (to travel) to Europe. So he ………. (to do).
Steve …………. (to move) to Budapest in 1994 because he ……..….. (to hear) it was a cool place, and he ……..………….. (to live) here ever since. He …………….. (to teach) English at Berlitz from 1994 to 1996. He then …………. (to get) a job at Central European University as the coordinator of the History Department. He ………….. (to work) there for four years before …………… (to become) a freelancer. In order to ……………. (to work) independently, he ………….. (to set) up a company ……………….. (to call) Liget Language Services, which he still ……………… (to run) today. In addition to …………………. (to teach) English, Steve also ……………… (to translate) from Hungarian to English, …………………… (to proofread), and is the co-host of a podcast.
In 1998, Steve …………… (to get) married. His first daughter was born in 1999 and ……………. (to be) now 20 years old. His younger daughter will …………… (to turn) 17 in May. Steve …………… (to get) divorced in 2012 and ...................... (to do) not plan to remarry. He ………………. (to see) his daughters often. They love ……………………. (to watch) superhero movies together.
