Exercise 3: Fill in the gaps with the objects and the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
Complete each gap using the words in brackets. Use the correct verb pattern: infinitive (with or without 'to') or gerund (-ing), as required by the main verb.
When I was a young teenager, my parents were the worst, or that's what I used to think. For a start, they didn't allow (me/go out) with my friends. However much I always begged (them/let) me go out, they would always force (me/stay) home. As a teenager, I remember thinking that they just didn't want (me/have) fun.
It wasn't just that I wasn't allowed to hang out with my friends, but they were always telling me to help (them/do) all sorts of things around the house: washing dishes, mopping floors, dusting my room, you name it. I remember how much I used to think I hated them at the time.
I often imagined (them/have) an accident, or a very nasty event that involved (them/get) hurt. At the time, my utter selfishness didn't let me see that my parents just intended (me/turn) out right. They didn't want (their son/be) a loser, and they did everything they could to achieve that.
Now I have a teenage son myself, and I have to admit that I'm doing to him everything I hated (my parents/do) to me.