Let's go through the exercise step by step, filling in the blanks with the appropriate tense for each verb based on the context provided:
(do) - "Ask hundreds of people what they will be doing on a certain day in August next year, or the year after."
Explanation: "Will be doing" is the future continuous tense, used here to indicate an action that will be ongoing at a specific time in the future.
(be) - ".and there will be only one reply."
Explanation: "Will be" is the simple future tense, which is used to predict a future occurrence.
(ask) - "Provided of course that the people you ask."
Explanation: Present simple tense "ask" is appropriate here to describe a general truth or habitual action.
(belong) - ".(ask) belong to the Elvis Presley Fan Club."
Explanation: Present simple tense "belong" is used for a state of being or a fact.
(die) - "Although the King of Rock and Roll died nearly two decades ago."
Explanation: The past simple tense "died" is used to refer to a completed action in the past.
(meet) - ".his fans have been meeting every year since then."
Explanation: Present perfect continuous tense "have been meeting" is used to emphasize the ongoing nature of the meetings from the past until now.
(love) - ".to show respect for the singer they love so much."
Explanation: Present simple tense "love" is used to express a lasting emotion or feeling.
(visit) - "Jean has visited Gracelands."
Explanation: Present perfect tense "has visited" is used to describe an action that occurred at an unspecified time in the past and is relevant to the present.
(suffer) - ".the house where Elvis suffered his fatal heart attack."
Explanation: Past simple tense "suffered" is used for a specific event that occurred at a definite time in the past.
(borrow) - "The first time I borrowed the money."
Explanation: Past simple tense "borrowed" is used for a completed action in the past.
(not work) - ".as I was not working then."
Explanation: Past continuous tense "was not working" is used to describe an ongoing action in the past.
(get) - "But two years ago I got married."
Explanation: Past simple tense "got" is used to indicate a completed action in the past.
(work) - ".and since then I have been working in my husband Chris’s garage."
Explanation: Present perfect continuous tense "have been working" is used to indicate an action that started in the past and continues to the present.
(go) - "Chris and I went together last year."
Explanation: Past simple tense "went" is used to describe a completed action in the past.
(think) - ".and we are thinking of spending two or three months in the USA next year."
Explanation: Present continuous tense "are thinking" is used to describe an action that is currently in progress or planned for the future.
(always want) - "I have always wanted to visit some of the places."
Explanation: Present perfect tense "have always wanted" is used to express a desire that started in the past and continues to the present.
(perform) - ".where Elvis performed."
Explanation: Past simple tense "performed" is used to refer to completed actions in the past.
(be) - "Jean says that Elvis has been her obsession."
Explanation: Present perfect tense "has been" indicates that Elvis has been an obsession from some point in the past up to the present.
(be) - ".ever since she was ten years old."
Explanation: Past simple tense "was" is used to indicate a specific time in the past.
(own) - ".and she owns every single one of his records, good and bad."
Explanation: Present simple tense "owns" is used to describe a current state or possession.
