Verb Tenses: Choose the right one

1. With my birthday less than two weeks away, I am about to enter / would enter my 30s.
2. Yes. I’m going to be 30.  Please give me a moment as I have mourned / mourn the loss of my youth.  (mourn=lament)
3. Okay, I’m exaggerating / I exaggerate.  I really don’t care.  It’s just a number, right?
4. I mean, really, will I feel / do I feel any different the day after? I doubt it.
5. But, I am missing / am going to miss my 20s.  C’est la vie!
6. As my grandfather (who just turned 90!) would always say / has always said, it’s better than the alternative!

Answers:

1. Am about to enter
2. Mourn
3. Exaggerating
4. Will I feel
5. Am going to miss
6. Has always said

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