1. My father … forty when he married my mother. 2. She … a very beautiful woman and he … a very ugly man. 3. Now my mother … very pretty too. 4. Her eyes … green and large. 5. She … small and rather tall. 6. My brother and I … very different persons. 7. We … both well-built, but I … blond and he … ginger. 8. Our parents … the best parents!