Put the verbs in brackets into the infinitive or -ing form.
“I hate 1) … (sit) … in this awful cell day after day. I must admit that I regret
2) … (rob) … that bank but I regret 3) ... (be) … caught even more! I tried so
hard 4) … (become) … a successful criminal because I've never really wanted
5) ... (work) … My mother meant 6) … (bring me up) … properly, but she failed.
I remember 7) … (lie) … and 8) … (steal) … when I was a teenager and I
stopped 9) .... (go) … to school when I was 15. I'll never forget the police
10) … (arrest) … me for the first time. I still went on 11) ... (break) … the law
when I got out of prison. Being a criminal means 12) ... (spend) … most of your
life in prison. When I get out of here, I'm going to try very hard 13) … (stay) …
out of trouble.”