Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in

Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (the Present Simple, the Past Simple, or the Present Continuous).
Manuel Gonzalez 1) ___________ (come) from Spain. He usually 2) ___________ (live) in Madrid and 3) ___________ (work) as a journalist for a Spanish newspaper, but two years ago he 4) ___________ (decide) to take a year off work to live in different countries in Europe and write a book about Europeans. He 5) ___________ (spend) the first two months in Scandinavia and then 6) ___________ (move) to Germany for a month. At present he 7) ___________ (stay) in Paris, where he 8) ___________ (rent) a flat for five weeks. Four years ago he 9) ___________ (write) a best-selling travel guide to Spain and now he 10) ___________ (work) hard to have the same success with his book about Europeans.