Question

PUT THE VERBS IN BRACKETS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE, PAST SIMPLE OR PAST
CONTINUOUS
Levi Strauss _____________ (come) from a small town in the south of Germany. When he
____________(be) a young man, he _____________(fall) in love with the mayor’s daughter.
The mayor and Levi’s parents ___________________(not want) them to marry. Levi’s
parents _________________(send) him away to New York where his brothers
_____________(live). They _________(be) tailors and they _____________(teach) him
to sew. In 1850, Levi _______________ (take) some sailcloth from New York to San
Francisco when he _______________(meet) some men who ___________(dig) for gold in
the streams and rivers. The weather was bad. It ________________(rain) and the wind
_______________(blow). The men ______(be) cold because they ____________(wear)
only thin trousers. Suddenly Levi _______(have) an idea. He ___________(use) the
sailcloth which he _______________(transport) to make trousers for the men on which he
____________(sew) on copper rivets to make them stronger. The men ____________(love)
the trousers but they ____________(not/like) the yellow-grey colour. So when Levi Strauss
________________(open) a tailor’s shop in San Francisco, he _____________ (import) a
special thick blue material from Nimes in France. That’s how jeans _____________(became)
blue.

Answer 1

Respuesta:

1. came

2. was

3. fell

5. don't wanted

6. Sent

7. Lived

8. Were

9. Teached

10. Took

11. Meet

12. Digging

13. Rained

14. BLown

15. were

16. Wearing

17. Had

18. used

19. transported

20 Sew

21. Loved

22. Didn't liked

23. Opened

24. Imported

25. Become