Question

1- Read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct past form of the verbs in brackets. Erin Brockovich, an American woman, (1)……………………(BE) born in Kansas. She (2)………………………….(STUDY) at a business college for a year, then she (3)………………………(MOVE) to southern California and (4)……………………. (MARRY) a restaurant manager. In 1990, when she (5)…………………..(BE) thirty years old, she (6)…………………(BE) in a car accident. A law company (7)…………………………(HELP) her after the accident and later, she (8)……………………….(START) to work for them. Her job (9)………………..(BE) to organize papers. One day Erin (10)…………………….. (REALIZE) that there (11)………………………(BE) lots of papers about some very sick people in a place called Hinkley. She (12)…………………………(START) to look for more information about the town. Erin (13)…………………(WORK) very hard for five years. She (14)…………………… (VISIT) lots of sick people in Hinkley and (15)………………………….(LISTEN) to their stories. All the people (16)………………………….. (LIVE) near a big Pacific Gas and Electric factory and she (17) ………………………………(DISCOVER) that there (18)……………. (BE) a chemical called chromium in the local water. It (19)…………….. (BE) from the factory and Erin (20)………………..…..…(BELIEVE) that the people (21)………………….(BE) sick because of the chromium in their drinking water, She (22)……………………….(PLAN) to help them. Erin and her boss (23)………………………..(START) a law case against the Pacific Gas and Electric company. The company (24)……………………..(NOT BE) happy about this. They (25)………………………..(NOT AGREE) that the people (26)……………….(BE) ill because of the water – but in 1996 the judge (27)……………………..(ORDER) Pacific Gas and Electric to pay the people in Hinkley $500,000 each, there (28)…………….(BE) 600 sick people, so that (29)………………(BE) $333 million in total. In 2000, the (30)……………………(BE) a film about Erin Brockovich. Julia Roberts (31) …………………….(PLAY) Erin and the film (32) ………………….(BE) very successful. Now Erin is famous – she has her own company and gives talks all over the world.

Answer 1

1. was

2. studied.

3. moved.

4. married.

5. was.

6. was.

7. helped.

8. started.

9. was.

10. realized.

11. were.

12. started.

13. worked.

14. visited.

15. listened.

16. lived.

17. discovered.

18. was.

19. was.

20. believed.

21. were.

22. planned.

23. started.

24. didn't be.

25. didn't agree.

26. were.

27. ordered.

28. were.

29. was.

30. was.

31. played.

32. was.