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.
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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
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