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| UNIVERSIDAD DE LA SALLEDEPARTAMENTO DE LENGUAS MODERNASInteraction and Society IIPast Tenses Quiz |
Professor in charge: María Elena Mora Mejía |
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I. Complete thefollowing newspaper report with the past simple (narrative) of the verbs in the list. The verb be is used twice, all others only once.

advance be come leap make order
reach say sink submergewatch

One minute Mr. Jones was using his huge mechanical digger to clear sand which had blown up against the foreshore at Swansea. The next his mighty machine had scooped up a breathless policesergeant and a constable who _______________ him to follow a man running along the beach.

With the two determined lawmen crouching in the bucket, the digger _______________ its top speed of 10 mphas it _______________ on the fugitive. When the digger _______________ level with the man, the two law officers _______________ out of the bucket and _______________ their arrest. But as Mr. Jones_______________ in horror the 10-ton digger _______________deeper and deeper into the sand. His efforts to free it _______________ fruitless and soon the tide _______________ in and _______________it.

Last night, after a five-hour rescue operation, Mr. Mervyn Owens, head of the company which owns the digger, _______________ ]”We have been landed with a repair bill of at least &6,000.”II. Complete the sentences with the past simple or the past progressive of the verbs in brackets. The adverbs in italics should be put in their correct position.

1. Who was that girl you_______________ (talk) to when I _______________ (pass) you in the street?
2. He _______________ (sleep) soundly when he was awaken by the noise. He _______________ (go) downstairs to find out what_______________ (happen). He _______________ (know) something must be wrong because the dog _______________ (bark) furiously.
3. He _______________ (not take) my remarks seriously. In fact, he...