Put the verbs in brackets into the correct past tense form:

1.’Why you (not, testify) ______________________ at the trial last week ? You (be) _________
there, when that car (run) ____________over Mary. You (see)_________ its number.’
‘They (threaten) ____________me and my family, sir. I (swear) __________to keep the secret.’
2.’Where you (tear) _____________________ your trousers ?’
‘I (tear)__________them in the barbed wire of a fence at ‘Ghencea’stadium. You see, I (have)
__________no money to buy a ticket, so I (try) ____________ to jump over it.’
3.’What you (wear) _____________________ at the office yesterday ?’
‘I (wear)____________ a black suit.’
4.’What time the sun (arise) __________________________ yesterday morning ?’
‘It (arise) _______________ at 5:30.’
5.Oil prices (rise) ___________ 50% last year.
6.When the stars (uprise)_________in the sky, Julian (feel) ___________he (can)____________
touch them with his hand.
7.’Where you (break) _____________________ you left leg ?’
‘I (go)_______to my uncle’s farm last month, and (ride) __________a wild horse there. I (fall)
__________ off it.’
8.’When you (write) ____________________________your parents a letter last ?’
‘I (write)_________to them at least 3 letters a month last year.Then, last week, I (move)______
to another city.’
9.’When you (drive)___________________________ a car last ?’
‘I (drive) _____________ my father’s BMW 3 days ago. ’
‘Oh, yeah ? And what (happen) ____________________ ?’
‘Nothing extraordinary. I (lose) _________ control of the wheel, the car (skid) ____________
and (run) _____________ into a lamp post.’
Actually, I (see)________ it yesterday, you (damage) _________________it quite badly, man.
What your father (say) ______________________________ when you (tell) __________him
the bad news ?’
‘He (say) _______ nothing.’
‘Nothing ?? What he (do) ____________________ ?’
‘He (faint)_________________ when he (see) ___________ it.’
‘How much it (cost) ___________________ him to get it mended ?’
‘Well, I don’t know exactly. It (cost) _________________ him about 40,000 €.’
‘And how much you (pay) _____________________ for the damage ?’
‘Nothing. The police (say)________ my father (bear) ______________ the responsabilities for
the accident and (put) _____________ him to jail. ‘
‘How much they (give) ____________________ him ?’
‘They (give) __________ him 15 years. The other driver (die) ____________ at the hospital 3
hours later.’
‘What your mother (say) ______________________ when she (hear) __________ the jury’s
sentence ? ‘
‘She (weep) ________a lot. Now she’s OK. ’
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