III. Put the correct tense of each verb in brackets.
a. My uncle ( take ) ……………….. me to a piano concert last night. It ( be) …………….. a pleasant evening. I ( meet) ……………….. many interesting people. The weather ( be) ……… nice. I really ( enjoy) …………… the concert.
b. American engineer Henry Ford ( start) …………….. the Ford Motor Company in 1903. Ford ( produce) …………………. the first cheap motor car. He ( call) ……………….. the car the Ford Model T. He ( start) ………………… making the Ford Model T in Detroit in 1908. Millions of people ( buy) ……………….. the car and Ford ( become) …………………. a very rich man.
c. Two people ( die) ……………… in a fire in Ellis Street, Oldport yesterday moring. They
( be) ………………… Herbert and Molly Paynter, a couple in their seventies. The fire ( start) ………………….. at 3.20 a.m. A neighbour, Mr.Aziz ( see) …………… the flames and ( call) ……………….. the fire brigade. He also ( try) ……………… to get into the house and rescue his neighbours, but the heat ( be) ………………….. too great. The fire brigade ( arrive) ………………… in five minutes. Twenty fire fighters ( flight) ……………… the fire and finally ( bring) …………………. it under control. Two fire- fighters ( enter) ………………. burning building but ( find) ………………. the couple dead.