Question

How jeans came to America

Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple or past continuous.

Levi Strauss came (come) from a small town in the south of Germany. When he 1. ___________ (be) a young man, he2 __________________ (fall) in love with the mayor's daughter.

But the mayor and Levi's parents 3 _______________________(not want) them to marry.

Levi's parents 4_____________________ (send) him away to New York where his brothers 5________________________ (live). They6 ______________________ (be) tailors and they7____________________ (teach) him to sew. In 1850, Levi _______________________ (take) some sailcloth from New York to San Francisco when he _________________________ (meet) some men. They

10 _____________________________(dig) for gold in the streams and rivers. The weather was bad. It ________________________ (rain) and the wind12 _____________________________ (blow). The men were cold because they (wear)13 ___________________________thin trousers.

Suddenly Levi 14______________________(have) an idea. He 15 ____________ (use) the sailcloth which he16 _____________________ (transport) to make trousers for the men. Then he 17___________________________________(sew) on metal studs to

make them stronger.

The men 18 ____________________________ (love) the trousers but they 19________________________________________(not like) the yellow-grey colour. So when Levi Strauss 20______________________(open) a

Answer 1

Levi Strauss came (come) from a small town in the south of Germany. When he 1. ________WAS___ (be) a young man, he2 ____________FELL______ (fall) in love with the mayor's daughter.

But the mayor and Levi's parents 3 ____________DIDN'T WANT __________(not want) them to marry

Levi's parents 4___________SENT__________ (send) him away to New York where his brothers 5_____________LIVED___________ (live). They6 ____________WERE__________ (be) tailors and they7___________TAUGHT_________ (teach) him to sew. In 1850, Levi _______________TOOK________ (take) some sailcloth from New York to San Francisco when he ____________________MET_____ (meet) some men. They

10 __________________WERE DIGGING___________(dig) for gold in the streams and rivers. The weather was bad. It _____________WAS RAINING ___________ (rain) and the wind12 _______________WAS BLOWING______________ (blow). The men were cold because they (wear)13 __________________WERE WEARING _________thin trousers.

Suddenly Levi 14_________________HAD_____(have) an idea. He 15 ________USED____ (use) the sailcloth which he16 ________________TRANSPORTATED_____ (transport) to make trousers for the men. Then he 17______________________SEWED_____________(sew) on metal studs to

make them stronger.

The men 18 _____________________LOVED_______ (love) the trousers but they 19_______________________DIDN'T LIKE_________________(not like) the yellow-grey colour. So when Levi Strauss 20_________________OPENED_____(open) a