Fill in the correct form and the past tense of the verbs in the brackets: In 1853, the California gold rush______ in full swing, and everyday items _____ in short supply.(to be) Levi Strauss, a 24- year-old German immigrant, ______ New York for San Francisco with a small supply of dry goods with the intention of opening a branch of his brother's New York dry goods business. (leave) Shortly after his arrival, a prospector _______ to know what Mr. Levi Strauss was selling. (want) When Strauss ________ him he ________ rough canvas to use for tents and wagon covers, the prospector ________, "You should have brought pants!," saying he couldn’t find a pair of pants strong enough to last. (tell, have, say) Levi Strauss _______ the canvas made into waist overalls. (have) Miners ______ the pants, but __________ that they __________ to chafe. (like, complain, tend) Levi Strauss ___________ a twilled cotton cloth from France called "serge de Nimes." (substitute) The fabric later __________ known as denim and the pants _________ nicknamed blue jeans. (become, be) In 1873, Levi Strauss & Company _________ using the pocket stitch design. (begin) Levi Strauss and a Reno Nevada-based Latvian tailor by the name of Jacob Davis __________ the process of putting rivets in pants for strength. (co-patent) On May 20, 1873, they __________ U.S.Patent No.139,121. (receive) This date is now considered the official birthday of "blue jeans." Levi Strauss ________ Jacob Davis to come to San Francisco to oversee the first manufacturing facility for "waist overalls," as the original jeans _______ known as. (ask, be) The two-horse brand design _________ first used in 1886. (be) The red tab ___________ to the left rear pocket was ____________ in

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Verbs Tenses: The Past

Fill in the correct form and the past tense of the verbs in the brackets:

In 1853, the California gold rush______ in full swing, and everyday items _____ in short supply.(to be) Levi Strauss, a 24-year-old German immigrant, ______ New York for San Francisco with a small supply of dry goods with the intention of opening a branch of his brother's New York dry goods business. (leave) Shortly after his arrival, a prospector _______ to know what Mr. Levi Strauss was selling. (want) When Strauss ________ him he ________ rough canvas to use for tents and wagon covers, the prospector ________, "You should have brought pants!," saying he couldn’t find a pair of pants strong enough to last. (tell, have, say)

Levi Strauss _______ the canvas made into waist overalls. (have) Miners ______ the pants, but __________ that they __________ to chafe. (like, complain, tend) Levi Strauss ___________ a twilled cotton cloth from France called "serge de Nimes." (substitute) The fabric later __________ known as denim and the pants _________ nicknamed blue jeans. (become, be)

In 1873, Levi Strauss & Company _________ using the pocket stitch design. (begin) Levi Strauss and a Reno Nevada-based Latvian tailor by the name of Jacob Davis __________ the process of putting rivets in pants for strength. (co-patent) On May 20, 1873, they __________ U.S.Patent No.139,121. (receive) This date is now considered the official birthday of "blue jeans."

Levi Strauss ________ Jacob Davis to come to San Francisco to oversee the first manufacturing facility for "waist overalls," as the original jeans _______ known as. (ask, be)

The two-horse brand design _________ first used in 1886. (be) The red tab ___________ to the left rear pocket was ____________ in 1936 as a means of identifying Levi’s jeans at a distance. (attach, create) All are registered trademarks that are still in use.