Question

8. Fill in the blanks with the Simple Past or the Present Perfect of the verbs in parentheses.
a) People ______________________ from diseases since life began. (suffer)
b) Plants ______________________ the world since the beginning of life. (feed)
c) Those problems ______________________ in the newspapers for years. (be)
d) I ______________________ my wife over forty years ago. We ______________________ each other for over forty years. (meet – know)

Answer 1

a) Suffered

b) Fed

c) Were

d) met - know