Exercise 3. fill the gaps with a verb in the correct tense. one summer morning meeks (come) 1 from the west to new york to find his sister. she (be) 2 mrs. mary snyder, a widow, aged 52, who (live) 3 for a year in a treatment house in a crowded district. at her address somebody (tell) 4 him that mary (move) 5 away longer than a month before. no one (can / tell) 6 him her new address. on coming out of the house mr. meeks (address) 7 a policeman who (stand) 8 on the corner, and (explain) 9 his difficulty to him. "i (recently / make) 10 a lot of money and i'd like to help mary as soon as possible", he (add) 11 . the policeman (pull) 12 his moustache and (tell) 13 meeks about juggins. he (say) 14 that juggins (be) 15 the leader of a new school of detectives. "juggins (solve) 16 some very difficult cases. i (take) 17 you to him", the policeman said. 24 "if i (find) 18 your sister, you (pay) 19 me two hundred dollars. i (try) 20 to solve your case. the disappearance of people in the city is the most interesting problem i (ever / work at) 21 ; ", (say) 22 the famous detective, (rise) 23 and (put on) 24 his hat. in fifteen minutes juggins (return) 25 holding a little piece of paper with mary's new address. after meeks (pay) 26 his bill, he (ask) 27 the detective to explain what he (do) 28 .
