Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
Mara Campos ____________ (to become) a rising star in the Progressive Party. She __________ (to begin) her political career while she _________ (to study) at Woodsville University. When she first _________ (to stand) as a candidate for Woodsville, she ____________ (not/ to win) many votes – Woodsville is a traditional town, and no woman ____________ (ever/ to be) a candidate there before. “They ___________ (to elect) the same man, year after year, “she told me” , and they just ____________ ( to laugh) at me when I _________( to get up) to speak”. But she was the winning candidate in the next election, and since then she __________ (to snow) herself to be a hard-hitting speaker who ___________ (never/ to be) afraid to say what she thinks.
In recent months she _________ (to fight) hard to improve the position of women. She told me the reason . “ I began this campaign because women _______________
(continually/ to write) to me, complaining of how their husbands ___________ (to treat)them. Sometimes their husbands __________ (to throw) them out of the family home and left them without any possessions. The law always ___________ (to take) the husband's side in such cases”.
When I __________ (to interview) Maria Campos last week, she __________
(to plan) a new campaign on this question. She _________ (already/ to persuade) some of the country's most important legal experts to support her. “The law must be changed”, she _________ (to say) to me.
Mara Campos ____________ (to become) a rising star in the Progressive Party. She __________ (to begin) her political career while she _________ (to study) at Woodsville University. When she first _________ (to stand) as a candidate for Woodsville, she ____________ (not/ to win) many votes – Woodsville is a traditional town, and no woman ____________ (ever/ to be) a candidate there before. “They ___________ (to elect) the same man, year after year, “she told me” , and they just ____________ ( to laugh) at me when I _________( to get up) to speak”. But she was the winning candidate in the next election, and since then she __________ (to snow) herself to be a hard-hitting speaker who ___________ (never/ to be) afraid to say what she thinks.
In recent months she _________ (to fight) hard to improve the position of women. She told me the reason . “ I began this campaign because women _______________
(continually/ to write) to me, complaining of how their husbands ___________ (to treat)them. Sometimes their husbands __________ (to throw) them out of the family home and left them without any possessions. The law always ___________ (to take) the husband's side in such cases”.
When I __________ (to interview) Maria Campos last week, she __________
(to plan) a new campaign on this question. She _________ (already/ to persuade) some of the country's most important legal experts to support her. “The law must be changed”, she _________ (to say) to me.
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In recentmonths she has fought___ (to fight) hard to improve the position of women.She told me the reason . “ I began this campaign because women_are continually writing
(continually/ to write) to me, complaining of howtheir husbands are treating__ (to treat)them. Sometimes their husbands_threw____ (to throw) them out of the family home and left them withoutany possessions. The law always _takes___ (to take) the husband's sidein such cases”.
When I _interviewed_________ (to interview) Maria Campos last week, she _was planning__
(to plan) a new campaign on this question. She _had already persuaded___ (already/ topersuade) some of the country's most important legal experts to supporther. “The law must be changed”, she _said___ (to say) to me.