26437 revision verb tenses past tense

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.

REVISION
Verbs Tenses: The Past