Question

Put the verbs in brackets in the right tense and voice . Write your answers on the Answer Sheet .
David Lang vanished from the face of the Earth on September 23 1880 and no one 1)............(hear) of him ever since . His disappearance on a sunny afternoon and in front of five witnesses 2)..............(remain) one of the most baffling mysteries of all time .
During his last moments , Lang - a prosperous farmer - 3).............(walk) across a field in front of his home , near Gallatin , Tennessee. His two children 4)..............(play) in front of the house . His wife 5).................(just come ) out of the house to greet Judge August Peck and his brother-in-law who were approaching the house in their car .
David 6)...........(smile) , 7) ..............(wave) at the visitors and 8)...........(start) walking towards the group at the farm house. He 9)............(take) a dozen steps , then Mrs. Lang's horrified scream 10)...............(shatter) the afternoon. Judge Peck 11).............(drop) his hat . The two men 12)........(sprint) across the field to join Mrs. Lang and the children and to see where David Lang 13).........(have) last been seen. There 14).........(be) no trace of the farmer . In full view of five witness he 15).............(vanish) . His wife 16)........(fall) to her knees and 17).........(begin) to beat frantically at the ground . Judge Peck 18).........(lift) her to her feet and the five
19)............(start) searching for David Lang : no sign of the missing man . The judge 20)................(try) to call for help when a few neighbours 21)............(arrive) and search parties 22)............(be) formed . The next morning the county surveyor 23)...........(show) up and inspected the area where Lang 24)............(vanish) . He announced that there were no holes or caves into which a man 25).............(can ) fall .

Answer 1

1) has heard                        11) dropped
2) remains                           12) sprinted
3) walked                             13) had
4) were playing                     14) was
5) had just come                   15) vanished
6) smiled                              16) fell
7) waved                              17) began
8) started                             18) lifted
9) took                                 19) started
10) shattered                        20) tried
                                           21) arrived
                                           22) were
                                           23) showed
                                           24) had vanished
                                          25) could