Read the passage about the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Based on the historical context and surrounding verbs, what are the correct forms of the verbs in parentheses—'force' and 'leave'—that should fill in the blanks to maintain a consistent and grammatically correct tense throughout the paragraph?
Cevap:Although the building of the Brooklyn Bridge began in 1869 under the direction of John A. Roebling, his sudden death that same year (force) 【forced】 his son, Washington Roebling, to take over as chief engineer. Washington, however, soon developed caisson disease, a painful condition that (leave) 【left】 him bedridden for the remainder of the project. Despite his physical limitations, he continued to supervise the construction from his apartment window, using a telescope to monitor the workers' progress.
Cevap
forced; left
The correct verbs to fill the blanks are 'forced' and 'left'. The passage recounts historical events that began in 1869, establishing a narrative frame in the simple past tense. This is reinforced by the surrounding past-tense verbs 'began', 'developed', and 'continued'. Consequently, both verbs must be conjugated in the past tense ('forced' and 'left') to maintain chronological consistency and grammatical flow.
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