2. Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple. 1. Arthur Conan Doyle (create) the detective, Sherlock Holmes. 2. Agatha Christie (write) over thirty novels. 3. Hercule Poirot (be) a Belgian detective. 4. Sherlock Holmes wore a cape and (smoke) a pipe. 5. I (see) how he went out of the shop last week. 6. My mother (work) in that company. 7. I (start) jogging last year. 8. The joke was funny but nobody (laugh).

1. Arthur Conan Doyle created the detective, Sherlock Holmes.
2. Agatha Christie wrote over thirty novels.
3. Hercule Poirot was a Belgian detective.
4. Sherlock Holmes wore a cape and smoked a pipe.
5. I saw how he went out of the shop last week.
6. My mother worked in that company.
7. I started jogging last year.
8. The joke was funny but nobody laughed.

Ответ:

1. Arthur Conan Doyle created the detective, Sherlock Holmes.
2. Agatha Christie wrote over thirty novels.
3. Hercule Poirot was a Belgian detective.
4. Sherlock Holmes wore a cape and smoked a pipe.
5. I saw how he went out of the shop last week.
6. My mother worked in that company.
7. I started jogging last year.
8. The joke was funny but nobody laughed.