1) Fill in the brackets with the correct past tense:
Miss Sharp's father (be) an artist an (give) drawing lessons at Miss Pinkerton's school.
He (be) a clever man, a pleasant companion, a careless student.
He (owe) money for a mile around Soho, where he (live).
He (marry) a young woman of the French nation who (be) by profession an opera-girl.
Rebecca's mother (have) some education somewhere, and her daughter (speak) French with a Parisian accent.
It (be) in those days a rare accomplishment, and (lead) to her engagement with Miss Pinkerton. She (be) seventeen when she (come) to Chiswick as a pupil; her duties (be) to talk French and her privileges to live cost free, and, with a few guineas a year, to get, some knowledge from the professors of the school.
She (live) there for nearly two years when a battle (begin) between her and Miss Pinkerton (tell) her that she (be) to instruct the younger girls in music for the future.
Rebecca (refuse).
Thus a battle (begin) which (last) for months.