Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form. Mara Campos ____________ (to become) a...

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Put the verbs in brackets in the correct form.
Mara Campos ____________ (to become) a rising star in the Progressive Party. She __________ (to begin) her political career while she _________ (to study) at Woodsville University. When she first _________ (to stand) as a candidate for Woodsville, she ____________ (not/ to win) many votes – Woodsville is a traditional town, and no woman ____________ (ever/ to be) a candidate there before. “They ___________ (to elect) the same man, year after year, “she told me” , and they just ____________ ( to laugh) at me when I _________( to get up) to speak”. But she was the winning candidate in the next election, and since then she __________ (to snow) herself to be a hard-hitting speaker who ___________ (never/ to be) afraid to say what she thinks.
In recent months she _________ (to fight) hard to improve the position of women. She told me the reason . “ I began this campaign because women _______________
(continually/ to write) to me, complaining of how their husbands ___________ (to treat)them. Sometimes their husbands __________ (to throw) them out of the family home and left them without any possessions. The law always ___________ (to take) the husband's side in such cases”.
When I __________ (to interview) Maria Campos last week, she __________
(to plan) a new campaign on this question. She _________ (already/ to persuade) some of the country's most important legal experts to support her. “The law must be changed”, she _________ (to say) to me.


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Mara Campos  (has become) a rising star in the Progressive Party. She  ( began) her political career while she  (was studying) at Woodsville University. When she first ( stood) as a candidate for Woodsville, she (did not win) many votes – Woodsville is a traditional town, and no woman  (had ever been) a candidate there before. “They  (are electing) the same man, year after year, “she told me” , and they just  ( laughed) at me when I ( got up) to speak”. But she was the winning candidate in the next election, and since then she  (has shown) herself to be a hard-hitting speaker who  (is never) afraid to say what she thinks.
In recent months she  (has fought) hard to improve the position of women. She told me the reason . “ I began this campaign because women (are continually writing) to me, complaining of how their husbands (treat) them. Sometimes their husbands  (threw) them out of the family home and left them without any possessions. The law always (takes) the husband's side in such cases”. When I  (intervied) Maria Campos last week, she (was planning) a new campaign on this question. She  (has already persuaded) some of the country's most important legal experts to support her. “The law must be changed”, she ( said) to me.

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