3.Fill the gaps with a verb from the brackets in the correct tens.
He was killed by his own invention
Rueben Tice was an electrician from Montetery, California but in his spare time he was also an inventor. Hir fint invention was an idea for chilling cocktail glasses but it (not be) 1________ successful in the winter of 1977 he(work)2_______ on his latest invention. That was an amusing device to take wrinkles out of prunes. He (not sleep)3______ for six nights, because he(put)4______ the final touches to his great discovery. He was scary ready to share in with the word. Unfortunately for mankind, the machine(explode)5_______ with a loud bang ah and Rueben(hit)6______ on the head by a large metal road. He (kill)7______ instantly. His dead body(cover) 8_______ in thousand of prunes. Unfortunately they were still wrinkled!
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