Name: ___________________________ Date: __________________

Circle the correct verb in each sentence.

1. In the twentieth century, two jilted men on opposite sides of the country (create, created) amazing structures to soothe their broken hearts.
   
   
2. In 1908, Baldasare Forestiere (built, builded) a four-room underground apartment in Fresno, California.
   
   
3. Then, he (goes, went) to his native Italy and (ask, asked) his childhood sweetheart to join him in America.
   
   
4. When she refused, a sorrowful Baldasare (returns, returned) to the United States and (threw, throwed) himself into his digging.
   
   
5. By the time Baldasare died in 1946, he had (digged, dug) for 38 years and had (construct, constructed) 90 underground rooms over 10 acres.
   
   
6. Just after World War II, Edward Leedskalnin (began, begins) building a castle from enormous coral rocks in Florida City, Florida.
   
   
7. He had been (jilted, jilten) in 1920 by his 16-year-old fiancee, Agnes.
   
   
8. Edward (hopes, hoped) that Agnes would come back to him when he (became, become) famous for his project, which he moved to Homestead, Florida.
   
   
9. Edward (works worked) on his castle for 16 years in the dark of night, and no one (knows, knowed) how the five-foot-tall man moved 25-ton blocks.
   
   
10. Unfortunately, Agnes did not (visit, visited) Coral Castle or (change, changed) her mind about marrying Edward.
    
    Source: From Forestiere's Underground Gardens, www.agilitynut.com/sunkengardens.html
    Coral Castle, www.agilitynut.com/coralcastle.html