Am I right?

Fill in the gaps in the sentences below using the verbs in the list. Use each verb once.

arrive begin continue die explain go up happen jump laugh pay off smoke

1 'What's...........?' she asked.

happend

2 There was no way to escape from the building excep to ...........

jump

3 The train ........... on time this morning.

has arrived

4 When she said that nothing seemed to be working right, I asked her to ...........

continue

5 Two boys were sitting close together, whispering and ...........

laughing

6 I'm afraid, though, the price has ........... a little bit.

gone up

7 I was happy that all of the hard work I had done in practice had finally ...........

paid off

8 When he ........... in 1985, few people noticed.

died / had died

9 Most people are now aware of the risks to their health if they ...........

jump

10 The radio said that the fighting ........... on Sunday and was ........... region around the capital.

was beginning, continuing