VERBS IN THE LAW AREA IN SIMPLE PAST FORM

Exercise 1. Write the past form of the verbs in the list IN THE CORRECT COLUMN

VERB IN BASE FORM REGULAR VERBS IN PAST IRREGULAR VERBS IN PAST

Give legal advice Gave

Collect evidence Collected
Represent a client Represented
Present evidence Presented
Write legal documents Wrote
Review documents Reviewed
Have work meetings Worked
Visit to the notary/courtroom visited
Explain laws explained
Make contracts Made
Make memorials Made
Litigate a trial litigated
Assist to the hearings assisted
Look for witneses looked
Prepare document prepared
Get ready for the hearing Got
Carry out an investigation carried
Dicredit the witness dicredited
Sign up a contract signed

Exercise 2. Complete the sentences with the past form of a logical verb from the list ABOVE.

1) The police officer ………COLLECTED……………….. some evidence about the crime

yesterday.
2) Last week, the defense lawyer …………………LOOKED FOR …..two witnesses to declare in
favor of his client.
3) Sheila …………MADE……………a contract with the manager of the hotel to work there.
4) The secretary ………WROTE………….legal documents at her office all the afternoon.
5) The detectives……CARRIED OUT…………an investigation about the robbery at the
Central Bank.
6) The attorneys carefully …PREPARED…………the documents for the session at the
courtroom.
7) The professor …………EXPLAINED…. the civil laws in the class last Saturday.
8) My brother is a lawyer. He ………GAVE……legal advice to my Friends.
9) Tomas ………VISITED……………his clients in the notary’s office last week.
10) I ……………MADE…..some memorials for those people yesterday.