Question

Soapy was seized with a sudden fear that some dreadful enchantment had rendered him
immune to arrest. He was in a state of panic, and, when he came upon another
policeman lounging grandly in front of o glittering theatre, he caught at the immediate
straw of disorderly conduct'.
On the sidewalk Soapy began to yell drunken gibberish at the top of his harsh voice. He
danced. howled, raved and otherwise disturbed the skies. The policeman merely twirled
his club, turned his back to Soapy and remarked to a citizen: 'Tis one of them Yale lads
celebratin the goose egg they give to the Hartford College. Noisy, but no harm.
We've instructions to let them be."
Disconsolate, Soapy stopped his unavailing racket. Would never a policeman lay hands
on him? In his fancy, the island seemed an unattainable Arcadia. He buttoned his thin
coat against the chilling wind. In a cigar store he saw a well-dressed man lighting a cigar
at the swinging light. He had set his silk umbrella by the door on entering Soapy stepped
inside, grabbed the umbrella and sauntered off with it slowly. The man
at the cigar light followed hastily. "My umbrella," he said sternly.
"Oh, is it?" sneered Soapy, adding insult to petty larceny. "Well, why don't you call a
policeman? I took it. Your umbrella! Why don't you call a cop? There stands one on the
corner.' The umbrella owner slowed his steps. Soapy did ikewise, with a premonition that
luck would again run against him. The policeman eyed at the two curiously. Of course,
said the umbrella man "Well, you now how these mistakes occur if it's your umbrella. I the
umbrella man "Well, you know how these mistakes occur if it's your umbrella. I hope you'll
excuse me - I picked it up this morning in restaurant if you recognize it as yours, why!
hope "Of course it's mine," said Soapy savagely.
The ex-umbrella man retreated. The policeman hurried to assist a tall blonde in an opera
cloak across the street in front of a street car that was approaching two blocks away. Q1 find four verds in the simple past tense​

Answer 1

Answer:

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Answer 2

The four verbs in the simple past tense are: came, caught, began, and stopped.

Here, we need to find four verbs which are in simple past tense.

Before that, we need to know what is Verb and simple past tense:

• An action of any kind is simply called a verb.
• For example: He is playing.
• Here, "playing" is a verb.
• A simple past tense is a tense in which the event has already occurred.
• For example: He went to hospital.
• Here he already went to hospital that means the action is already done.
• Hence, "went" is the verb in the given example which is in the simple past tense.

Now, let us find out four verbs in the simple past tense from the passage:

1.  Came

2. Caught

3. Began

4. Stopped

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