Complete the dialogues with the past simple form
of the verb. (Past Simple)

appear • be • become • change
die • love • not kill


Manuel Vázquez Montalbán was the creator of
Spain’s most famous detective, José ‘Pepe’ Carvalho.
Montalbán (a).................... a novelist, poet and
journalist from Spain. He was born in Barcelona and
(b).................... the city very much.
Detective Pepe Carvalho is a very funny man with a
passion for Barcelona’s food and football club. The
character of Pepe (c)................ for the fi rst time
in a novel in 1972, but he (d).............. a lot over
the years. Montalbán (e).......... never tired of
his character and so (f)............. him in his stories.
Instead, Detective Pepe Carvalho sadly (g)...............
with his creator in 2003.