Now complete this article from a trade magazine using the Simple Past Tense of the following verbs. visit join help spend begin decide study become leave complete. We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs Teicher as head of quality control. Maria chemical engineering at the University of Utrecht and then an MBA at Claremont College. After graduating she to work with ChemTech Supplies in Belgium. She assistant production manager in 1989 and she to develop ChemTech's Multivit pharmaceutical range. Maria the company in 1991 and Volcker Foods of California as head of research and development. She two years in the United States. Last year she briefly our Milan plant and was so impressed that she to return to Europe.

To complete the article using the Simple Past Tense, we need to transform each verb into its past form. Here’s how the article should look once complete: We are pleased to announce the appointment of Mrs. Teicher as head of quality control. Maria **studied** chemical engineering at the University of Utrecht and then **completed** an MBA at Claremont College. After graduating she **decided** to work with ChemTech Supplies in Belgium. She **became** assistant production manager in 1989 and she **helped** to develop ChemTech's Multivit pharmaceutical range. Maria **left** the company in 1991 and **joined** Volcker Foods of California as head of research and development. She **spent** two years in the United States. Last year she briefly **visited** our Milan plant and was so impressed that she **decided** to return to Europe.