1 Complete the newspaper articles with the Past Simple of the verbs in the boxes.
have, can, steal, give, say.
a.
Hands up, I’ve got a burger!
Last Tuesday a man armed with just a hot hamburger in a bag (1) stole $1,000 from a bank in Danville, California. Police Detective Bill McGinnis (2) said that the robber entered the Mount Diablo. National Bank at about 1.30 p.m. and (3) gave the teller a note demanding $1,000. He claimed that he (4) had a bomb in the bag. The teller said she (5) could smell a distinct odour of hamburger coming from the bag. Even so, she handed the money to the man. He dropped the bag with the hamburger. He escaped in a car.

break, hear, come, leave go
b. Teenage party ends in tears
When Jack and Kelly Harman (1) went away on holiday, they (2) left their teenage daughter alone in the house. Zoe, aged 16, wanted to stay at home. Her parents said she could have some friends to stay. However, Zoe decided to have a party. Things started to go wrong. Forty uninvited guests arrived. They (3) broke furniture, smashed windows, and stole jewellery. When Mr and Mrs Harman (4) heard the news, they (5) came home immediately.