Print Quiz: Past Verbs (past - tense

1.

In 2000, the rate was 9.6%. During the next one and half years, it slightly _____ (fall) to 9.4%.

2.

Then, the rate _______ (begin) to climb again and reached 9.9% in the middle of 2002.

3.

Afterwards, unemployment _______ (grow) even more, reaching 10.5% in the middle of 2003.

4.

During the next year, the rate _______ (even) out and stayed at the same level.

5.

But then, it soared and _______ (peak) at a level of 11.7% in the middle of 2005.

6.

Until the middle of 2008, however, the rate _____ (shrink) to 7.9%.

7.

During the next year, the unemployment rate _____ (go) up a little and reached 8%.

8.

But from the middle of 2009 on, it ______ (drop) further, reaching a level of ca. 6.9% in 2012.

9.

During the next twelve months, the rate slightly ______ (rise) again to 7%.

10.

Yet, from 2013 onwards, the German unemployment rate steadily _____ (decline).

11.

In 2019, it finally ________ (bottom) out and hit a record low of 5.0%.