Present Perfect or Past Simple?
Good evening. This is 9 o’clock news.
Several men _________ (spend) the night in police cells following the riots in Coventry. A female doctor from Leeds ________
(be given) a five year suspended sentence for administering a fatal overdose to an elderly patient. And in Shropshire a woman _______
(admit) killing her husband after years of abuse. Here are the details. Riots ________ (break out) in Coventry last night following the election of an extreme right-wingcandidate to the city council.
Four men ______ (spend) the night in the cells, but police ______
(release) them early in the morning.
Dr. Mary Jenson, from Leeds, who ______ (give) an overdose to a 75-year-oldpatient last May, ______ (claim) yesterday in court that it was the patient’s wish. The family ____ (say) in the hearing that they _____ (not know) anything about this. The judge _____
(give) the woman a five-yearsuspended sentence after the jury
______ (return) a guilty verdict.

And finally, a Shropshire woman _______ (admit) killing her husband. They _____(have) a violent row which ______ (end) with her shooting him. She is charged with manslaughter. That’s all for now. The next news will be at 10 o’clock.

Present Perfect or Past Simple? Good evening. This is 9 o’clock news. Several men _spent________ (spend) the night in police cells following the riots in Coventry. A female doctor from Leeds ___was given_____ (be given) a five year suspended sentence for administering a fatal overdose to an elderly patient. And in Shropshire a woman _____admited__ (admit) killing her husband after years of abuse. Here are the details. Riots __broke out______ (break out) in Coventry last night following the election of an extreme right-wingcandidate to the city council. Four men ___spent___ (spend) the night in the cells, but police _released_____ (release) them early in the morning. Dr. Mary Jenson, from Leeds, who __gave____ (give) an overdose to a 75-year-oldpatient last May, _claimed_____ (claim) yesterday in court that it was the patient’s wish. The family __said__ (say) in the hearing that they __didn’t know___ (not know) anything about this. The judge _gave____ (give) the woman a five-yearsuspended sentence after the jury __returned____ (return) a guilty verdict. And finally, a Shropshire woman _admited______ (admit) killing her husband. They __had___(have) a violent row which ended______ (end) with her shooting him. She is charged with manslaughter. That’s all for now. The next news will be at 10 o’clock.