The PBS program Frontline and the ESPN program Outside the Lines undertook a joint

project to investigate the effect of concussions on football players. [undertake]

 

S-4b Verb Forms

EXERCISE 2 / Irregular Verbs. Fill in each blank with the correct form of the IRREGULAR VERB

given in brackets after the sentence. Answers to even-numbered items can be found at the

back of the book.

EXAMPLE

1. The episode, called “League of Denial,” __________ in fall 2013, at about the time two

ESPN reporters published a book of the same title. [run]

2. The show claimed that concussions in football players __________ to brain damage and

sometimes to degenerative brain disease and death. [lead]

3. The league in question is the National Football League (NFL), which allegedly __________

about the effect of concussions but did not share the data. [know]

4. In fact, the NFL __________ disability benefits to some brain-damaged players but kept the

payouts secret. [pay]

5. According to the show, Dr. Bennet Omalu __________ disease in the brain of Steelers

legend Mike Webster. [see]

6. Later, other doctors __________ disease in dozens of deceased players who had suffered

concussions. [find]

7. In August 2013, the NFL __________ to a $765 million settlement with injured players who

had sued. [come]

8. At the time, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell __________ media, “There was no

admission of guilt.” [tell]

9. Players sometimes suffer concussions when a force __________ their heads straight on or

from one side. [strike]

10. Although NFL players __________ helmets, scientists have explained that helmets can

protect only against skull fractures, not against concussions. [wear]

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