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Put the bracketed verbs in the right tense: The superintendent of one... Sun Apr 29, 2007 12:50 pm  Put the bracketed verbs in the right tense: The superintendent of one...
 

This is an extract of the exam that I failed and I want you to help me please
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Put the bracketed verbs in the right tense

The superintendent of one reformatory said that the he knew many boys who, if they [were left] in the street, would have been a pest to the country, but who [now are filling] situations in life and becoming useful members of society. The cost at which this amount of good [done] was very small, little more than $6per annum.when he considered that criminals [transported] at a cost of from $ 30 to $ 40 a year each, he [felt] astonished that the various ragged schools were allowed to remain in struggling circumstances.
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Put the bracketed verbs in the right tense: The superintendent of one... Mon Apr 30, 2007 14:47 pm  Put the bracketed verbs in the right tense: The superintendent of one...
 

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The text itself is a little awkward, but I think the corrections in bold are in order:

The superintendent of one reformatory said that the he knew many boys who, if they [had been left] in the street, would have been a pest to the country, but who [now are filling] situations in life and becoming useful members of society. The cost at which this amount of good [has been done] was very small, little more than $6 per annum; when he considered that criminals [are transported] at a cost of from $30 to $40 a year each, he [felt] astonished that the various ragged schools were allowed to remain in struggling circumstances.
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