Cput the verbs in brackets into the past simple. 17. jules verne (write) twenty thousand leagues under the sea. 18. sherlock holmes (smoke) a pipe. 19. miss marple (catch) many criminals. 20. hercule poirot (live) in belgium? 21. how captain nemo (travel)? 22. dr. watson (help) sherlock holmes? 23. agatha christie (create) the belgian detective, hercule poirot. 24. professor otto lidenbrock and his nephew axel (find) a mysterious message. 25. arthur conan doyle (be) a famous english writer. 26. dr. frankenstein (meet) captain walton on the ice.