Past simple
complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs
in brackets. there are regular and irregular verbs.
example
leonardo da vinci lived_(live) in italy in the
fifteenth and sixteenth century.
he was a studentin florence, where he (1) studed (study)
painting, sculpture and design. he (2) )a lot of
paintings, but he (3)
(not finish) many of them. his
picture of the mona lisa is the most famous portrait in the world.
leonardo (4)
(be)interestedin many things. he
_ (want) to know about everything he saw. he
examined the human body. he (6) _ (think) that the sun
- (not go) round the earth. he (8)
(write)
music. he designed a flying machine 400 years before the first one
flew. many people (9) - (not understand)his ideas. it is
difficult to think that one man (10)
(can) do so much.
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