History Grammar 5 (Past Simple)

A  Choose the correct item

Did the Pharaohs ……… in Egypt?

The Ancient Egyptians ……… brick houses.

……… the Tower of London last year?

Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci ……… artists.

      A                            C 

      B                         D 

Michelangelo ……… paint Guernica,  Picasso did.

Girls in Ancient Greece ……… go to school.

200 years ago, people didn’t ……… cars.

……… the Incas read and write?

……… Florence Nightingale a nurse?

Alexander Fleming ……… penicillin in 1928.

Amelia Earhart ……… a nurse. She was a pilot.

Thomas Edison ……… the light bulb over 100 years ago.

……… Beethoven play the piano?

My sister ……… a trip to an art exhibition last month.

      A             C 

      B                     D  

People ……… send emails before 1971.

Neil Armstrong ……… on the Moon in 1969.

“Was Maria Callas an opera singer?”

      “……… .”

……… to Italy last year?

Amelia Earhart ……… to fly around the world in 1937.

Where ……… Abraham Lincoln live?

      A                           C  

      B                         D  

B Read the text. Fill in each gap 1-3 with the correct word (A, B or C).

Hi Tony,

1) ……………………………..………. the programme about Leonardo da Vinci on TV last night? He 2) ……………………………..………. a brilliant artist, inventor and musician. He designed lots of machines and painted famous pictures like the Mona Lisa. He also discovered many things about science. People at the time 3) ……………………………..………. understand how one man could be so clever. Even today, we still find him amazing. I can tell you more about him when I see you next week.

Kevin

1) The first word is ...

B Read the text. Fill in each gap 1-3 with the correct word (A, B or C).

Hi Tony,

1) ……………………………..………. the programme about Leonardo da Vinci on TV last night? He 2) ……………………………..………. a brilliant artist, inventor and musician. He designed lots of machines and painted famous pictures like the Mona Lisa. He also discovered many things about science. People at the time 3) ……………………………..………. understand how one man could be so clever. Even today, we still find him amazing. I can tell you more about him when I see you next week.

Kevin

2) The second word is ...

B Read the text. Fill in each gap 1-3 with the correct word (A, B or C).

Hi Tony,

1) ……………………………..………. the programme about Leonardo da Vinci on TV last night? He 2) ……………………………..………. a brilliant artist, inventor and musician. He designed lots of machines and painted famous pictures like the Mona Lisa. He also discovered many things about science. People at the time 3) ……………………………..………. understand how one man could be so clever. Even today, we still find him amazing. I can tell you more about him when I see you next week.

Kevin

3) The third word is ...