Fill in the blanks using the verbs in the brackets: 1. Michelangelo _ _ _ _ _ to paint the Sistine Chapel in 1508 and it _ _ _ _ 4 years to finish it. (begin/take) 2. An apple _ _ _ _ on Isaac Newton’s head and so the gravitation theory _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ in the XVIII century. (fall/appear) 3. Vincent van Gogh _ _ _ _ _ _ the “tortured artist” because he _ _ _ off his right ear. (became/cut) 4. Alexander Fleming _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ penicillin over 80 years ago and the first use _ _ _ to cure conjunctivitis. (discover/be) 5. In 1770, Nicolas Joseph-Cugnot _ _ _ _ _ the first steam powered auto-mobile that _ _ _ _ _ at a speed near 4 km/h. (build/move) 6. Aurel Vlaicu _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the first powered airplane that _ _ _ _ in 1919 over Cotroceni, Romania. (invent/fly) 7. Ana Aslan _ _ _ _ _ that procaine has anti-aging effects on skin and afterwards she _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the Gerovital drug. (find/create) 8. Before the invention of the refrigerator, people _ _ _ _ ice-houses that _ _ _ _ underground chambers close to natural sources of ice. (use/be) 9. Mascara _ _ _ _ _ _ _ to be worn by women and men since ancient Egypt because they _ _ _ _ _ _ _ it will protect their souls from evil spirits. (start/think) 10. John Pemberton _ _ _ _ Coca-Cola in 1886 as a medicine but in the end he _ _ _ _ it as a beverage creating the most well-known soda. (make/sell)
Write the Past Simple form for the following verbs:
·dream – _ _ _ _ _ _
·buy – _ _ _ _ _ _
·choose – _ _ _ _ _
·create – _ _ _ _ _ _ _
·do – _ _ _
·draw – _ _ _ _
·develop – _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
·feel – _ _ _ _
·fight – _ _ _ _ _ _
·get – _ _ _
·grow – _ _ _ _
·have – _ _ _
·hide – _ _ _
·know – _ _ _ _
·learn – _ _ _ _ _ _
·put – _ _ _
·read – _ _ _ _
·rise – _ _ _ _
·run – _ _ _
·stand – _ _ _ _ _
·send – _ _ _ _
·speak – _ _ _ _ _
·stick – _ _ _ _ _
·teach – _ _ _ _ _ _
·throw – _ _ _ _ _
·win – _ _ _ _
Find the inventions for each inventor: 1. Thomas Edison 2. Alexander Bell 3. Charles Darwin 4. Alfred Nobel 5. Niels Bohr 6. Rosalind Franklin 7. Steve Jobs 8. Marie Curie
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