Grammar 1 Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple. Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521) In 1519 Ferdinand Magellan (0) ...Left... (Ieave ) Spain. He (1) (take) five ships with him. He (2) (want) to find the East Indies. Unfortunately, the trip (3) (not start) well because there (4) (be) 60 days of rain. His ships first (5) (go) south towards Africa and then (6) (cross) the Atlantic Ocean. They then (7) ...... (travel) past South America and there, one ship was lost because there (8) (be) very high seas and stormy winds.The sailors on another ship (9) ...... (decide) to go back to Spain but Magellan's ship (10) ....... (not stop). In the Pacific Ocean they sometimes (11) (not have) any wind and there (12) ...... (not be) much food or water. After some time the ships (13) ..... (arrive) in the Philippines. Here Magellan (14) ....... (die), but after many problems one of his ships - the Victoria - (15) ...... (get) home safely to Spain. The Victoria (16) ...... (take) two years and 353 days to travel all around the world. 1 .......................................... 2 .......................................... 3 .......................................... 4 .......................................... 5 .......................................... 6 .......................................... 7 .......................................... 8 .......................................... 9 .......................................... 10 ........................................ 11 ........................................ 12 ........................................ 13 ........................................ 14 ........................................ 15 ........................................ 16 ........................................
1 left 2 took 3 did not start 4 was 5 went 6 crossed 7 traveled 8 was 9 decided 10 did not stop 11 did not have 12 was not 13 arrived 14 died 15 got 16 took
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