This is a simplified version of the story of King Richard III of England. Can you put the verbs [in brackets] into the past simple tense? Answers are at the end of the post.
King Richard III
King Richard III [be] an English king who [live] from
1452 – 1485. He [become] King on 26th
June 1483.
The white
rose of York
Richard [be]
a brave soldier and he [take] part in the Wars
of the Roses. These [be] battles for
the throne of England between the House
of York, which [use] the white rose
as its symbol and the House of Lancaster,
which [have] the red rose as its
symbol. Richard [belong] to the House of
York.
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The red rose
of Lancaster
Henry Tudor [defeat] Richard at the Battle of Bosworth and Richard [die].
He [be] the last king of England to die in battle. Henry Tudor then [take] the throne as King Henry VII.
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King Henry
VII
William Shakespeare [write] a play about Richard III and
[portray] him as an ugly, deformed and evil man who [kill] his own nephews to
obtain the throne. But Shakespeare
[write] for the court of Queen Elizabeth
I, a Tudor, so this representation of Richard may not be true.
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| Willian Shakespeare |
In 2012 archaeologists [find] Richard's skeleton under a car park in Leicester. Scientists at the University of Leicester [test] the DNA and [match] it to the DNA of two of Richard’s descendants.They [confirm] that the body was Richard’s.
On Sunday 22nd
March 2015 a procession [carry] Richard’s remains from the University of
Leicester past Bosworth Field to Leicester
Cathedral. People [throw] white
roses on the coffin. Richard [receive]
the burial of an English king in Leicester Cathedral on 26th March 2015, 530 years after his death.
The Queen
[not attend] the funeral service. She
[send] Sophie, Countess of Wessex.
Highlight the space below to see the correct past simple tense forms:
was, lived, became, was, took, were, used, had, belonged, defeated, died, was, took, wrote, portrayed, killed, wrote, found, tested, matched, confirmed, carried, threw, received, did not / didn't attend, sent.
Highlight the space below to see the correct past simple tense forms:
was, lived, became, was, took, were, used, had, belonged, defeated, died, was, took, wrote, portrayed, killed, wrote, found, tested, matched, confirmed, carried, threw, received, did not / didn't attend, sent.
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