esl blue(s): Past Tense and Trivia

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Make it True - History: past tense forms

Make the following statements true by inserting the affirmative or negative past tense form of the verb in parentheses. Look at the model:

World War I in 1914.
It in 1916. (It ended in 1918.)

Troubleshooting: past tense rules | animation | list of irregular verb forms

Hannibal ____________ elephants when he invaded Italy. use

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In the middle of the nineteenth century Ireland ____________ much of its population to starvation and emigration. lose

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The Mongol invasion of China, led by Genghiz Khan, ____________ place in the first millennium A.D. take

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Catherine the Great ____________ a queen of Sweden. be

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The Romans _________ Hadrian's Wall as the northern boundary of Roman Britain. build

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The Black Death, which killed many people in the middle ages, ____________ in China first. strike

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The liner ship, the Titanic, ____________ an iceberg. hit

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The Titanic ____________ less than an hour later. sink

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General Custer ___________ Sitting Bull at the battle of the Little Bighorn. beat

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Nelson Mandela __________ several years in prison before becoming the president of the Republic of South Africa. spend

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Julius Caesar _________ the first Roman emperor. become

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The Americans _________ Louisiana from the French. buy

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The victorious North Vietnamese _________ Hanoi the name of Ho Chi Minh City. give

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In 1949 Siam _________ known as Thailand. become

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The French Revolution _________ during the reign of Louis XIV. begin

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Alexander the Great __________ an old man when he died. be

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Alexander the Great __________ many cities. found

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Alexander the Great _________ his men across great mountains and great deserts. lead

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Alexander the Great ___________ all of his battles. win

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He ____________ originally from Macedonia, Greece. come

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