The Past Simple - regular verbs/ to be (New Ace2.1)

Christopher Columbus ... (to be) an Italian explorer and navigator.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

He ... (to complete) four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

Thanks to those voyages, Spain ... (to start) its colonisation of the New World.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

Many European countries ... (to want) to find new sea routes to India.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

Columbus ... (to suggest) sailing west to reach Japan.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.3A

He ... (to receive) the help of the Spanish King for this adventure.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

Columbus ... (to try) it.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

He ... (to succeed), or at least, that's what he thought ...

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

During his first voyage in 1492, instead of arriving in Japan, he ... (to land) in the New World, on an island in the Bahamas.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

He ... (to name) this island 'San Salvador'.

Tags

CCSS.L.1.1E

CCSS.L.2.1D

CCSS.L.3.1D

CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B