IRREGULAR PAST TENSE VERBS

Before the invention of the printing press, people write __________ by hand on various clay tablets, scrolls, papyrus, and parchment.

Archaeologists have find _________________ four thousand-year-old handwritten copies, known as manuscripts.

By the end of the Roman Empire, codices begin ______________ to replace handwritten scrolls.

It takes __________ some time for paper to replace parchment.

In ancient times, only lords and religious leaders know ____________ how to read.

Monasteries keep ____________ religious texts and certain works of Antiquity, or older times.

These works are __________ typically created in scriptoriums, where monks would copy, decorate, and bind books.

Along the margins of these books, monks draw ___________ pictures and designs related to the text, called illuminations.

It often takes _____________ over a year for scribes to hand copy a book, even more for illuminated manuscripts.

By the end of the 12th century, the growth of universities sees __________ a growth in the demand for manuscripts outside of monasteries.