Английский язык. Методические указания. Иванова С.Г. - 16 стр.

     14. What were the names of the ships?
     15. What land did they reach after sailing 4000 miles?
     16. What did they see when they landed?
     17. How did Columbus call these islands?
     18. When did Columbus discover America?
     19. When did the second great voyage of Christopher Columbus take place?
     20. How many ships did he have with him?
     21. How many times did Columbus try to find India?
     22. What happened during his third voyage?
     23. When did Columbus make his last voyage?
     24. When did Columbus die?
     25. Why was America named after another explorer?

      3.2.3 Match the two parts of the sentences.

 1. They knew only three continents: ...     ... he was the first man who understood
 2. The second great voyage of               that it was the new continent.
 Christopher Columbus took place ...         ... in 1492.
 3. But America was named after another      ... the Santa Maria, the Nina and the
 explorer, Amerigo Vespucci, because ...     Pinta.
 4. During his third voyage ...              ... Europe, Asia and Africa.
 5. For some time Columbus earned his        ... the earth was flat. ... in 1493.
 living partly by ...                        ... making sea voyages and partly by
 6. So Christopher Columbus discovered       drawing maps and selling them.
 America ...                                 ... enemies spread false rumous about
 7. In the fifteenth century most people     him.
 thought that...
 8. He sailed with three small ships into
 the Atlantic Ocean. They were ...

      3.2.4 Read the beginning of the sentence and find its end in the text.

     1. Christopher Columbus was sure that ...
     2. They gathered around sailors and ...
     3. King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were led to believe that ...
     4. Christopher Columbus was born ...
     5. Twice more Columbus tried ...
     6. Columbus was a great explorer and many places ...
     7. When they landed they saw ...

      3.2.5 Put in the missing words according to the text.

     1. During his third voyage, enemies spread false ... about him.
     2. Columbus probably worked as ... before going to sea.
     3. They gathered around sailors and looked at them with great ... .
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