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h. Early people (stay) ________________________ in the same place, but (travel)
__________________ long distances, following the animals they needed for food.
7. Complete the text with the past simple or past continuous form of the verbs in
brackets.
THE VIKINGS IN AMERICA
According to Viking records, around the year 1,000, while some Viking sailors a
(look for) were looking for
the coast of Greenland, they b (reach) ___________ the
eastern coast of America. While they c (live) ______________ there, they d (try)
_________________ to trade with the local Native Americans, known by the Vikings
as Skraelings, but in the end the Native Americans e (fight) ___________
them and f (drive) ______________ them out. After several attempts to return, the
Vikings g (give up) ____________________. In 1968, while some archaeologists h
(work)___________________in Newfoundland , they i (discover) ___________
the remains of one of the Viking settlements, and j (prove) _______________ that
this story was true.
Charles-Marie de la Condamine
In 1735 Charles-Marie de la Condamine k (sail) ____________________ to South
America. At that time, scientists l (argue) ___________________ about the shape
of the Earth. The French Academy m (want) __________________ him to take
measurements on the Equator, along with two other scientists. The work n (take)
_______________them eight years and in the end, another scientific team o (find)
_________________ the answer they p (look for) ________________ . While de la
Condamine q (travel) ______________________ home along the River Amazon, he
r (learn) __________________ many interesting things about the local people and
their way of life. When he s (arrive) _________________ in Paris in 1745, he t
(receive) _________________ a hero's welcome.
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