Complete the following text using the past simple:

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, 1……………. (be) born the 15th of April 1452. He 2…………….
(be) an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who 3……………. (be) active as a painter,
engineer, sculptor, and architect.
While his fame initially 4……………. (rest) on his achievements as a painter, he also 5…………….
(become) known for his notebooks, in which he 6……………. (make) drawings and notes on a
variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, and palaeontology.
He was 7 ……………. (educate) in Florence by the Italian painter and sculptor Andrea del
Verrocchio. Despite having many lost works and less than 25 attributed major works—
including numerous unfinished works—he 8……………. (create) some of the most influential
paintings in Western art. His magnum opus, the Mona Lisa, is his best-known work and
often 9……………. (mentioned) as the world's most famous painting.
Leonardo's most famous painting of the 1490s is The Last Supper, 10……………. (order) by
the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria della Grazie, in Milan. It represents the last
meal shared by Jesus with his disciples before his capture and death. It shows the moment
when Jesus has just said "one of you will betray me", and the consternation that this
statement 11 ……………. (cause).
Complete the following text using the past simple:
Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci, 1……………. (be) born the 15th of April 1452. He 2…………….
(be) an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who 3……………. (be) active as a painter,
engineer, sculptor, and architect.
While his fame initially 4……………. (rest) on his achievements as a painter, he also 5…………….
(become) known for his notebooks, in which he 6……………. (make) drawings and notes on a
variety of subjects, including anatomy, astronomy, botany, cartography, and palaeontology.
He was 7 ……………. (educate) in Florence by the Italian painter and sculptor Andrea del
Verrocchio. Despite having many lost works and less than 25 attributed major works—
including numerous unfinished works—he 8……………. (create) some of the most influential
paintings in Western art. His magnum opus, the Mona Lisa, is his best-known work and
often 9……………. (mentioned) as the world's most famous painting.
Leonardo's most famous painting of the 1490s is The Last Supper, 10……………. (order) by
the refectory of the Convent of Santa Maria della Grazie, in Milan. It represents the last
meal shared by Jesus with his disciples before his capture and death. It shows the moment
when Jesus has just said "one of you will betray me", and the consternation that this
statement 11 ……………. (cause).