INSTITUTO TECNOLOGICO SUPERIOR DE SAN ANDRES TUXTLA

LEVEL 7

NAME: KAREN VALERIA MALAGA QUINO

A. Put the verbs in brackets into the past simple.

Alexander the Great

Alexander the Great 1) ……was… (be) born in Pella, Greece in 356 BC. Aristotle 2) …
taught…… (teach) him until he was 16. His father was Philip II and Alexander 3) .
….inherited… (inherit) the throne in 336 BC. Soon after, he 4) …went.…… (go) to war.
He 5) ..defeated.…… (defeat) his enemies and 6) …made.… (make) Greece powerful.
Then he 7) …set off…… (set off) to conquer the Persian Empire. He 8) …won… (win)
every battle against the Persians and 9) …conquered…… (conquer) Asia Minor, Syria
and Egypt. He 10) …became…… (become) pharaoh of Egypt and the great king of
Persia. He 11) …founds… (found) over 70 cities and 12) …created.…… (create) a huge
empire. He 13) …married… (marry) Princess Roxana of Bactria. He 14) ……died……
(die) of a fever in Babylon on 323 BC.

B. Put the words into the correct order to form questions based on the
text in Ex. B. Answer the questions.

1 live/Italy/in/Alexander the Great/did? 4 75 cities/found/Alexander/did?

Did Alexander the Great live in Italy?
No, he didn’t
2 Aristotle/did/teach/Alexander?
Did Aristotle teach Alexander?
Yes, he did
3 conquer/the Persian Empire/Alexander/ did?
Did Alexander conquered the Persian
Empire?
Yes, he did
Did Alexander founds cities?
Yes, he did
5 get married/did/Alexander?
Did Alexander get merried?
Yes, he did
6 die/did/Alexander/in 356 BC?
Did Alexander died in 356 BC?
No, he didn’t