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Practice your verbs: Here is a link to our irregular verb list.
Berlin Wall
Conjugate the verbs & find the modal auxiliary.
On November 9th, 1989, days of protests (1)______________ (RESULT) in crowds gathering on both sides of the Berlin Wall. Border guards (2)______________ (BE) outnumbered, and for the first time since 1961, Berliners from East and West (3)______________ (MIX) freely.
The 25th anniversary (4)______________ (LEAD) people on both sides of the former 'Iron Curtain' to remember the wall. Yury Pivovarov (5)______________ (BE) with the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He (6)______________ (SAY) Russians look at the fall of the Berlin Wall in two ways. He (7)______________ (SAY) that, on the one hand, there (8)______________ (BE) the excitement of Perestroika and huge expectations for democratic reforms. On the other hand, another part of the population, Communist Party supporters, (9)______________ (REGRET) it very much. For them it (10)______________ (BE) a signal that the Soviet Union (11)______________ (MODAL) fall, exactly what (12)______________ (HAPPEN). Russian President Vladimir Putin once (13)______________ (DESCRIBE) the fall of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century”.
Berlin Wall
Conjugate the verbs & find the modal auxiliary.
On November 9th, 1989, days of protests (1)______________ (RESULT) in crowds gathering on both sides of the Berlin Wall. Border guards (2)______________ (BE) outnumbered, and for the first time since 1961, Berliners from East and West (3)______________ (MIX) freely.
The 25th anniversary (4)______________ (LEAD) people on both sides of the former 'Iron Curtain' to remember the wall. Yury Pivovarov (5)______________ (BE) with the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow. He (6)______________ (SAY) Russians look at the fall of the Berlin Wall in two ways. He (7)______________ (SAY) that, on the one hand, there (8)______________ (BE) the excitement of Perestroika and huge expectations for democratic reforms. On the other hand, another part of the population, Communist Party supporters, (9)______________ (REGRET) it very much. For them it (10)______________ (BE) a signal that the Soviet Union (11)______________ (MODAL) fall, exactly what (12)______________ (HAPPEN). Russian President Vladimir Putin once (13)______________ (DESCRIBE) the fall of the Soviet Union as the “greatest geopolitical catastrophe of the 20th century”.
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It (DRINK) I (HIDE) You (BREAK) They (SING) He (CHOOSE) She (BEGIN) We (UNDERSTAND) |
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Use the verbs from the table to complete the following sentences. You need to use one of the verbs twice.
Rockefeller …............................... his career as a book-keeper with a trading company in Cleveland.
Edison …............................... that he needed to develop an entire electricity system to make electric light possible.
The US government…............................. the costs of the Iraq war by relying on private contractors.
Women only run 3% of Indian businesses. India's youngest CEO, Sindhuja Rajamaran age 18,…............................... the rules.
Socrates …...............................the poison hemlock, when he was found guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens. He could have escaped, so people believe he …............................... to die.
Work songs …............................... by sailors between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries are known as sea shanties.
Trip advisor users …............................... Marrakech as the No. 1 place to visit in 2015.
Rockefeller …............................... his career as a book-keeper with a trading company in Cleveland.
Edison …............................... that he needed to develop an entire electricity system to make electric light possible.
The US government…............................. the costs of the Iraq war by relying on private contractors.
Women only run 3% of Indian businesses. India's youngest CEO, Sindhuja Rajamaran age 18,…............................... the rules.
Socrates …...............................the poison hemlock, when he was found guilty of corrupting the youth of Athens. He could have escaped, so people believe he …............................... to die.
Work songs …............................... by sailors between the eighteenth and twentieth centuries are known as sea shanties.
Trip advisor users …............................... Marrakech as the No. 1 place to visit in 2015.