Grammar
1 Put the verbs in brackets in the past simple.

Ferdinand Magellan (1480-1521)

In 1519 Ferdinand Magellan (0) ...Left... (Ieave ) Spain.
He (1) (take) five ships with him. He (2) (want)
to find the East Indies. Unfortunately, the trip (3)
(not start) well because there (4) (be) 60 days of
rain. His ships first (5) (go) south towards Africa
and then (6) (cross) the Atlantic Ocean. They then
(7) ...... (travel) past South America and there, one ship
was lost because there (8) (be) very high seas
and stormy winds.The sailors on another ship
(9) ...... (decide) to go back to Spain but Magellan's
ship (10) ....... (not stop).

In the Pacific Ocean they sometimes (11) (not
have) any wind and there (12) ...... (not be) much food
or water. After some time the ships (13) ..... (arrive)
in the Philippines. Here Magellan (14) ....... (die), but
after many problems one of his ships - the Victoria -
(15) ...... (get) home safely to Spain. The Victoria
(16) ...... (take) two years and 353 days to travel all
around the world.
  


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He (2) (wanted) to find the East Indies. Unfortunately, the trip (3) (did not start) well because there (4) (were) 60 days of rain. His ships first (5) (went) south towards Africa and then (6) (crossed) the Atlantic Ocean. They then (7) ...... (travelled) past South America and there, one ship was lost because there (8) (were) very high seas and stormy winds.The sailors on another ship (9) ...... (decided) to go back to Spain but Magellan's ship (10) ....... (did not stop).In the Pacific Ocean they sometimes (11) (did not have) any wind and there (12) ...... (was not) much food or water. After some time the ships (13) ..... (arrived) in the Philippines. Here Magellan (14) ....... (died), but after many problems one of his ships - the Victoria - (15) ...... (got) home safely to Spain. The Victoria (16) ...... (took) two years and 353 days to travel all around the world.