Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets. a) The Aztecs...

Question

Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets. a) The Aztecs (leave).........their own land of Aztlan at some time during the 12th or 13th century. b) They (believe) .............that Huitzilopochtli their war god (want)..........them to search for a new land. c) They (arrive).............in the Valley of Mexico during the 12th or 13 th century AD. d) They (build).............their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on an island in Lake Texcoco. e) They (plant)...........trees on the island to make the land better, (work)................hard and (improve)............the land. f) When the Spanish (arrive)............in 1519, Montezuma, the Aztec ruler, (think).........that Cortez was a returing god. g) When the Spanish (see)............the Aztecs gold, they (decide)............to conquer the city. h) Later they (kill)..................Montezuma, (defeat).............th Aztecs and (destroy)..............Aztec religion and culture.

Answer 1

a) The Aztecs (left).........their own land of Aztlan at some time during the 12th or 13th century.

b) They (believed) .............that Huitzilopochtli their war god (wanted)..........them to search for a new land.

c) They (arrived).............in the Valley of Mexico during the 12th or 13 th century AD. d) They (built).............their capital city, Tenochtitlan, on an island in Lake Texcoco. e) They (planted)...........trees on the island to make the land better, (worked)................hard and (improved)............the land.

f) When the Spanish (arrived)............in 1519, Montezuma, the Aztec ruler, (thought).........that Cortez was a returing god.

g) When the Spanish (saw)............the Aztecs gold, they (decided)............to conquer the city.

h) Later they (kiled)..................Montezuma, (defeated).............th Aztecs and (destroyed)..............Aztec religion and culture.

Answer 2

a) left

b) belived, wanted

c) arrived,

d) built,

e) planted, worked, improved,

f) arrived, thought

g) saw, decided

h) killed, defeated, destroyed