Transcript PAST TENSES: past simple

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Form teams. Negate and correct the following
statements if they are wrong!
How many points will you get?
ex. The British defeated the American
colonists in the War of Independence.
The British didn’t defeat the
American colonists… The American
colonists defeated the British in the War …
2) John Lackland led the crusades to Palestine.
3) Jane Seymour gave birth to Elizabeth I.,
Henry VIII’s 2nd daughter.
4) The Plantagenets (coming from Scotland)
succeeded the Tudors on the throne.
5) Queen Victoria fought with Admiral Nelson in
the battle of Trafalgar.
6) The Suffragettes struggled for better working
conditions for their children.
7) In the Battle of Britain in 1941 British troops tried
to bomb Germany to submission.
8) Amerigo Vespucci discovered America.
9) During the Civil War, the North, which was called
the Union, supported slavery.
10) June 1944: Operation Overlord: American
troops invaded Britain to defeat Germans in
Britain.
11) J.F. Kennedy died in Vietnam War.
You may use these
names to form the
correct answers:
a) Napoleon
b) Christopher
Columbus
c) The Stuarts
d) Richard I.
The Lion Heart
e) Ann Boleyn
2) John Lackland led the crusades to Palestine.
John Lackland didn‘t lead the crusades to Palestine. (Richard
I. The Lion Heart led them)
3) Jane Seymour gave birth to Elizabeth I., Henry VIII’s 2nd
daughter.
Jane Seymour didn‘t give birth to Elizabeth I., Henry VIII’s
2nd daughter. (Ann Boleyn gave birth to Elizabeth I.)
4) The Plantagenets (coming from Scotland) succeeded the
Tudors on the throne.
The Plantagents (coming from Scotland) didn‘t succeed the
Tudors on the throne. (The Stuarts succeeded the Tudors.)
5) Queen Victoria fought with Admiral Nelson in the battle of Trafalgar.
Queen Victoria didn‘t fight with Admiral Nelson in the battle of Trafalgar.
(Napoleon fought with Nelson).
6) The Suffragettes struggled for better working conditions for their
children.
The Suffragettes didn‘t struggle for better working conditions for their
children. (They struggled for voting rights)
7) In the Battle of Britain in 1941 British troops tried to bomb Germany to
submission.
In the Battle of Britain in 1941 British troops didn‘t try to bomb Germany
to submission. (The Germans tried to bomb Britain to submission)
8) Amerigo Vespucci discovered America.
Amerigo Vespucci didn‘t discover America. (Christopher Columbus
discovered America).
9) During the Civil War, the North, which was called the
Union, supported slavery.
During the Civil War, the North, which was called the
Union, didn‘t support slavery. (The South supported
slavery)
10) June 1944: Operation Overlord: American troops
invaded Britain to defeat Germans in Britain.
June 1944: Operation Overlord: American troops didn‘t
invade Britain to defeat Germans in Britain. (The
American troops invaded France to defeat Germans in
France).
11) J.F. Kennedy died in Vietnam War.
J.F. Kennedy didn‘t die in Vietnam War. (He died
because he was shot in Dallas.)