2.
Fill in the gaps with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets.
1
began
Leonardo da Vinci (to live)
in Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth
centuries. He (to be).
a student in Florence, where he (to study)
painting , sculpture and design. He (to begin)
a lot of
paintings, but he (not to finish)
many of them. His picture of
Mona Lisa is the most famous portrait in the world. Leonardo (to be)
Interested in many things. He (to want)
to know everything he
(to see)
Many people (not to understand)
his ideas. It is difficult to think that one man (can)
do so much.