Question

Complete the sentence with the past simple form of the verb in brackets. Then decide if each sentence is True or False. Check the factual answers after the exercise. 1. Greek actors (wear) wore masks and special boots. True 2. Spartan children (take) ____________ baths only two or three times a year. 3. The philosopher Socrates (drink) ____________ poison and died. 4. Alexander the Great's army (go) ____________ as far as China. 5. Heron of Alexandria (make) ____________ a kind of jet engine. 6. The Roman Emperor Caligula's name (mean) ____________ “Happy Soldier”. 7. Roman mathematics (have) ____________ no zero. 8. Most Roman girls (get) ____________ married at the age of 18. 9. Roman soldiers (pay) ____________ for their own equipment and food. 10. The Romans (know) ____________ how to make soap and cement. 11. All true except: d the army went as far as India; f Caligula meant “Little Boot”; h girls married at 14.

Answer 1

1 took 2 drank 3 go -went 4 made 5 meaned 6 have -had 7 got 8 paid 9 know-knew

Answer 2

2. Spartan children took baths only two or three times a year. (True)
3. The philosopher Socrates drank poison and died. (True)
4. Alexander the Great's army went as far as China. (False)
5. Heron of Alexandria made a kind of jet engine. (True)
6. The Roman Emperor Caligula's name meant "Happy Soldier". (False)
7. Roman mathematics had no zero. (True)
8. Most Roman girls got married at the age of 18. (False)
9. Roman soldiers paid for their own equipment and food. (True)
10. The Romans knew how to make soap and cement. (True)
11. All true except: d) the army went as far as India; f) Caligula meant "Little Boot"; h) girls married at 14.