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) left

b) belived, wanted

c) arrived,

d) built,

e) planted, worked, improved,

f) arrived, thought

g) saw, decided

h) killed, defeated, destroyed

Answer 2

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 3

Here are the completed sentences with the past simple form of the verb in brackets:

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 13th 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 returning god.

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

h) Later they killed Montezuma, defeated the Aztecs and destroyed Aztec religion and culture.

Please note that the past simple tense is used to describe completed actions that happened at a specific time in the past. The structure of the past simple tense is: subject + base form of the verb.