Упражнения и задания по грамматике

Alexander the Great

While he 1) (grow up) was growing up, the philosopher Aristotle was his teacher. Alexander 2) (become) _______ interested in science, medicine, philosophy and literature. While his father Philip 3) (attend) _______ his daughter's wedding, a young nobleman 4) (murder) _______ him. Alexander was king of Macedonia at the age of 20.

While he 5) (fight) _______ his enemies in the north, the Greeks in the south 6) (start) _______ a rebellion. He 7) (destroy) _______ all their cities. He 8) (lead) _______ his army against the Persian Empire through what is now Turkey 9) (stay) _______ in the ancient city of Gordium, he 10) (undo) _______ the Gordian knot. A legend said that only a future king of Asia could do this.
While his army 11) (march) _______ through Persia, it 12) (defeat) _______ Darius, the king of Persia. He 13) (found) _______ the city of Alexandria at the mouth of the Nile while he 14) (visit) _______ Egypt. While he 15 (travel) _______ with his army, he 16) (give) _______ his name to many other towns.
He 17) (kill) _______ his friend Clitus in a quarrel, while they 18) (have) _______ dinner.
While he 19) (attack) _______ the city of Mali in India, he 20) (receive) _______ a serious wound from an arrow.
While he 21) (attend) _______ a banquet in Babylon in 323 BC, he 22) (fall) _______ ill and 23) (die) _______.


The Vikings in America

According to Viking records, around the year 1000, while some Viking sailors 1) (look for) were looking for the coast of Greenland, they 2) (reach) _______ the eastern coast of America. While they 3) (live) _______ there, they 4) (try) _______ to trade with the local Native Americans, known by the Vikings as Skraelings, but in the end the Native Americans 5) (fight) _______ them and 6) (drive) _______ them out. After several attempts to return, the Vikings 7) (give up) _______. In 1968, while some archaeologists 8) (work) _______ in Newfoundland, they 9) (discover) _______ the remains of one of the Viking settlements, and 10) (prove) _______ that this story was true.