The Pilgrim Fathers - Homework
Put the verbs into parentheses at the correct form of the past simple tense.
When
the Pilgrims first
(leave) England? They first
(escape) to
Holland in 1607. There they
(be/not) persecuted. They
(live) happy lives in
the beginning, but it
(last/not). Why? What
(happen)? Their
children
(grow) up and
(speak) less and less English, they
(not/be) English people anymore.
So, what solution
they
(find)? They
(go) back to England and
(ask) the King to emigrate to the New World. the King
(agree)?
Yes, of course. He
(be) glad to see them leave as they
(be) a source of
many problems for him.