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3 Complete the sentence with the past simple or past continuous form of the verb in brackets.
Alexander the Great
a While he (grow up) was growing up, the philosopher Aristotle was his teacher. Alexander (become)
interested in science, medicine, philosophy and literature.
b While his father Philip (attend)
his daughter's wedding, a young nobleman (murder)
him. Alexander was king of Macedonia at the age of 20.
c While he (fight)
a rebellion. He (destroy)
his enemies in the north, the Greeks in the south (start)
all their cities.
d He (lead).
(stay)
he (undo)
his army against the Persian Empire through what is now Turkey. While he
in the ancient city of Gordium,
the Gordian knot. A legend
said that only a future king of Asia could do this.
e While his army (march)
it (defeat)
f He (found)
mouth of the Nile while he (visit)
g While he (travel)
h He (kill)
while they (have)
iWhile he (attack)
he (receive)
j While he (attend)
through Persia,
Darius, the king of Persia.
the city of Alexandria at the
Egypt.
with his army, he (give)
his name to many other towns.
his friend Clitus in a quarrel,
Babylon in 323 BC, he (fall)
ill and (die)
dinner.
the city of Mali in India,
a serious wound from an arrow.
a banquet in
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