1 Complete the fact file with the past simple
form of the verbs in brackets.
Fact File
Claude Monet
(1840-1926
Monet 0) was (be) born in Paris, France.
He 1)
(not/want) to paint traditional art.
He 2)
(begin) to paint
in a new style of art, called Impressionism.
He 3)
(become) well-known
after he 4)
(finish) his painting
The Woman in the Green Dress in 1866.
Monet 5)
(marry) Camille Doncieux
in 1873. They 6)
(have) two sons
• Camille 7)........... (fall) ill and 8)
(die) in 1879.
Between 1883 and 1908, Monet 9)
(travel) to the Mediterranean and
10)
(paint) many beautiful
landscapes and seascapes.
• He 11)....
(die) in Giverny
France in 1926
