Complete the biography of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus by changing the verbs in brackets into the simple past or the past continuous tense
Nicolaus Copernicus .......... 1.(be born) in Poland in 1473. At the time people still ...... 2( believe) that the Eart .....3(be) at the centre on the universe and the Sun and planets .... 4( revolve) around it. While he ..... 5(study) at Kraków University he ......6(develop a special interest astronomy. He .... 7(travel) a lot. He ...... 8(visit) Rome when he ....... 9(see) an eclipse. When he .... 10(come back) home he ...... 11(make) his own observatory. In 1514 he ......12(give) a book to his close friends. It .... 13 (put) the Sun at the centre of the universe. His full observations ........... 14( not be published ) until he ....15(die) . In fact some say he .... 16(hold) a copy of the book when he ..... 17(leave) this word. In 1609 the Italian astronomer Galileo ....... 18(confirm ) Copernicus`theory . However this .....19(get) him into trouble with the church and Galileo ....20(have) to deny the theory,
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1) was born 2) believed 3) was 4) were revolving 5) was studying 6) developed 7) travelled 8) was visiting 9) saw 10) came back 11) made 12) gave 13) put 14) weren't published 15) died 16) held 17) was leaving 18) confirmed 19) got 20) had