Fill in the blanks with words from the given list. There are some extra words also : (equator,sailed,really,struck,weak,flat,course, round,week,stopped,difficult,ocean,fight, struggled,voyage)
In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese in the service of the King of Spain, decided to find out if the world was ____ round. He crossed the Atlantic and sailed round the south of South America. Then he set ____ across the Pacific. His journey was far longer and more _____ than that of Columbus. When his ships neared the____ , they became motionless for lack of wind. Day after day the sails flapped idly. The stores of food were used up completely. Disease ______ down many of the crew; some died and most others were too eres to work. They ____ on, and at last reached the islands off the shores of Asia. There Magellan was killed in a ______ with the native people but one of his up ships continued the ____ and after crossing the Indian Ocean, returned to Spain. It was the first ship to have _____ right round the world. This voyage took three long years !
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Fill in the blanks with words from the given list. There are some extra words also : (equator,sailed,really,struck,weak,flat,course, round,week,stopped,difficult,ocean,fight, struggled,voyage)
In 1519, Ferdinand Magellan, a Portuguese in the service of the King of Spain, decided to find out if the world was ____ round. He crossed the Atlantic and sailed round the south of South America. Then he set ____ across the Pacific. His journey was far longer and more _____ than that of Columbus. When his ships neared the____ , they became motionless for lack of wind. Day after day the sails flapped idly. The stores of food were used up completely. Disease ______ down many of the crew; some died and most others were too eres to work. They ____ on, and at last reached the islands off the shores of Asia. There Magellan was killed in a ______ with the native people but one of his up ships continued the ____ and after crossing the Indian Ocean, returned to Spain. It was the first ship to have _____ right round the world. This voyage took three long years !
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