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D. Rewrite the passage using simple past tense form of the verbs in brackets.
Mesopotamien civilisation
(begin) around 5000 BC and
(reach)
is zenith around 3000 BC. What
(make) this possible? Historians say that
(be) the shift to agriculture that was the main cause. In order to grow food.
(need) water. The only source of water being the rivers, the people
(use) its waters to imgate their land, with a good network of canals.
The Sumerians
(invent) a form of writing called cune form because of the
wedge-shaped marks that form its alphabet. This language had characters that stood
for words or sounds. The language
(have) several thousand characters,
and the students of those days
(oomplain) bitterty about the difficulty of
their homework and their very short vacations. Schools
(teach) a vanety of
subjects: language literature, law, accounting and mathematics.​

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Appropriate Question :-

Rewrite the passage using simple past tense form of the verbs in brackets.

Mesopotamian civilisation (begin) around 5000 BC and (reach) it's zenith around 3000 BC. What (make) this possible? Historians say that the shift to agriculture was the main cause. In order to grow food, they (need) water. The only source of water being the rivers, the people (use) its water to irrigate their land, with a good network of canals. The Sumerians (invent) a form of writing called cune form because of the wedge-shaped marks that form its alphabet. This language had characters that stood for words or sounds. The language (have) several thousand characters, and the students of those days (complain) bitterty about the difficulty of their homework and their very short vacations. Schools (teach) a variety of subjects : language, literature, law, accounting and mathematics.

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D. Rewrite the passage using simple past tense form of the verbs in brackets.

Mesopotamian civilisation began around 5000 BC and reached it's zenith around 3000 BC. What made this possible? Historians say that the shift to agriculture was the main cause. In order to grow food, they needed water. The only source of water being the rivers, the people used its water to irrigate their land, with a good network of canals. The Sumerians invented a form of writing called cune form because of the wedge-shaped marks that form its alphabet. This language had characters that stood for words or sounds. The language had several thousand characters, and the students of those days complained bitterty about the difficulty of their homework and their very short vacations. Schools taught a variety of subjects : language literature, law, accounting and mathematics.