THE FIRST CIVILIZATIONS

By
Josefina Herrera Cides

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Fill in the gaps with a suitable verb in the past simple tense.

THE STUDENT'S TASK
I my tablet, I breakfast, I my new tablet, I on it, then my lines prepared for me and in the afternoon, my written work given to me. Upon the school 's dismissal, I home, the house, there my father sitting. I to my father of my written work, then the tablet to him, and my father pleased. When I early in the morning, I my mother. I to her, "Give me my lunch, I want to go to school". My mother me two rolls and I to school. The school monitor to me, "Why are you late?" I afraid, and with a pounding heart I before my teacher and a respectful bow.

Text of a teacher in 2000 BC