10 Creative Ideas in Story

1. Read about Leonardo da Vinci's inventions and circle the correct verb form.

I grow/grew up in Vinci and Florence and work/worked in different places in Italy and France. I was/were a Renaissance man because I was/were talented in many different subjects. I was/were a scientist, designer, artist, engineer, inventor, and architect, among others. My inventions continue to benefit the world!

Painting Innovations
I discover/discovered that chiaroscuro can/could be a new painting technique.
I study/studied objects and discover/discovered that they was/were three-dimensional bodies defined by light and shadow.

Engineering and Architecture Innovations
Leonardo make/made drawings that anticipate/anticipated the design of modern airplanes and helicopters.
He don't invent/didn't invent the clock, but he designs/designed one with two separate mechanisms, one for minutes and the other for hours.
He built/build a robotic knight that can/could move on its own. The knight sit/sat down and move/moved his head.
When he lives/lived in Venice, he create/created a scuba diving suit. He finds/found it useful for protecting people from enemy ships underwater.

2. Circle the mistakes and rewrite the questions. Then answer them based on the text.

a. Did Leonardo da Vinci invent the clock?
b. Did he build a robotic knight?
c. Did he make drawings of flying machines?
d. Did he grow up in France?