Lückentext: Peterborough

  • Hallo, habe hier ein Lückentext und bin mir nicht sicher ob ich das richtig gemacht habe, hier erst mal die Aufgabe stellung.

    Fill in the gaps in the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets.
    (ergänzen sie den text mit der richtigen Form des eingeklammerten Verbs.)

    PS: Meine Antwort ist unterstrichen und das vorgegebene verb in Klammern.

    Peterborough is a cathedral city with a population of 160,000 inhabitants in the east of England. It is situated on the River Nene an on the main Railway line from London to Scotland. Indeed, most people (1)heard(hear) of the city because they (2) changed (change) trains at Peterborough because of the good connections to other parts of the country. The axes that (3) found (find) in this area tell us that the first people (4) came (come) to Peterborough a few 100,000 years ago. The Romans (5) arrived (arrive) in the first century AD and (6) tried (try) to get control but the people (7) fought (fight) them. After that villas and farms (8) built (build) and the people (9) lived (live) well in the productive countryside. Originally the city (10) called (call) Medeshamstede, then Burh, an Anglo-Saxon name, and later Burh St Peter. During the 13 th century the people of Peterborough were very busy and a lot of building (11) does (do): a bridge over the river, a new church and the old church (12) made (make) bigger. When this church (13) became (become) a cathedral, Peterborough (14) got (get) the status of city. in 1845 something important (15) happened(happen). Peterborough (16) connected (connect) to the railway line. 260 new houses (17) constructed (construct) and by 1901 25% of the citys men (18) worked (work) on the railway.
    Since then Peterborough (19) grown (grow) bigger. Most people work in the city itself but some commute to London, only 80 miles to the south A lot (20) done (do) to give people a good life, e.g. a new shopping centre in 1978 and lots of leisure facilities such as cinemas, an ice-rink and a brand new theatre by the river.