Put the verbs in brackets into the Past Simple. Then, use the information to write a short biography about Claude Monet. – ( be) French painter. – ( be ) born 1840 – at the age of 11 ( go ) art school. – ( sell ) drawings for 10 to 20 francs. – 1861 ( join) the army in Algeria. – 1870 ( spend ) a year in England and the Netherlands. - 1890 his paintings ( become ) popular and ( buy ) a house in Giverney, France. - 1911 ( have ) problems with his eyesight but ( continue ) to paint. – 1926 ( die ) at the age of 86. – Today, his paintings are popular all over the world today.
