Read these fragments from the timeline on page 101 and focus on the verbs in bold to do exercises 1 and 2 in your notebook.

1833: "Oberlin College was the first college in America to admit women."

►1903: "Marie Curie was the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize."

1941-45: "WWII created a new workforce of women while men were at war."

1 Choose the correct item that completes the statement below.

The fragments above refer to events in the past that

a. are finished.
b. are not finished.

2 Replace each icon with was or were to complete the statements below.

a. In affirmative sentences, when the subject is l/he/she/it. we use ?.

b. In affirmative sentences, when the subject is you/we/they. we use ?.

3 The sentences below are about the women on pages 98 and 99. In your notebook, rewrite them using their names as in the example, Replace each icon ? with was, wasn't, were or weren't.
a. She ? born in England. Ada Lovelace was born in England.

b. She ? a volcanologist.

c. They ? mathematicians.

d. She ? a Japanese experimental physicist.

e. They ? born in the United States, but in Poland and Iran, respectively.​