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.​