Starter quiz

  • True or false? To write from Florence Nightingale's perspective, you'll need to have good knowledge of her life.
    • True ✓
    • False
  • Where was the hospital that Florence worked in located?
    • Crimea
    • Scutari (Turkey)  ✓
    • Russia
  • Why were the soldiers lying on the floor in the hospital?
    • because there weren't any beds
    • because the doctors thought it would help
    • because there weren't enough beds  ✓
  • When writing about what Florence did to improve the conditions at the hospital, you'll be using lots of...
    • past tense verbs.  ✓
    • future tense verbs.
    • present tense verbs.
  • Which of these is a past tense verb?
    • scrub
    • scrubbed  ✓
    • scrubbing
  • Which of these sentences is not written in the past tense?
    • I scrubbed the floors all day.
    • I cleaned the bed sheets straight away.
    • I will organise the medical equipment tomorrow.  ✓
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