Archimedes and his bath (Past Simple vs. Past Perfect Simple Exercises)

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Complete the text with the correct form of the verb in brackets using Past Simple or Past Perfect

Archimedes and his bath


Archimedes, the Greek mathematician, is probably most famous for the story of King Hieron II of Syracuse and the gold crown. The king _________(want) to give a gold crown as a gift to the gods, and ________(give) a carefully weighed amount of gold to a goldsmith. The man ________(produce) a beautiful crown, but the king was worried that the craftsman __________(not use) all the gold to make the crown. Dishonest craftsmen often ________(mix) gold with silver, which was cheaper, but the king could not find a way of proving that the man _________(do) this. He _________(ask) Archimedes to solve the problem. Archimedes ________(know) that gold and silver have different densities. The problem was that nobody could calculate the mass of an object like a crown. While Archimedes ________(think) about this problem, he decided to go to the public baths to relax. While he ________(climb) into the bath, he ________(notice) some water on the floor. It _________(spill) over he side of the bath, and he ________(realize) that he _________(solve) the problem by accident. The total amount of water that ________(spill) out of the bath must be the same as the colume of his body. He could use a piece of pure gold and calculate its volume, and then test the crown and see if it was the same. Acording to the story, he ________(jump) straight out of the bath and ________(run) down the street calling 'Eureka - I've found it.' The goldsmith soon ________(admit) that he ________(cheat) the king, and was punished. Archimedes ________(discover) a principle of buoyancy.

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