3 Write affirmative sentences using the past simple. Are they true or false? Correct the false sentences with your partner. Neil Armstrong (discover) America. Neil Armstrong discovered America. False. 1 Europeans (explore) Africa in the 18th century. 2 Tutankhamen - (live) in Egypt a long time ago. 3 The first astronauts — (visit) space in 1981. 4 Columbus — (arrive) in South America about 500 years ago. 5 People _ (stop) using horses for transport in the 19th century. 6 In 1700 people — (travel) by plane. 7 Graham Bell — (invent) the telephone.