Unit 5, page 22‐A - DeiseFreire/English GitHub Wiki

MURPHY, Raymond. English grammar in use. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Unit 5, page 22-A.

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and composer. He lived from 1756 to 1791. He started composing at the age of five and wrote more than 600 pieces of music. He was only 35 years old when he died.

lived/started/wrote/was/died are all past simple