1. Read the text and fill it in with the Past Simple of the verbs in brackets. Queen Elizabeth I (to die) in 1603, and English Catholics persecuted under her rule (to hope) that her successor, James I, would be more tolerant. after all, a Catholic mother. James I (to have) Unfortunately, James (not to turn out) Elizabeth. Thus thirteen young men (to decide) to be more tolerant than that violent action (to be) the answer: they (to want) to blow up the Houses of Parliament. A small group (to take) . carry out their plan, the conspirators (to get). ..... shape, under the leadership of Robert Catesby. To .... hold of 36 barrels of gunpowder - and (to store) them in a cellar, just under the House of Lords. However, as the group (to work). clear that innocent people would be hurt or killed in the attack, including some people .. .on the plot, it (to become) who (to fight) for more rights for Catholics. Some of the plotters (to start) having second thoughts. One of them even (to send) an ........ anonymous letter warning Lord Monteagle, to stay away from the Parliament on November 5th. the King, and the King's forces (to make) in the The warning letter (to reach) plans to stop the conspirators. Guy Fawkes (to be) ...... cellar of the parliament with the 36 barrels of gunpowder when the authorities (to storm) it in the early hours of November 5th. They (to catch). (to torture) ...., and (to execute) The Gunpowder Plot (to strike).. . a very profound chord for the people of England. In fact, even today, the reigning monarch only enters the Parliament once a year, on "the State Opening of Parliament". Prior to the Opening, the Yeomen of the Guard him. search the cellars of the Palace of Westminster. On the very night that the Gunpowder Plot was foiled, on November 5th, 1605, people (to set) November 5th has become known as Bonfire Night and is commemorated every year with bonfires alight to celebrate the safety of the King. Since then, fireworks and burning effigies of Guy Fawkes on a bonfire.