Complete the conversation using was/were or could. B What (1) Mozart do when he (2) a child? (3) he a child prodigy?
A Yes, he (4) . When he was five, he (5) already write music.
B Which musical instruments (6) he play?
A He (7) play the violin and the keyboard – an instrument like the piano.
B (8) his mother a musician?
A No, she (9) . But his father (10) a music teacher and he wrote music, too.
B (11) his parents rich?
A I don’t know. But Mozart (12) rich – he was poor when he died.
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