6. Cross out the wrong alternative to complete the facts. 1. In Kobrin, there grows / grew an oak tree that is / was about 400 years old. Nobody knows / knew who plant / planted it in the centre of the town. In 2020, the tree gets / got an official name — Volat. In the past, local people believe / believed that touching it on Midsummer’s day protects / protected them from illnesses. How many events does / did the oak tree remember? 2. How do / did the history of Dzisna begin? With a fortress that protects / protected Polotsk from the Livonian Knights. In 1563, they build / built a powerful castle. Few years later, the town gets / got Magdeburg city rights. Today, Dzisna is / was the smallest town in Belarus. No more than 1,500 people live / lived here.

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1. In Kobrin, there grows an oak tree that is about 400 years old. Nobody knows who planted it in the centre of the town. In 2020, the tree got an official name — Volat. In the past, local people believed that touching it on Midsummer’s day protected them from illnesses. How many events does the oak tree remember?
2. How did the history of Dzisna begin? With a fortress that protected Polotsk from the Livonian Knights. In 1563, they built a powerful castle. A few years later, the town got Magdeburg city rights. Today, Dzisna is the smallest town in Belarus. No more than 1,500 people live here.