26374 biographies of famous people

Name: Date: Worksheet N° Did you know that ? Match the pictures with the biographies (A-B-C-D) A) He was born in Liverpool, England in 1940 He wanted to be an artist In 1962 he formed the band “The Beatles” with Paul Mcartney, George Harrison and Ringo Star He married Yoko Ono, a Japanese girl The band divided in 1970 One of the greatest albums was “Let It Be” In 1975 John's and Yoko's son, Sean was born On December 8, 1980 Mark Chapman, a young man, shot John outside his home in New York John died in a police car on the way to the hospital Pelé C) John Lennon He waswas born San Francisco in died in D) She bornin in Albania in 1910, and 1955 became interested in 1997 He Her real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu computers when heallwas a teenager She became famous over the world for starting andthe attended lessons after school at She Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India Hewlett 1974, he forty got years, began Packard this work (HP) in 1950Inand for over a job as a technician at sick, the orphaned, video and she looked after the poor, dying.maker She wonAtari the Nobel in 1979 for game HePeace andPrize Steve her humanitarian She to become a Wozniak foundedwork Apple indecided 1976 They nun when she wasMac 12 She in India developed the It arrived was the firstin 1929 and computer became a nunHetwocreated years later.OscarIn 1946 she small received a call from Godas to leave convent and winning movies such ‘Toy the Story’ the poor.Nemo’ She wasHis an international of andhelp ‘Finding name hassymbol a charity, visiting many countries to like help poor connection to innovative products After she died, and the Pope the thechildren iPod, iPhone, iTunes iPad started His process to make her a saint attention to design, and style Simplefunction Past Infinitive form won him millions of fans He died in October 2011, at the age of 56 Was B) Edson Arantes Do Nascimento was born in October 23, 1940, in Brazil He was the son of a minor league soccer player He grew up in an extremely poor neighbourhood, where the only entertainment for a poor boy was to play soccer He played for his first soccer team at the age of eleven Some years later, Brito took him to Santos where he became one of the best of that soccer team In 1970 he played for Brazil’s World Cup team and brought the title to the team Then he played for the New York Mother of Theresa Steve Jobs Cosmos the North American Soccer League In 1977 the Cosmos won the league championship and finally he retired after that victory Check your predictions about these famous people Look at the verbs in bold in the texts What they have in common? The highlighted verbs in the texts are irregular verbs Complete the box below with their corresponding infinitive form (Go to the list of irregular verbs) Shot Became Grew up Began Simple Past Infinitive form Brought Was born Read Karen’s daily routine Then, turn it into the past form Won Got Today is Tuesday Yesterday, she Took On Mondays, she gets up at o’clock She has a shower and then she has breakfast with her brother and her little sister After breakfast she brushes her teeth, gets dressed and then she goes to school by bus The school starts at 7.30 and finishes at 12.00 She gets home at 1.30 and has lunch with her family She does her homework and then plays with some friends in the park In the evening she listens to music and watches her favourite TV programme She has dinner at o’clock and phones some friends Finally, she goes to sleep at 11.30 Reading comprehension Correct the following sentences with information from the biographies a) John Lennon died in his apartment in England _ b) John formed a band at the age of sixtytwo c) Pelé’s father played for an important soccer team d) He played soccer for the first time in 1970 _ e) Apple was the name of the first small computer _ _ f) Steve Jobs died in the 20th century _ h) Mother Teresa became a saint when she died i) She won the Nobel Prize because she worked in a convent _