Look at the verbs in bold in the texts.. The highlighted verbs in the texts are irregular verbs4. Go to the list of irregular verbs Simple Past Infinitive form Was Shot Became A He was
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Date:
Did you know that ?
1 Match the pictures with the biographies (A-B-C-D).
2 Check your predictions about these famous people.
3 Look at the verbs in bold in the texts What do they have in common?
4 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)
Simple Past Infinitive form
Was Shot Became
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.
D) She was born in Albania in 1910, and died in
1997 Her real name was Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
She became famous all over the world for starting
the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India She
began this work in 1950 and for over forty years,
she looked after the poor, sick, orphaned, and
dying She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for
her humanitarian work She decided to become a
nun when she was 12 She arrived in India in 1929
and became a nun two years later In 1946 she
received a call from God to leave the convent and
help the poor She was an international symbol of
charity, visiting many countries to help poor
children After she died, the Pope started the
process to make her a saint
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
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 Cosmos of the North American Soccer League In 1977 the Cosmos won the league championship and
finally he retired after that victory.
C ) He was born in San Francisco in
1955 He became interested in
computers when he was a teenager
and attended lessons after school at
Hewlett Packard (HP) In 1974, he got
a job as a technician at the video
game maker Atari He and Steve
Wozniak founded Apple in 1976 They
developed the Mac It was the first
small computer He created
Oscar-winning movies such as ‘Toy Story’
and ‘Finding Nemo’ His name has a
connection to innovative products like
the iPod, iPhone, iTunes and iPad His
attention to design, function and style
won him millions of fans He died in
October 2011, at the age of 56
John Lennon
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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 9
o’clock and phones some friends
Finally, she goes to sleep at 11.30.
Grew up
Began
Simple Past Infinitive form
Brought Was born Won Got
Took
5 Read Karen’s daily routine Then, turn it
into the past form.
6 Reading comprehension Correct the
following sentences with information from the biographies.
Today is Tuesday Yesterday, she
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England.
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b) John formed a band at the age of
sixty-two.
c) Pelé’s father played for an important soccer team.
d)He played soccer for the first time
in 1970.
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h) Mother Teresa became a saint when she died.
i) She won the Nobel Prize because she worked in a convent.
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e) Apple was the name of the first small
computer.
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f) Steve Jobs died in the 20th century.
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