Homework 14/06/2020

A. Ejercicio de vocabulario
 Abdicates / Abdica
 Government / Gobierno
 In love / Enamorado
 King / Rey
 Lifetime / Vida terminada
 Marriage / Matrimonio
 Poet / Poeta
 Queen / Reina

1. King Henry VIII was famous for his six wives.

2. After 25 years of marriage my parents got divorced.

3. Elizabeth II has been a queen for almost 68 years.

4. My friend is deeply in love his girlfriend and they are getting married next month.

5. My uncle has been married five times in his lifetime.

6. Octavio Paz was a famous Mexican poet.

7. Some people are against the government’s decisions about health matters.

8. When a king abdicates he renounces his throne.

B. Lee el extracto de Galileo Galilei y contesta las siguientes preguntas.

1. What nationality was Galileo?
He is was Italy.

2. He was a physicist and a

mathematician. What else was he?
He was a doctor and an astronomer.

3. When was he born?

Galileo was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy.

4. Where was he a student?

In the Univesity of Pisa, where he wa a
student of medicine and mathematics.

5. What was his job at the University of

Padua?
He was a profesor of mathematics and
astronomy.

6. What could he see with his

telescope?
With them he could see moons going
around the planet Jupiter and the planet
Venus going around the sun.

7. Why were his ideas dangerous?

His ideas were dangerous because they
were different and new.

8. Why was he not sent to prison?

Porque Galileo was 70 and not in good
health.
C. Resuelve los ejercicios de WAS/WERE.

was

was

Were

were

was

wasn´t were

was was
Complete the past simple setencese with was/wasn´t or were/weren´t.

Present simple Past simple

My father´s a painter My grandfather was a painter, too.
Today is Monday. Yesterday was Sunday.
Where are you now? Where were you yesterday?
I´m in Italy. I was in Germany last month.
Is it hot today? Was in hot yesterday?
The café isn´t open now. It wasn´t open this morning.
My neighbours aren´t at home. They weren´t at home yesterday.
We´re in Rome now. We were in Venice yesterday.
They´re tired. They were tired last week.