Estructura de una biografía.

Usaremos el nombre de la persona

como título, y lo acompañaremos de la
fecha de nacimiento y muerte según
corresponda.

Todos los verbos deben estar en

pasado, excepto si vamos a hablar de la
persona en la actualidad.

Separaremos la biografía en párrafos

con un orden lógico, se puede poner
títulos a cada uno de ellos.

Es importante utilizar adverbios para

organizar el texto. Algunos ejemplos
son later (más tarde), in the same year
(en el mismo año), at the same time (al
mismo tiempo)

Las fechas pueden ir al inicio o al final

de la oración.

Utiliza la información debajo para

completar la biografía de Albert Einstein.
Recuerda utilizar los verbos en pasado.
En el siguiente esquema encontrarás diversas expresiones utilizadas habitualmente en este tipo de textos. Como verán
los verbos están en pasado. Es importante prestar atención al uso de las preposiciones (on, in, at, by, of, etc.).

- He / she was born on + date ( on June 22 1976) nd

BIRTH - He / she was born in + year ( in 1976)

- He/ she was born in + place ( in London)

FAMILY - He/ she had … sisters and …. brothers // He/she was an only child.
- His / her father was a …. and his / her mother was a …
- His / her parents were …
- His/her father's name was … and his/her mother's name was ...
- He / she lived in + place (in Bristol).
CHILDHOOD - He / she spent his/her childhood in …. with his/her … (with his aunt).
- He / she was brought up by his/her … (by his aunt).
- He / she studied …. (History and French).
- He /she went to … school/college/ university in …
- He / she attended a public ( = private) school.
EDUCATION
- He / she didn't go to school.
- He/ she was educated at home by his/her … (by his father).
- He wanted to be a … ( a journalist).
- He was interested in …

MARRIAGE - He/ she married … in … ( He married Linda in 1986).

- He / she got married to … in … ( He got married to Linda in 1986).
- He / she never married . He / she was single.

CHILDREN - He / she had … children : … daughters and … sons.

- He / she didn't have any children
- He / she was a/an … . ( a famous writer/ an English painter).
JOB - He/ she first worked as a … ( a cook) in … ( in a restaurant).
- He / she became a … ( a journalist) in ...

REASONS FOR - He/ she became famous in … because …

CELEBRITY - He/ she wrote … /composed … /painted … / discovered … / invented … /
created … / became … / won … / acted in ...
- He / she died on + date (on May 31 1845) / in + year (in 1845).
st

- He / she died of a cancer/ a heart attack/ old age / a disease.

- He / she committed suicide.
DEATH
- He/ she was murdered/ assassinated.
- He / she died in a car accident / in a plane crash.
- He died at the age of ….
- He was … (years old) when he died.
 Lee la biografía de Abraham Lincoln para
completar los ejercicios que siguen.

1- Read and answer TRUE or FALSE

2- Read again and answer the questions with a

3- Complete the time line.

READ ABOUT THESE FAMOUS SCIENTISTS AND DO THE EXERCISES.
1) a) Put the paragraphs in chronological order.
b) Write the sentences below in the correct place
Ada had an important influence on computer history because she predicted the modern computer. In 1980, when
American scientists invented a new computer language, they called it ADA.1) ______, 1852, at the age of 36.

Ada married Lord Lovelace in 1835 and they had three children. After that, she worked with Babbage 2)_____.
In 1843, she wrote an article about it with a plan for calculating numbers. This plan was the first computer
program.

Ada Byron was born in London on 10 December, 1815. She was the daughter of the famous British poet, Lord
Byron and her wife, Anabella. Five weeks later, her parents separated. Her mother didn´t want Ada to be a poet
like her father, 3) _______. Ada was a maths genius but she also had her father´s imagination.

In 1828, when she was only thirteen,. Then, 4) ______ when she was eighteen, Ada met the inventor, Charles
Babbage. She helped him with his work and he had a big influence on her life.

A on his new calculating machine

B Ada died on 27 November
C Ada designed a flying machine
D so she taught her maths and science

1- PUT THE SUB- HEADINGS IN THE CORRECT PLACE.

 HIS LAST YEARS
 HIS EARLY YEARS
 HIS SCIENTIFIC LIFE
GALILEO GALILEI – THE FATHER OF MODERN SCIENCE.

A- _______________________________________
Galileo was born in 1564 in Pisa, Italy. He was the first of six children of Vicenzo Galilei and Giulia
Ammannati-His father was a famous musician.
Galileo´s early education was in a monastery. From there, in 1581, he went to the University of Pisa, where he
was a student of medicine and mathematics. Then from 1592 to 1610 he went to the University of Padua. He
wasn’t a student at this university he was a professor of mathematics and astronomy.
Galileo was the father of three children - two daughters and a son – but he wasn´t married to their
mother. B- _______________________________________
Galileo made excellent telescopes. With them he could see moons going round the planet Jupiter and the planet
Venus going round the sun. At the time, there was the belief that the earth was the centre of the universe and the
sun went round the earth.
C- _______________________________________
Some religious organizations weren´t happy with Galileo´s theories. His ideas were dangerous because they
were different from the ideas in the Bible. Finally, in 1634 there was a trial. Galileo was 70 and not in good
health so he wasn´t sent to prison, but he couldn´t leave his house in Florence. It was here that he died in 1642.
He was 78 years old.

A)- What nationality was Galileo?

B)- When was he born?
C)- What was his job at the University of Padua?
D)- Was he married?
E)- What could he see with his telescope?
F)- Was he sent to prison?