Writing Exercise in Simple Past.

A Short Biography.

I. Completa las partes faltantes en las preguntas utiliza was/ were

o auxiliar did.
Ejemplo:
1. What …her real name?
What was her real name?

2. When … she born?

3. Where …born?
4. What …do? (preguntar sobre su ocupación)
5. Why…famous?
6. Who …her parents?
7. Who …husbands?
8. How old…, when she died?
9. When…die?
10. Where … die?
11. How …she die?

II. Checa tus respuestas con la clave al final del ejercicio.

III. Completa las siguientes oraciones. Algunas oraciones tienen

una pista entre paréntesis:
Ejemplo:
1. …Norma Jean Mortensen
Her real name was Norma Jean Mortensen

a) She died from an overdose of sleeping pills (die)

b) She died in Los Angeles California (die)
c) …June 1st in 1926 (be born + on)
d) …an actress, a Singer and a model (be)
e) …James Dougherty, Joe Di Maggio and Arthur Miller (be)
f) …because her beauty, her movies and her complicated life (be
+famous)
g) …36 when she died (be)
h) …Gladys Monroe and Martin Mortensen (parents + be)
i) …on August 5th, 1962 (die)
j) ...in Los Angeles California (die)

IV. Relaciona las preguntas con su respectiva respuesta

V. Checa tus respuestas al final del ejercicio

 VI. Ahora escribe las respuestas en forma de texto como el
siguiente ejemplo. No lo leas hasta que escribas un párrafo
completo con las respuestas.

Marilyn Monroe Short Biography

(Los títulos llevan la mayúscula en las palabras más relevantes)
Marilyn Monroe real name was Norma Jean Mortensen. She was born on June
1st in 1926 in Los Angeles California. Her parents were Gladys Monroe and
Martin Mortensen, She was an actress, a singer and a model and very famous
because her beauty, her movies and her complicated life. Her husbands were
James Daugherty, Joe Di Maggio and Arthur Miller. She was 36 when she died
on August 5th, 1962 in Los Angeles California. She died from an overdose of
sleeping pills.

VII. Siguiendo el modelo anterior y las ideas que encontraste en la

web ahora escribe la biografía de algún personaje que haya
aportado algo a tu carrera y que ya haya muerto. (Recuerda que
tu texto es sobre el pasado).
A) SIGUE LAS PREGUNTAS COMO GUÍA.
B) Cambia los pronombres y los posesivos si es hombre.

Answer Key
Questions
 a. Wh-Q+ [was/ were] + subject + complement +?
(was/ were es al mismo tiempo auxiliar y verbo)

b. Wh-Q+ [did]+ subject + verb + complement +?

(se ocupa did para auxiliar al verbo a que indique que está en pasado)
Verbo Principal
1. When was she born? (was born)
2. Where was she born? (was born)
3. What did she do? (do)
4. Why was she famous? (was)
5. Who were her parents? (were)
6. Who were her husbands? (were)
7. How old was she when she died? (was)
8. When did she die? (die)
9. Where did she die? (die)
10. How did she die? (die)

Answers
a) She died from an overdose of sleeping pills
b) She died in Los Angeles California
c) She died on June 1st in 1926
d) She was an actress, a Singer and a model
e) Her husbands were James Dougherty, Joe Di Maggio and Arthur Miller
f) She was famous because her beauty, her movies and her complicated
life
g) She was 36 when she died
h) Her parents were Gladys Monroe and Martin Mortensen
i) She died on August 5th, 1962
j) She died in Los Angeles California