Student’s name: Paula Andrea Galeano Date: 20/03/2021

Topic: The present perfect / simple past

A - Watch the video about Fernando Montaño. Number the topics 1- 6 in

the order you hear them. https://youtu.be/EZhLU3LN_Rc

_3_ His time in Cuba

_2 His dream when he was a child
_4_ Coming to London and starting to learn English
_6_ His other interests
1 His early life in Cali
_5_ How he keeps fit

B – Watch the video again and answer the following questions:

a) How was Fernando’s childhood?

It was difficult because he was very poor

b) How long has he been a dancer?

He has danced since he was 12

c) Where was he living when he was invited to audition in London?

He was living in Cuba

d) What has been his biggest challenges?

-learning English and training at the same time , becoming a dancer

under difficult conditions

e) What is his main ambition?

Being the main dancer at the Royal Ballet Dancing School

f) What hobbies does he have?

 He likes to draw, photograph, to model, act,

C- Write about some of the most important facts about Fernando

Montaño and write about some of the most important facts in his life.

publish / autobiography called “Una Buena

Ventura” /2019

He published his autobiography called "Una

Buena Ventura" in 2019

win / LUKAS Awards / 2013 - 2014

He won the LUKAS awards in 2013 and 2014

Receive / an Honorary Doctorate of the Arts,

University of Bath /2019

He has receive an Honorary Doctorate of the

Arts from the University of Bath
 Fernando received an Honorary Doctorate of
the Arts from the University of Bath

model /Vivienne Westwood / many times

He has modeled for Vivienne Westwood

perform /many different countries

He has performed in many different country

around the world.

C- Investigate about a famous person / character and write five

important events of his/her life. Use the present perfect and past
participle form in your description. Get ready to talk about it.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Gabriel Garcia Marquez won the Nobel award of
Literature in 1978(nineteen- seventy eight)

He has published stories(istories) and novels

where the fantastic and the real(ril) are
combined(combaind)

He published his most successful(novel

called(cold) "100 Años de soledad" in
1967(nineteen-sixtyseven

He has worked as a journalist(yournalist) and

film critic(kridik)

He received an honorary doctorate from

Columbia University in New York in 1971