CARLOS MANUEL SANTIAGO TORRES

1 VOCABULARY biographies

1. My grandfather was (c ) born in 1945

2. He went (d) to school when he was five.
3. He fell (b) in love with my grandmother at school.
4. He graduated from (f) high school in 1963.
5. He started ( e) work when he was 19.
6. They got (h) married in 1968.
7. They had (g) three children.
8. He retired (a) on his 65th birthday.

2 GRAMMAR present perfect or simple past?

A. Circle the correct verb forms.

1. She graduated.
2. Sent
3. She
4. They fell
5. they got
6. They had
7. THey moved
8. they’ve lived
9. has just planted
10. he’s been
11. have made
B. Write the verbs in the simple past or present perfect. Use contractions
where necessary.
1. have \ studied
2. got \ married \ have been
3. has\ worked \ graduated
4. have \ had \ bought
5. is \ met \ she’s knew
6. have \ lived \ arrived

3 PRONUNCIATION word stress

A. Write the words in the correct group.
1. children\ college\ graduate \ musician\ separate
2. award \ divorced \ married\ retire\ successful

4 READING

a Read the text about John Lennon. Order the paragraphs 1-7

A. 7

B. 2

C. 6

D. 3

E. 5

F. 1

G. 4

b circle the correct verb form in the questions.

1. was
2. did his mother buy
3. were
4. did John Lennon die
5. has Julian Lennon made
6. has Sean Lennon payed