SHAKIRA’S BIOGRAPHY (A)

“Shakira is a singer, song-writer, musician, record producer and dancer. She

has sold ____________ 1) albums worldwide and she has won numerous
awards. She is also the only South-American singer to have a number one
record in the USA.

Shakira was born in ____________ 2) in 1977 . Her mother’s family comes

from ____________ 3). Her father’s family comes from Leban. She speaks
Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian fluently and she speaks a little
Arabic. Shakira was an outstanding student at school. She started writing
poems when ____________ 4).

Shakira started to want to perform when she was four. She danced at school
every Friday. She was called ____________ 5) by her classmates. When she
was thirteen, she signed a three-album contract with Sony Music. The first
two albums were a failure, but the third one, “Pies Descalzos”, was a success.
She sold five million copies of her album “Pies Descalzos” and she became a
star.

Shakira started singing in English in ____________ 6). She sold

____________ 7) copies of her album “Laundry Service”. Shakira has
written the lyrics to most of her songs. She describes herself
____________ 8).

At the moment Sakira has become very famous in Spain because she is going
out with ____________ 9).”

Ask questions to get the missing information about Shakira:

1. How many ___________________________________ ?
2. Where ___________________________________ ?
3. Where ___________________________________ ?
4. When ___________________________________ ?
5. What ___________________________________ ?
6. When ___________________________________ ?
7. How many___________________________________ ?
8. How ___________________________________ ?
9. Who ___________________________________ ?
 SHAKIRA’S BIOGRAPHY (B)

“Shakira is a singer, song-writer, musician, record producer and dancer. She

has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide and she has won numerous
awards. She is also the only South-American singer to have a number one
record in the USA.

Shakira was born in Barranquilla, Colombia in ____________ 1) . Her

mother’s family comes from Spain and Italy. Her father’s family comes from
____________ 2). She speaks ____________ 3) fluently and she speaks a
little Arabic. Shakira was an outstanding student at school. She started
writing poems when she was a child.

Shakira started to want to perform when ____________ 4). She

____________ 5) at school every Friday. She was called the “belly dancer
girl” by her classmates. When ____________ 6), she signed a three-album
contract with Sony Music. The first two albums were a failure, but the third
one, “Pies Descalzos”, was a success. She sold ____________ 7) copies of
her album “Pies Descalzos” and she became a star.

Shakira started singing in English in 2001. She 13 million copies of her album
“Laundry Service”. ____________ 8) has written the lyrics to most of her
songs. She describes herself as a perfectionist.

At the moment Sakira has become very famous in Spain because she is going
out with Gerard Piqué, a Barça’s footballer.”

Ask questions to get the missing information about Shakira:

1. When ___________________________________ ?
2. Where ___________________________________ ?
3. How many ___________________________________ ?
4. When ___________________________________ ?
5. What ___________________________________ ?
6. When ___________________________________ ?
7. How many ___________________________________ ?
8. Who ___________________________________ ?
 SHAKIRA’S BIOGRAPHY

Shakira is a singer, song-writer, musician, record producer and dancer. She

has sold more than 50 million albums worldwide and she has won numerous
awards. She is also the only South-American singer to have a number one
record in the USA.

Shakira was born in Barranquilla, Colombia in 1977 . Her mother’s family

comes from Spain and Italy. Her father’s family comes from Leban. She
speaks Spanish, English, Portuguese and Italian fluently and she speaks a
little Arabic. Shakira was an outstanding student at school. She started
writing poems when she was a child.

Shakira started to want to perform when she was four. She danced at school
every Friday. She was called the “belly dancer girl” by her classmates. When
she was 13, she signed a three-album contract with Sony Music. The first two
albums were a failure, but the third one, “Pies Descalzos”, was a success. She
sold 5 million copies of “Pies Descalzos” and she became a star.

Shakira started singing in English in 2001. She sold 13 million copies of her
album “Laundry Service”. Shakira has written the lyrics to most of her songs.
She describes herself as a perfectionist.

At the moment Sakira has become very famous in Spain because she is going
out with Gerard Piqué, a Barça’s footballer.