Basic II - Progress Check 2 - Writing & Grammar - (20pts.

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Topic:
Imagine you are a journalist. Write an article about your favorite person in the
world and describe him or her. Provide as many details as possible about:

Where and when he/ she was born;

What he/she can do;
What he/she is famous for;
The beginning of his/ her career (use Simple past);
His/her personality and appearance;
His/her likes and dislikes, etc.
Grammar:
Simple present: questions, positive and negatives (I, you, we, they), prepositions
of time. Simple present: he and she. Like…ing. Adverbs of frequency. Use the verb
to be, the verb to have, and any other verb you need (affirmative and negative
sentences), vocabulary from the classes, videos, adjectives, etc.

Hey, did you missed me? I hope that, but do not be sad, I am here for you. In this
time, we are going to talk about one of the most popular Latin singers, Chayanne,
why Chayanne? Because he is iconic, handsome, talented and a lot of things, ok
boys/girls, let’s start.
1. His real name is Elmer Figeroa Arce (that sounds horrible) but his nickname
(or alias, artistic name) is Chayanne.
2. He was born in 1968, July 28. Now he is 53 years old (he still handsome, do
not worry), he is from Puerto Rico.
3. He is a singer, an actor, a dancer and a he writes his songs (I don’t know
the name of that)
4. He is famous for his songs, his movies are not famous (not too famous that
his career as a singer), I only know one and its name is “Dance with me”
5. He starts his career very young, when he was 10 years old. He was in a
band called “Los Chicos”, they record five discs and they made a movie.
That was his first job as a singer and as an actor. Then in 1983 he was
alone and he met Gustavo Sanchez, Gustavo Sanchez ask if he wants to
 travel to Mexico to start recording songs, Gustavo Sanchez was his
manager.
6. He is very kind, generous, happy, funny, sweet. He has black hair, brown
eyes, he is tall (1.93m) and he has muscles. His skin is not white or black,
he is in the middle.
7. His favorite movie is Dirty Dancing, his favorite colors are white, beige, blue
and black. He loves art and the internet, his favorite artists are: Elvis Presley
and Barbara Streisand.
8. He is married with Marilisa Maronesse and they have two children. His wife
is from Venezuela (Great)

Ok, this is the end. I love Chayanne, please, look at his beautiful face.