3rd WEEK - READING A LIFE STORY

Institución Educativa “ Virgo Potens “
1st ENGLISH WORKSHEET

READING A LIFE STORY
Purpose of the class: Reading a life story. Asking about past events.
1- Match:
Simone Biles is leaving the Paris Olympics with
three gold medals and one silver, making her an
11-time Olympic medalist and the most
decorated U.S. gymnast in Olympic history.
https://youtu.be/E30NoLsXeqc
ELEMENTS OF A BIOGRAPHY
1- NAME/SURNAME A- She loves gymnastics

FAMOUS FOR
B- In 2024, she became the best gymnastic in the world
2- OCCUPATION breaking three world records at the Olympic Games in
Brazil. She studied in the university
3- AGE (alive or dead) C- She was born on March 14th, 1997 in Columbus, Ohio. U. S
4- DATE OF BIRTH D- She is 27 years old.

PLACE OF BIRTH E- She is an American artistic gymnast.
5- CHILDHOOD/ F- Simon Biles is one of the greatest female gymnasts of all
FAMILY time with 11 Olympic medals
6- EDUCATION/ G- At 6, she first tried gymnastics at a daycare field trip. She
CAREER graduated from high school in 2015, studying from home
7- HOBBIES/ to have more time to train.
INTERESTS
2- Read the life story
MARIO VARGAS LLOSA
Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Arequipa in 1936. He is a

Peruvian writer. One of the most important novelist in Latin
America. He wrote many novels that reflect Peruvian society. He
enrolled in San Marcos University in 1953. He married Julia
Urquidi in 1955. He divorced in 1964. A year later he married
again
He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2010…
3- Decide if it is true (T) or false (F)

1. Mario enrolled in San Marcos University at the age of 29. ( )
2. He married twice. ( )
3. At the age of 74 he won a Nobel Prize. ( )
4. He married Julia at the age of 21. ( )
4- Answer the following questions
1. Where was Mario Vargas Llosa born?

___________________________________________
2. What did he write?
_________________________________________
3. Where did he attend to study higher education?
_______________________________________
4. When did he get marry by the second time?
____________________________________
5. Who was his first wife?
_________________________________________
6. Which was his best achievement?
__________________________________________
5- Put the following sentences into the past simple
run publish study marry
a) Mario Vargas Llosa at Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima.

b) He Patricia Llosa in 1965.
c) He ” Aunt Julia and the scriptwriter” in 1977.
d) He for the presidency of Peru in 1990.
6-Change these sentences into the negative form.

a. Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Spain. _________________________________
b. He lived in Peru all his life. __________________________________
c. He wrote “Cien Años de Soledad”. __________________________________
d. Mario won the Nobel Prize last year. __________________________________
7- Read the sentences. Put them in order. Write the correct number in the bo
8- Complete the sentences with the verbs in bold from exercise 1.
a) Ricardo Palma ” Tradiciones” from 1872 to 1910, in a series of volumes.
b) Pedro Suarez Vertiz on February 13, 1969.
c) Dina Paucar to sing at the age 14.
d) Gianmarco listening to his father’s songs.
e) Kina Malpartida’s father in an accident.
f) Kina to Australia when she 19.
9- Fill in the simple past tense of the verb

Frida Kahlo is a hero to many people in Mexico.
She (be) …………… a great artist. She (be)……………born in
Mexico in 1907, she (marry)…………….. Diego Rivera, another
Artist, but they (have, not) …………………….... Any children.
She (paint) ………………many strange and beautiful pictures,
even though She (study, not) ……………………. art. She (use)
……………... many ideas from Mexican culture in her Paintings.
She (be)…………… also very brave. After a terrible accident in
1925, her health (be, not) …………….. very good, but she
(work)………….....very hard and (create)………………. some of the
most beautiful art in the world.
10- Complete the sentences with the verb in the past tense.
become die discover walk make speak
What happened in …
Armstrong on the moon. Elizabeth II Queen of England Elvis his first record
Bell the first words on Columbus America

the telephone Bolivar in Colombia.

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Institución Educativa “ Virgo Potens “

1st ENGLISH WORKSHEET

1- NAME/SURNAME A- She loves gymnastics

4- DATE OF BIRTH D- She is 27 years old.

2- Read the life story

MARIO VARGAS LLOSA

Mario Vargas Llosa was born in Arequipa in 1936. He is a

3- Decide if it is true (T) or false (F)

1. Where was Mario Vargas Llosa born?

5- Put the following sentences into the past simple

run publish study marry

a) Mario Vargas Llosa at Leoncio Prado Military Academy in Lima.

6-Change these sentences into the negative form.

9- Fill in the simple past tense of the verb

become die discover walk make speak

Bell the first words on Columbus America

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