The document provides a biography template to complete with verbs in the past tense. It includes a biography of Will Smith that is filled in using the verbs "was born", "graduated", "was", "received". It also includes a biography of Martin Luther King Jr. filled in with "graduated", "was born", "was", "received". Freddie Mercury's short biography is provided as an example completed biography. The document concludes with a song lyrics fill-in-the-blank exercise using past tense verbs.

1. BIOGRAPHIES
Aim: use the past simple tense to talk about
famous people.

2. Complete their biographies:Complete their biographies:
Name: Name:

3. Find the meaning in spanishFind the meaning in spanish
 WAS BORN (ir):
 SIGNED(reg):
 BUILT (ir):
 WAS (ir):
 BEGAN (ir):
 STARTED (reg) :

4. WAS BORN – SIGNED – BUILT - WAS (2) – BEGAN-WAS BORN – SIGNED – BUILT - WAS (2) – BEGAN-
STARTEDSTARTED
Willard Christopher Smith.
He _______ an American actor and rapper.
He ____ ______ in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania. Smith __________ his career
as part of the pop-rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff & the
Fresh Prince. Smith ______ a charismatic
and energetic performer, and in 1990 the
NBC television network _________ him up
and _____ a sitcom, The Fresh Prince of
BelAir, around him. Smith _______ a
successful movie career near the shows end
with Bad Boys(1995).
Completa la biografía de Will Smith con los verbos dadosCompleta la biografía de Will Smith con los verbos dados
en pasado:en pasado:

5. Find the meaning in spanishFind the meaning in spanish
 WAS BORN (ir):
 GRADUATED(reg):
 WAS (ir):
 RECEIVED (reg):

6. Completa la biografía de Marthin Luther King con losCompleta la biografía de Marthin Luther King con los
verbos dados en pasado:verbos dados en pasado:
Martin Luther King, Jr.
He _______ a Nobel Laureate Baptist
minister and African American civil rights
activist. He ____ one of the most significant
leaders in U.S. history.
He ________considered a hero, peacemaker
and martyr.
He ____ ______ in Atlanta, Georgia .He
_________ from Morehouse College with a
Bachelor of Arts degree. He________his
Ph.D. in systematic theology from Boston
University in 1955.
graduated – was born – was (3) - receivedgraduated – was born – was (3) - received

7. Trabajo grupal (3 o 4 máx)Trabajo grupal (3 o 4 máx)
Write a small biography about a famous
person.
Including:
. Name
. Date and place of birth
. Where he lived
. What he did
. Some other important of his life fact
. Date and place of dead
. Cause of dead

8. Freddie Mercury’s biographyFreddie Mercury’s biography
Fredie Mercury was born on September 5th in 1946, in
Zanzibar.
He lived in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India.
Fredie moved to England where he started his musical
career. Mercury became a rock singer, musician,song-
writer and record producer.
Mercury was known for his bisexual condition. He died
on November 24th in 1991, when he was 45 years old, in
Londond, England. The official cause of death was
bronchial pneumonia, resulting from AIDS.

9. Adele- set fire to the rain.
Lesson’s aim: Students will be able to practice the listening skill and practice the past simple
tense.
I _______ (let) it fall, my heart,
And as it _________ (fall) , you _________(rise) to claim it,
It was dark and I was over,
Until you ________ (kissed) my lips and you saved me,
My hands, they were strong, but my knees ________ (be) far too weak,
To stand in your arms without falling to your feet,
But there's a side to you that I never ___________(know), never knew,
All the things you'd say, they ________ (be) never true, never true,
And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win,
But I set fire to the rain,
____________(watch) it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I _________(cry),
'Cause I ____________(hear) it screaming out your name, your name,
When laying with you I _________ (can) stay there,
Close my eyes, feel you here forever,
You and me together, nothing is better,
'Cause there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew,
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true,
And the games you's play, you would always win, always win,
But I ________ (set) fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I _________(touch) your face,
Well, it burned while I cried,
'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time, oh,
Oh, no,
Let it burn, oh,
Let it burn,
Let it burn….
I. rose III. cried
fell heard
let watched
kissed
were
II. were IV. touched
knew set

10. Adele- set fire to the rain.
Lesson’s aim: Students will be able to practice the listening skill and practice the past simple
tense.
I _______ (let) it fall, my heart,
And as it _________ (fall) , you _________(rise) to claim it,
It was dark and I was over,
Until you ________ (kissed) my lips and you saved me,
My hands, they were strong, but my knees ________ (be) far too weak,
To stand in your arms without falling to your feet,
But there's a side to you that I never ___________(know), never knew,
All the things you'd say, they ________ (be) never true, never true,
And the games you'd play, you would always win, always win,
But I set fire to the rain,
____________(watch) it pour as I touched your face,
Well, it burned while I _________(cry),
'Cause I ____________(hear) it screaming out your name, your name,
When laying with you I _________ (can) stay there,
Close my eyes, feel you here forever,
You and me together, nothing is better,
'Cause there's a side to you that I never knew, never knew,
All the things you'd say, they were never true, never true,
And the games you's play, you would always win, always win,
But I ________ (set) fire to the rain,
Watched it pour as I _________(touch) your face,
Well, it burned while I cried,
'Cause I knew that that was the last time, the last time, oh,
Oh, no,
Let it burn, oh,
Let it burn,
Let it burn….
I. rose III. cried
fell heard
let watched
kissed
were
II. were IV. touched
knew set