PRACTICE #1
I) Put in the correct order the VERBS & NOUNS, using the
SIMPLE PAST.
TO - HAVE - TO BE(x2) ART PAINT AGE
NOT TO BE - ACTRESS - THERE IS - DIE BECOME
Frida Kahlo _______ in Mexico City in 1907. She is famous for painting
colourful _______. She often _______ herself of her 143 paintings, 55 are
self-portraits.
Frida _________ a lot of problems in her life. She had polio when she
_______ six and at the _________ of 18 she had a serious accident. She
started painting to help with the pain.
Frida was married _________ the artist Diego Rivera. Diego loved Frida's
paintings, but they ________ always happy together.
Frida's work ________ popular with many people. In 1953, she had her first
solo exhibition in Mexico. But her health wasn't strong and she ________ the
next year, at the age of 47.
Her work is popular all over the world now. In 2002, ________ a film about
the artist's life with the _______ Salma Hayek as Frida.
II) Complete with the CORRECT FORM of the words in brackets.
1. Pablo Neruda was a famous _______(poetry) from Chile.
2. Albert Einstein was one of the most famous ______(science) in the world.
3. Jackson Pollock was an American ______ (paint) who worked in an unusual
way.
4. Anita Roddick was a British _________ (business). She created the Body
Shop products.
5. Charles Babbage was the _________ (invent) of one of the first computers.
6. Miles Davis was a jazz _________ (music) famous for creating a new style.
7. Ronald Reagan was an __________ (act) in the 1940s and a ______(politics)
in the 1980s.
8. Agatha Christie was a crime ________ (novel) famous for her detective
Hercule Poirot.
9. Alfred Hitchcock was a British _________(film direct). One of his most
famous films was The Birds.
III) Complete the Biography with the verbs in brackets using SIMPLE PAST
