Question

Look at the verbs in the box and pass them to past tense after that, complete the following
texts about successful people in business, arts and the scientific field.

copy like (x2) look paint(x2) stay stop travel use (x2) visit walk

a. Monet was a French painter. He (a) l____________ in France, but he (b) t___________ a lot. He (c)
v________________ England, Italy, and Norway. He (d) s______________ art in school, but he (e)
d________________ l school and only stayed until he was 16. Monet (f) p_____________ gardens, water, and
buildings. He painted outdoors because he (g) l________________ light and color. He (h) d________________ u
brown in his paintings. He (i) u________________ wonderful bright colors. In 1860, he joined the army in Algeria.
He (j) d________________ p at all for seven years. Monet lived for a long time. He was almost blind at the end of
his life, but he (k) d s________________ painting. He (l) d________________ when he was 86.

Be (x2), do, go, stay, leave, sell,
get, invent (x2), make, work, die.

b. Thomas Alva Edison __________ probably the greatest inventor who ever
lived. However, when he was at school he ____________ (not) it very well. In
fact, he ___________ to the bottom of his class and ____________ at the
bottom for three months. Shortly after, at the age of 12, he ___________
school and never went back! He _______________ newspapers on trains, that was his first job. Later, at the age
of 16, he ____________ a job working in a telegraph office. Not all of Edison’s inventions _____________
successful. In fact, the first thing he ______________ was a failure. Although most of the inventions that
______________ Edison famous were created in the first half of his life, Edison ____________ and
_____________ till he was over 70. Edison _______________on October 18, 1931, at the age of 84.
c. Richard Branson is one of the most successful business people in the world. We ______________ (be) born in
England in 1950. He _____________ (start) his firs business at the age of 16. It was a magazine for students. He
________________ (not/graduated) from high school. He _______________ (open) a record store in London. In
1972 he ________________ (create) his own record company. He _______________ (call) it virgin records. The
company was very successful. In 1984 he _________________ (decide) to start an airline. In 1999 he
____________ (add) a cellphone business to his company. Branson now owns more than 200 businesses. Branson
also ________________ (dream) of adventure. He _________________ (want) to fly around the world in a hot
air balloon. That ________________ (not/happen) but in 1987 he _____________ (cross) the Atlantic Ocean in a
hot air balloon.

Answer 1

1. lived

2. turned

3. visited

(simple)

Toda la información restante, tendrás que mirarla en tu libro o cuaderno. Lee y mira la clase detenidamente para ver los verbos en el tiempo pasado, y luego resuelve con los verbos observados para poder completar todos los espacios blancos que te faltaron en tu actividad o tarea. Sólo observa bien. Gracias.