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1. William Shakespeare ______________ (baptize) on 26 th April 1564. He was an English poet and playwright who

_____________ (regard) as the greatest writer in the English language. He _______________ (often/call)

England’s national poet. His surviving works ____________ (consist) of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long

narrative poems and several other poems. His plays ______________ (translate) into every major living

language and _______________ (perform) more often than those of any other playwright.

Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon. At the age of 18 he ___________ (marry) Anne

Hathaway and they _______ (have) three children: Susanna, Hamnet and Judith who ______ (be) twins.

Between 1585 and 1592, he __________ (begin) a successful career in London as an actor, writer and part owner

of a playing company which ____________ (call) the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and which _________________

(later/know) as the King’s Men. He ____________ (retire) to Stratford around 1613 where he ____________

(die) three years later.


2. “Jack the Ripper” is the name which ______________ (give) to an unidentified serial killer who was active in the

largely impoverished areas in and around the Whitechapel district of London in 1888. The name

_______________ (originate) in a letter which ______________ (write) by someone claiming to be the

murderer. The letter ____________ (believe) to be a hoax and may ___________ (write) by a journalist in an

attempt to heighten interest in the story. The “Ripper” __________ (attack) female prostitutes from the

slums whose throats ___________ (cut) prior to abdominal mutilations. Rumours that the murders

_____________ (connect) intensified in September and October 1888 and letters from people purporting to be

the murderer _____________ (receive) by media outlets and Scotland Yard. There are now over one hundred

theories about the Ripper’s identity and the murders ______________ (inspire) multiple works of fiction.

3. John Lennon was born on the 9 th October 1940. He _____ (be) an English musician and singer-songwriter who

__________ (rise) to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles. With Paul McCartney he

__________ (form) one of the most successful songwriting partnerships of the 20 th century. John Lennon was

born and raised in Liverpool and he ___________ (become) involved as a teenager in the Skiffle Craze; his first

band. The group “The Beatles” _____________ (create) in 1960. Towards the end of the decade Lennon

____________ (embark) on a solo career and then in 1975 ______________ disengage) himself from the

music business to devote time to his family, but _____________ (come) back in 1980 with a new album. He

_______________ (murder) three weeks after its release.

Answer 1

Respuesta:

was baptized, is regarded, is often called, consist, have been translated, performed, married, had, were, began, was called, was later known, retired, died

was given, originated, was written, is believed, have been written, attacked, were cut, were connected, were received, have inspired

was, rose, formed,became, was created, embarked, disengaged, came, was murdered

Explicación:

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