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Marco Polo Marco Polo Marco Polo Marco Polo A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes : - Date of Birth : 1254 - Place of Birth : Venice - Date of Death : 1324 - Job : Italian voyager and merchant - Family : (marry) a woman in 1300 in Venice (have) three children C) Remplace les symboles par des mots de liaison : Finally – when – and – because – so – then - but B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au prétérit : Be (7X ) – begin – travel – see – meet – visit – think (X2) – arrive – want – go – write – become His father ……….. a merchant and he was on a travel when Marco Polo …………..born. Marco Polo ………………his father for the first time he …………….. 15 years old. In 1271, Marco his father ………………… a trip to go to China. The journey ……………….. difficult. They ………………………….. by boat, on horses and on camels. After four years (in 1275), they finally ………………………. in Peking and they ………………… the Mongol’s leader (=chef). His name ………………..Kublai Khan. He ……………………… that Marco ………………. very intelligent Marco could speak four different languages. Kublai Khan ……………………. Marco Polo to work for him as his secretary. Marco Polo …………………………his ambassador. Marco Polo …………………………… Vietnam, Singapore, Sri Lanka, India, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey. He……………………. back to Venice 20 years later. He ……………………… a book to tell his adventures people ………………………………. it ………………… science fiction. Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes : Lewis : - Date of Birth : August 18, 1774 - Date of Death : October 11, 1809 - Job : famous explorer and soldier Clark : - Date of Birth : August 1, 1770 - Date of Death : September 1, 1838 - Job : famous explorer and soldier - Family : (marry) twice in 1808 and 1820 (have) eight children B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au prétérit : Be – do – discover – meet – create – want – write – see – try – cause – steal – return – accept – follow – meet Lewis and Clark ……………….. the first expeditions to discover the West of the United States between 1804 and 1806. The government ……………………………… them to draw a map of the West of the United States. In June 1865, Lewis and his companions …………………………………. the Great Falls of the Missouri. , they ……………………. different Indian tribes and they ……………….. dangerous and violent wars between the Sioux and the Omaha Indian tribe. They ………………………….. in their journal that the Indians …………….. a savage race the Indians often ………………………. problems : one night, another Indian tribe, the Blackfeet …………………. to steal their weapons ; , on the Crow’s Indian tribe territory, Indians ……………………. their horses and Lewis’s dog, etc. they also ……………………….a friendly Indian woman (Sakagawea) who ……………………………..to help them to communicate with Indian chief. , they ………………………….the Missouri River they ……………………… home in Saint Louis in September 1806. During their expeditions, Lewis and Clark ……………………………. about 140 maps of the continent. C) Remplace les symboles par des mots de liaison : Finally – and – because – after that – then - but

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Marco PoloMarco PoloMarco PoloMarco Polo

A) Rédige des phrases en

anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes : - Date of Birth : 1254

- Place of Birth : Venice

- Date of Death : 1324

- Job : Italian voyager and

merchant

- Family : (marry) a woman in 1300 in

Venice

(have) three children

C) Remplace les symboles

☺ par des mots de liaison : Finally – when – and – because –

so – then - but

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (7X ) – begin – travel – see – meet – visit – think (X2) –

arrive – want – go – write – become

His father ……….. a merchant and he was on a travel when Marco Polo

…………..born. Marco Polo ………………his father for the first time ☺ he

…………….. 15 years old.

In 1271, Marco ☺ his father ………………… a trip to go to China. The journey

……………….. difficult. They ………………………….. by boat, on horses and on

camels.

After four years (in 1275), they finally ………………………. in Peking and they

………………… the Mongol’s leader (=chef). His name ………………..Kublai Khan.

He ……………………… that Marco ………………. very intelligent ☺ Marco could

speak four different languages. ☺ Kublai Khan ……………………. Marco Polo to

work for him as his secretary. ☺ Marco Polo …………………………his

ambassador. Marco Polo …………………………… Vietnam, Singapore, Sri Lanka,

India, Pakistan, Iran and Turkey.

☺ He……………………. back to Venice 20 years later. He ……………………… a book

to tell his adventures ☺ people ………………………………. it ………………… science

fiction.

Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark Lewis and Clark

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes :

Lewis : - Date of Birth : August 18, 1774

- Date of Death : October 11, 1809

- Job : famous explorer and soldier

Clark : - Date of Birth : August 1, 1770

- Date of Death : September 1, 1838

- Job : famous explorer and soldier

- Family :

(marry) twice in 1808 and 1820

(have) eight children

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au prétérit :

Be – do – discover – meet – create – want – write – see – try – cause

– steal – return – accept – follow – meet

Lewis and Clark ……………….. the first expeditions to discover the West of the United States between 1804 and 1806. The government ……………………………… them to draw a map of the West of the United States. In June 1865, Lewis and his companions …………………………………. the Great Falls of the Missouri.

☺, they ……………………. different Indian tribes and they ……………….. dangerous and violent wars between the Sioux and the Omaha Indian tribe. They ………………………….. in their journal that the Indians …………….. a savage

race ☺ the Indians often ………………………. problems : one night, another

Indian tribe, the Blackfeet …………………. to steal their weapons ; ☺, on the Crow’s Indian tribe territory, Indians ……………………. their horses and Lewis’s dog, etc.

☺ they also ……………………….a friendly Indian woman (Sakagawea) who ……………………………..to help them to communicate with Indian chief.

☺, they ………………………….the Missouri River ☺ they ……………………… home in Saint Louis in September 1806. During their expeditions, Lewis and Clark ……………………………. about 140 maps of the continent.

C) Remplace les symboles ☺ par des mots de liaison :

Finally – and – because – after that – then - but

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Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake Sir Francis Drake

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes : - Date of Birth : 1545

- Date of Death : 1596 - Circumstance of Death : died of fever at sea

- Job : British navigator and

politician

B) Utilise les informations suivantes pour écrire sa

biographie (conjugue les verbes au prétérit) :

(work) for England as a pirate (lead) the second expedition to sail around the world. His voyage around the world (last) three years (from 1577 to 1580) (leave) Plymouth on December 13, 1577. (sail) to Brazil and through the Strait of Magellan The natives (give ) Drake and his crew food and water (land) on the island of Cano, in southern Mexico (cross) the Pacific Ocean (sail) through the Indian Ocean back to Plymouth The Queen (reward) Drake with a large sum of money (£10,000). The Spanish (call) him El Draque, meaning "The Dragon" Drake (help) the British to defeat the Spanish Armada Drake (be – not) always a hero He (attack)African villages He (capture) black Africans to sell them as slaves (and even though slavery was legal, it was cruel to make money by capturing and selling people).

C) Ajoute des mots de liaison :

Finally – and – because – after that – then – but

Dr Dr Dr Dr David LivingstonDavid LivingstonDavid LivingstonDavid Livingston

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations

suivantes :

- Date of Birth : 19/03/1813

- Place of Birth : Scotland

- Date of Death : 01/05/1873

- Place of Death : Africa

- Circumstance of death : died from

malaria

- Job : famous explorer

- Family :

(meet) his wife in South Africa

(have) six children

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (1X) – become (X2) – travel – decide – abandon – go (X2)

– die – study – attack – explore – discover – return – see

☺, he …………………… medicine ☺ he …………………………. a doctor. In 1841, he ………………… to Southern Africa. His wife ………………………… of malaria during his second trip in 1862. Between 1841 and 1855, he ……………………………… vast areas and a lion …………………………………. him. In 1855, he ………………………… a spectacular waterfall and he ………………………… to name it the Victoria Falls.

☺, he …………………………… to Great Britain in 1857 and he ……………………… a national hero.

☺, he …………………… back to Africa in 1858 to start the explorations of Eastern and central Africa for the British government.

☺, the end of his life ……………… tragic ☺ he …………………….. the horrors of the black trade and his companions …………………………… him.

☺, Livingston ………………………..about 29,000 miles in Africa from the Cape to near the Equator and from the Atlantic to the Indian Ocean.

C) Remplace les symboles ☺ par des mots de liaison :

Finally – first – and – because – to conclude – then – after that

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Amelia EarhartAmelia EarhartAmelia EarhartAmelia Earhart

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations

suivantes :

- Date of Birth : July, 24th 1897

- Place of Birth : Kansas (USA)

- Date of Death : 1937

- Circumstance of death : she

disappeared in the pacific ocean

- Job : American aviatrix

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (4X) – write – buy – become – learn – cross – win – receive – want

– disappear

She ……………….. to fly in 1921 ☺ she ……………. her first plane in 1922.

In 1928, she …………….. the first woman to fly across the Atlantic (☺ she …………..just a passenger, not a pilot).

☺, in 1930, she ……………………. women’s speed records. In May 1932, exactly 5 years after Lindbergh’s flight, she ………………………… the Atlantic alone. She …………………….. a medal from American President Hoover for this.

Several years ☺, she …………………….. the first woman to fly from California to Hawaii, which ……………… a difficult route.

☺, in 1937, she …………………… to fly around the world with her navigator, Fred Noonan, but the plane ……………………… near Howland Island in the South Pacific. She ……………….. also a famous writer and she ………………….. different books and articles for magazines or newspaper to tell about her flying experiences.

C) Remplace les symboles ☺ par des mots de liaison : And – then – after that – but – later

Henry FordHenry FordHenry FordHenry Ford

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais

pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : July 30, 1863

- Place of Birth : Michigan (USA)

- Date of Death : April 7, 1947

- Job : American industrialist

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (3X) – begin – experiment – create – work – become (2X) – finish

– decide – think (2X) – invent – have – manage – sell – double – want

☺, Ford ………………hired by the Edison Company ☺ he …………………… to

become a Chief Engineer. At home, he ……………………………… building cars and he successfully ………………………… his first car in 1893.

☺, in 1903, Henry Ford …………………….. to go into the automobile

manufacturing business and he ………………………. Ford Motor Company. Some people …………………… that Ford invented the automobile and its assembly line of construction but it’s false. Ford’s his company just …………………….. some more effective means of mass-assembling his vehicles

(at first, it took 728 min to create a car, ☺ they …………………………….. to build the model T cars in less than 24 seconds). Fords ………………………. a celebrity thanks to his innovations.

☺, Ford ………………… over 15 million "Model T" cars between the years 1908 and 1927. It …………… the beginning of the motor Age. The first Model

T cars ………………… a luxury item, but ☺ it …………………. the essential transportation for ordinary people. Ford ……………….. different problems with his employees because they ……………………. that Ford was very authoritative. But, in 1914, he ……………………….. giving his employees five dollars a day (he nearly …………………….. what they could have if they …………………… in another factory).

C) Remplace les symboles ☺ par des mots de liaison : And – then – after that – but – to conclude – at first

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Isaac NewtonIsaac NewtonIsaac NewtonIsaac Newton

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : December, 25, 1642

- Date of Death : March 1727

- Job : English scientist, philosopher, mathematician

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (4X) – discover – receive (2X) – begin (2X) – do – write – die

☺ he …………….. 22 years old, he ………………… to study the theory of gravitation.

He …………….. different experiments about gravitation ☺ light. He …………………….. that light was made up of rays of different colours.

☺, In 1669, he …………………… to teach maths lessons at Cambridge University.

☺, in 1687, he ………………… a book to explain his theories about the behaviour of the planets and the gravitation of objects on our planet. His contribution to science …………….. unique. He ……………. at the age of 85 and he ………………….. the honours of a national hero. It ………………. the first time that a man of science ………………………….

the honours ☺ he ……………. a national hero.

C) Remplace les symboles ☺ par des mots de liaison : And – then – when – finally – because

Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinAlbert Einstein

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations

suivantes :

- Date of Birth : 1879 - Place of birth : Germany

- Date of Death : 1955

- Job : a Swiss-American physicist and philosopher

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (4X) – refuse – begin – win – make – develop – lose – get – not like

– have – become – work – study – want - write

Albert Einstein ………… the father of modern physics and he …………….. a

genius, ☺ he …………….very clumsy. He couldn’t even find his way to go back home and often got lost. He often ………………… his things, could not find his books, etc.

He ………………… to read Maths and science books at 12 years old. ☺, he

………………. his school diploma in 1900 but his teachers ……………………… him very much (he often missed classes but he …………………… bad results at

school) ☺ they …………………….. to recommend him for a job.

☺, in 1909 he …………………….. a university teacher. He …………………… in different universities until 1945. At home, he often ………………… physics and ………………… experiments. He …………………. to find the answers to many questions about the universe. He …………………. the famous theory of relativity and he ……………….. also very famous for his relativity equation E = mc², an important equation for the development of the atomic energy.

☺, he ………………… a book in 1905 to tell people about his ideas. His new

theories changed the world. Scientists then looked at the universe in a new way. We could not travel into space today without Einstein’s theories.

☺, he …………….. the Nobel Prize of Pysics in 1921 for the discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.

C) Remplace les symboles ☺ par des mots de liaison : And – then –– finally – after that – but – so

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William E. BoeingWilliam E. BoeingWilliam E. BoeingWilliam E. Boeing

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais

pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : October 1st , 1881 - Place of birth : Detroit (USA) - Date of Death : September 28th , 1956 - Circumstance of death : a heart attack on his boat

- Job : American aviation businessman - Family : (marry) Bertha Marie in 1921

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (1X) – see – enter – fly – open (2X) – sign – build (2X)– prepare -

William Boeing …………………. the first flying machine in 1909.

☺, in 1914, he ………………..in a plane for the first time. He took his first flying lessons in 1915 at the Glenn L. Martin Flying School in Los Angeles.

☺, Boeing ………………….. into the aviation business with the naval engineer George Westervelt. The two men ……………………. a company .

☺ the 1920's, Boeing’s planes ………………..used for postal delivery and

commercial travel. ☺, Boeing ……………. contracts for military aircraft repairs and building planes. By 1930 the company was named “United Aircraft and Transport Company” : the company ………………… planes and even …………………… a school for pilots.

☺, the company ………………………….. major airplanes in preparation for a possible war (they ………………..many planes for the second World War).

☺, by 1938, Boeing's companies were very successful all around the world

☺ they had nearly 30,000 employees.

C) Remplace les symboles ☺ par des mots de liaison : And – then –– finally – after that – during – to conclude – In addition

Edgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan PoeEdgar Allan Poe

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : 19th January 1809 - Place of birth : Boston (USA) - Date of Death : 7th October 1849

- Job : American writer - Family : (marry) his cousin, Virginia in 1836

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (4X) – become – write (4X) – live – publish (3X) – die – suffer

He ………………….. famous ☺ he ……………………… many tales of mystery and he ……………………….. macabre stories because he …………………… a short and tragic life. In 1827, he ………………………………… his first poems. The public reaction to his

poems …………………..extraordinary.

☺, he …………………….. short stories for a magazine.

In 1835 he ………………………….. editor of the Southern Literary Messenger.

☺, he ………………………… some of his most famous stories and poems: in

1839 he …………………………. a macabre story, “The Fall of the House of

Usher” (it’s a story about a haunted castle, a palace of gold guarded by a

dragon…) ☺ in 1841, he …………………………., The Murders in the Rue

Morgue, a detective story.

☺, Poe’s stories …………………….. often mysterious (with mysterious crimes

for example), macabre or supernatural (with strange legends, horrible

monsters, scary phenomenon, etc.).

His wife …………………of tuberculosis in 1847 and Poe ………………devastated. He ………………………….. from depression and alcoholism.

C) Remplace les symboles ☺ par des mots de liaison : And – then – to conclude – after that – because

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JRR TolkienJRR TolkienJRR TolkienJRR Tolkien

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais

pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : 1892 - Date of Death : 1973

- Job : English writer and a university professor - Family : (get) married to Edith in 1913 in a

Catholic Church

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (8X) – ask – write – want – refuse – meet – have – arrive – write –

insist – love – prefer – hate – try

He …………………………. the famous science fiction novel : “The Hobbit” in

1937 ☺ “The Lord of the Rings” in 1955.

☺ he ………………. a child, he …………….. bitten by a big spider. Maybe this …………………… some influence over his future terrific ideas to write his stories. He …………………..his future wife in 1908 when he …………….. 16. His father

………………… furious ☺ she was three years older and she ………………. a Protestant girl (Tolkien ……………… a Catholic). For a long time, Tolkien could not see her because his father …………………………... But when he was 21st, Tolkien …………………….. to Edith a declaration of love and he …………………… her to marry him. Tolkien ………………………… that she converted to Catholicism.

☺, in June 1916 Tolkien …………………………. in France to help the French people during World War I. It ……………….. a very difficult experience because when the war was finished, in 1918, nearly all his friends had died.

☺, Tolkien ………………. a strange man: he …………………… myths, mythology

and nature ☺ he …………………… technology (he didn’t like cars, he …………………………………. to take his bicycle). This certainly explains why the horrible monsters in The Lords of the Rings …………………….. to destroy nature and why the hero ……………………………. to help the gigantic walking trees to win this fight.

C) Remplace les symboles ☺ par des mots de liaison : And – then – to conclude – but – because – when

Ian FlemingIan FlemingIan FlemingIan Fleming

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : 28 May 1908 - Place of birth : London

- Date of Death : 12 August 1964

- Job : British writer, journalist and Naval intelligence officer

C) Remplace les symboles ☺ par

des mots de liaison : And – then – to conclude – finally –

because – during

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au prétérit :

Be (2X) – become (2X) – have – write (2X) – work – drive – love –

sell – release – create

He ………………………. 12 spy novels ☺ 9 short stories with the famous character “James Bond, alias agent 007” (a famous secret service agent). He …………………………… his first spy novel, called “Casino Royale” in 1952. His stories often take inspirations from his experience during the World

War II. He ………………….. a commander for the British naval forces ☺ the World War II. His hero, James Bond, ………………………….for the British secret service and he

had to solve dangerous crime. ☺, Agent 007 was also famous ☺ he ……………………… beautiful women, he ………………. lots of extraordinary gadgets and he ……………………………. beautiful cars.

☺, Ian Fleming …………………. more than 100 million books all around the world. The first James Bond film (Dr No) was ………………………… in 1962 and the last James Bond film (Quantum of Solace) was produced in 2008. The films ………………….. a success and the music ………………………… for the film ………………………. really famous. Today, everybody knows the James Bond music!

☺, it’s important to say that even the James Bond actors …………………… really famous : Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig, etc.

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Agatha Christie Agatha Christie Agatha Christie Agatha Christie

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : 15 September 1890 - Place of birth : Devon (England) - Date of Death : 12 January 1976 - Place of death : England - Circumstance of death :

(die) of old age

- Job : British crime writer - Family :

(marry) Archibald Christie on 1914 (have) one daughter, Rosalind

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (2X) – admit – like – travel – discover – write (3X) – work (2X) –

remarry – go – love – create – take – publish

In 1920, she …………………. her first book, “The Mysterious Affair of Styles”. It …………… an immediate success : people ………………………….and ………………….. the hero that she invented : the Belgian detective Hercule Poirot.

☺ her husband was fighting during World War I, Agatha …………………… in a

hospital as a nurse. ☺, she …………………………. in the hospital pharmacy (that’s where she learnt all the information about poisons and medicines that she used later in her books). Agatha ………………….. that poisons were her favourite means of murder.

☺ her divorce, Agatha …………………………….. in 1930 with an archeologist. She ……………………………… a lot with him, particularly to Egypt, Syria and Irak.

They …………………… several months a year in the desert ☺ Agatha didn’t stop writing. She ………………………. her typewriter with her and ………………….. books with exotic titles like “Death on the Nile” or “Murder on the Orient

Express”. People really …………………………. her books and especially her heroes: Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.

☺, Agatha …………….very famous all around the world. She ……………………….78 crime novels, …………………………… 150 short stories

☺……………………….. 19 plays.

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Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso Pablo Picasso

Les trois musiciens, 1921

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : Oct. 25, 1881 - Place of birth : Spain

- Date of Death : April 8, 1973 - Place of Death : France

- Job : Spanish painter and

sculptor

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au prétérit :

Be (5X) – start – think – paint (X4)– live – explore – invent – become – say

Pablo Picasso ……………..one of the greatest and most influential artists of the 20th century and he …………..the creator (with Georges Braque) of Cubism.

Some people ……………………… that the artist Pablo Picasso …………………….. to draw ☺ he learned how to speak. Maybe this story is not real, but it suggests that art was very important for Picasso. He …………………… much of his life in France. He …………………………… and ……………………………… new techniques with art. He ……………………. with his fingers, the seat of a bicycle, etc. His studio ………….. a sort of jungle : a jungle of paint cans, brushes, chalk, pottery, colored pencils and crayons, etc. To Picasso, this jungle ……………… a form of inspiration and this certainly explains why people ……………………… that his painting are a sort of jungle, a bizarre assemblage of shapes and colours! He ……………………. happy picture in warm colours (for exemple, pink) and sad pictures in cool colours (for example, blue). He sometimes …………………. real things and real

people ☺ he often ………………………… people from his imagination.

☺, Pablo Picasso …………….. a strange man but he ………………….. famous ☺ his

paintings were original ☺ quite funny.

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Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Jackson Michael Jackson

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les

informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : 1958 - Place of birth : Chicago

- Date of Death : 2009

- circumstance of death :

Maybe, it (be) an overdose of

painkillers but the cause of death (be

– not) confirmed. - Job : American Musician and singer

- Famous ? (be) the king of Pop Music - Family: (get) married twice, first in 1994 with Lisa Marie Presley (Elvis Presley’s daughter) and in 1996 with a nurse. (have) three children

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (2X) – earn – start (X2) – have – win – become – create – donate –

write (2X) – criticized – suffer –send – conclude

He ………………..a solo career in 1971. His 1982 album called “Thriller” was the best-selling album of all times. He played famous dance moves such as the robot and the moonwalk. He ……………. hundreds of awards all around the

world : 13 Grammy Awards ☺ 26 American music awards (which is more than any other singer), he …………….. the first to win the International Artist

Award, for his global performances and humanitarian concerns, etc. ☺he ……………………. the most awarded artist in the history of music. He ………………….. millions of dollars and ………………………….. them to charities.

In the 1980s, his skin colour ………………………. to change ☺ he ……………….. a disease called Vitiligo. It ………………. a shock for everyone. In 1988, Jackson ………………………….. his first and only autobiography, Moonwalk and sold 200,000 copies. In his autobiography, Jackson ………………….. about his childhood, his father’s strict discipline and the abuse he had ……………………….., his skin problems, his vegetarian diet, etc.

☺, Jackson ………………………… the Heal the World Foundation in 1992. The foundation …………….. millions of dollars around the globe to help children threatened by war, poverty, and disease.

☺ Jackson was often …………………………….. by the press for many scandals

☺ the justice always …………………………. that Jackson did nothing wrong..

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Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong Louis Armstrong

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- Date of Birth : August 4th, 1901 - Place of birth : New Orleans

- Date of Death : 1971

- Place of Death : New York

- Job : a black Jazz musician and singer

C) Remplace les symboles ☺

par des mots de liaison : And – then – to conclude –first –

because – when – so – but

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au prétérit :

Be (5X) – have (X2)– sing – make – live – do – sell – play – work –

learn – do not – become – criticize –like – win

☺, he ………………….. with his grandmother ☺ his family ……………… very poor. When Louis ………………. seven years old, he ……………….. newspapers and he ………………… in the streets to get some money.

☺ he ……………. a teenager, he ……………………..in different music bands and he …………………… how to play the trumpet.

☺, he ……………………a lot of concerts in different countries all over the

world. He also ………………….. as an actor ☺he played in Hollywood movies. In 1967, Louis …………………….. one of his greatest hits : “What a Wonderful

World”. This song is about how beautiful the world is. Armstrong …………………………… as famous as the Beatles and he ……………..

many awards, ☺ he ……………… often criticized because he played his music in front of black and white audiences and he refused to choose between the black or the white community during the civil rights movements. But he

………………………… like racial injustice ☺ he sometimes criticized white people when they were cruel (for example, he ………………… President Eisenhower in 1957) and he gave money to support Martin Luther King (a famous black politician who fought for the black’s freedom in America). The black people ……………… him a lot and they called him “Uncle Sam”.

☺, he ………………….an incredible influence over the development of Jazz music because he ………….. an extraordinary talent for improvisation.

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Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Presley Elvis Presley

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pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : 8th January, 1935 - Place of birth : Mississippi - Date of Death : 1977 - Circumstance of death :

(die) of a heart attack on 16 August 1977 in his house in Graceland

- Job : American singer

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prétérit :

Be (4X) – go (X4) – make (X3) – live – love – hear – sing – buy –

become (X2) – return

Elvis Presley …………………in a very poor family, ☺ he ……………….. music so he ………………… to church every Sunday and ………………. in the choir. When he ……………….. 13, his mother ……………………him a guitar.

☺, in 1954, he ……………… to a recording Studio called Sun Records. He wanted to make a record for his mother’s birthday. The secretary at the studio ………………….. Elvis singing and she told her boss, Sam Phillips. Phillips ………………………..Elvis’ manager and Elvis ……………… his first single – That’s All Right Mama. People called him “The King of Rock and Roll Music”

☺ he ……………………… very popular all over the world. In 1955 Elvis appeared on TV in New York. After that, in 1956, he ……………..to Hollywood and ………………..his first film ’Love me tender’. In the next two years, he …………………….many songs.

☺, in 1958 he joined the American army and ……………….to Germany to be a soldier. When he ………………………. to the United States in the 60s, pop

music ………………. different. British groups like The Beatles ☺ The Rolling Stones were the new stars.

☺, Elvis ………………… a millionaire, but he …………… a very lonely man. In his last years he became fat and very sad.

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Walt DisneyWalt DisneyWalt DisneyWalt Disney

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- Date of Birth : December 5th 1901 - Place of birth : Chicago

- Date of Death : December 1966

- Job : a famous American cartoonist

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des mots de liaison : And – then – to conclude – finally –

because – after that – but

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (2X) – love – accept – want – discover – work – become (X2)– do

not – decide – produce – create – make – win (X2) – open

From the beginning, he ………………….to be an artist : he wanted to draw

political caricatures and comic strips ☺ he could not find an employer who ……………………. to give money for his drawing. So, he ……………………. as a paper delivery boy.

☺, he worked in a train station. He ……………………. the technology and

science that he …………………………. in the train station. ☺, he got his first job as an artist but he ……...............get a lot of money, so Disney …………………to go to Hollywood. It ……………. a good decision for his career

☺ his silent films ………………………. instantly famous. In 1923, he …………………………… the Alice Comedies series. He …………………..

the talking character, Mickey Mouse, in 1928. Mickey, Minnie, Pluto ☺ Donald quickly ……………………….. international superstars. In 1932, Disney ……………… a special Academy Award for the creation of "Mickey Mouse".

☺, Walt Disney also ………………… films such as Mary Poppins, Snow White, the Seven Dwarfs (1937) and Bambi (1942).

☺, he …………… a millionaire and he ………….. more than 100 prizes for his films : 59 awards and 22 Oscars. In 1955, Disney ………………. a large amusement park, Disneyland, in California.

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Marilyn MMarilyn MMarilyn MMarilyn Monroe onroe onroe onroe

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suivantes :

- Date of Birth : 1926 - Place of birth : Los Angeles

- Date of Death : 1962 - Job : very famous American actress - Circumstance of death :

maybe (commit) suicide at the age of 36 but it is not certain. Some people (think) that she (be) killed by the CIA.

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des mots de liaison : And – then – to conclude – finally –

after that – but

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au

prétérit :

Be (X10) – get – have (X4) – live – marry (X3) – play (2X) – divorce

Norma Jean Baker …….. born in a poor family. She …….. an only child ☺ there …….. no father at home. When she …….. still very young, her mother

…….. placed in a mental hospital. ☺, Norma Jean …………. with various families (twelve different families in eight years!). At the age of sixteen, she …………….. a factory worker and ……………. a job in a parachute factory. But her ambition …….. to become an actress. Her idol at the time …….. Jean Harlow. She ………….. some minor roles in different films, but she …………… no success.

☺, in 1953, she …………. in 3 very successful films : Niagara, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and How to marry a Millionaire. It …….. the beginning of Marilyn superstar. In 1954 she …………….. Joe Di Maggio, a baseball star but she ……………. him

9 months later. ☺, in 1956 she …………….. the writer Arthur Miller. She …………… many love affairs, with Yves Montand and John Kennedy

among others, ☺ her life …….. not happy : she was dependent on alcohol and medication.

☺, Marilyn Monroe …………. beautiful and very popular (she ………..many awards : for example, she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in the comedy “Some like it hot”), but she ……………. a lot of personal problems.

AyrAyrAyrAyrton Senna ton Senna ton Senna ton Senna

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- Date of Birth : March 21, 1960 - Place of birth : Brazil - Date of Death : May 1st, 1994 - Circumstance of death :

(be) tragically killed in a high-speed crash at the St Morino Grand Prix in Italy on at the age of 34

- Job : a Brazilian racing driver

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Be (5X) – do not – w in (X2) – have – last – say – live (X2) – enjoy –

start (X2) – create – give – want – meet

Ayrton da Silva Senna ……….. the fastest man in auto racing. He …………… the World

Championship in 1988, 1990 ☺ 1991, and he ………….. more than thirty-five Grand Prix races. He ……………… an older sister and a younger brother. His parents ………………. in a

large house north of São Paulo, ☺ Senna ……………….. in Monaco, in Europe. He ………………………to drive cars at the age of 4 but he ………………..his Formula One career in 1984, at the age of 24. Senna ……………….. like to talk about his private life. His marriage in the early 1980s …………….. only a year. He ……………: “To be married to a Formula One driver is an impossible lifestyle for a wife. But I will

get married again.”

☺, he ………………to marry Adriane Yamin but she ……………… only 15 ☺ they ……….in 1985, and her mother was very strict. His passion ……………….to fly model planes. He also ………………………. jet-skiing on water and flying with his father.

☺, Senna ……………..a millionaire but he ………………. also a very generous man : he …………………millions of his personal fortune to help poor children and he ………………………. an organisation to help Brazilian children (today, this organization is called “Instituto Ayrton Senna”).

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Grégory Grégory Grégory Grégory LemarchalLemarchalLemarchalLemarchal

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- Date of Birth : May 13, 1983 - Place of birth : France

- Date of Death : April 30, 2007 - Circumstance of death :

(die) of complications because of his disease

- Job : a French singer

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Be (2X) – have – want – realize – play – like – become (X3) – go – win – release

– sell – sing – participate – give

As a baby, doctors …………………………… that he ………………. a hereditary disease called cystic fibrosis.

Grégory ……………………… sport such as football ☺ basketball and he …………………… to

become a sports journalist, ☺his passion for music and dance was bigger, ☺ he……………….. to many music competitions : he …………………………the winner of Lifting France of Rock 'N' Roll, a rock 'n' roll dancing competition, in 1995 when he ……………….. 12 and he ………………… a local celebrity in 1998 after he …………………….. in a talent show. In may 2003, he also played in a famous comedy musical (Adam and Eve) in Le Zénith in Paris (he ……………………… the major role as Adam). In 2004, Lemarchal …………………………….. famous all around the world after he ……………………………………. in the fourth season o f Star Academy France. On December 22, 2004, Lemarchal …………… the winner of the season with a massive vote of 80% to become the first male winner of the series.

☺, in March 2005, Lemarchal …………………………….. his debut single, "Écris l'histoire". He …………………. 1 million albums in France.

☺, at the NRJ Music Awards, Lemarchal ……………. the award "Breakthrough Artist of the Year" ("Révélation francophone de l'année").

☺, on May 4, 2007, a special television program "Grégory : La voix d'un ange" was broadcast on TF1 to commemorate his life and people ………………………. more than 10.5 million euros to raise funds to fight cystic fibrosis.

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Bruce LeeBruce LeeBruce LeeBruce Lee

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : November 27th 1940 - Place of birth : San Francisco

- Date of Death : July 20th 1973 - Place of death : Hong Kong - Circumstance of death :

(die) of a Cerebral Edema at the age of 32

- Job : famous Chinese American

actor and martial arts teacher

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par des mots de liaison : And – then – because – so – when –

after that – before

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prétérit :

Be (8X) – discover – decide – lose – devote – give – become (X2) – want –

play – love – fight – open – have – tell – say – do not

Bruce Lee ………….born during the Chinese Year of the Dragon. ☺ he ……………. a young boy he often got into street fights, but he ………………..

many combats ☺ he ………………… very small. So he …………………….. to learn karate.

☺, a remarkable thing happened. Karate ………………….. him the discipline to

see his life in a positive way. ☺, he …………………………… his energy to fighting in the streets. After he …………………………… Karate, he devoted his energy to make extraordinary karate moves. He ………………….. to become a karate expert. Bruce Lee …………………………. famous all around the world because he ……….

very good in the martial arts. He ……………………….. an actor ☺ he directed and …………………………in approximately 24 karate movies.

☺, he ……………………………..a school of karate in 1959. He ………………. teaching and always …………………….. his students to work hard, but to love the work they were doing. This is the message that the “King of Karate” gave to the world. The exact details of Lee's death were controversial, people ……………….. that he ……………. maybe killed for money or because he ………………….. a lot of enemies (he often ……………………. in the street when he ……….. furious and his enemies ………………….. like him because he …………… a martial arts champion,

☺ it ………….easy for him to win the fights).

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Lady Diana Lady Diana Lady Diana Lady Diana SpencerSpencerSpencerSpencer

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- Date of Birth : July 1st ,1961 - Place of birth : England

- Date of Death : August 31, 1997

- Place of Death : Paris,

France - Circumstance of death :

(die) in a tragic car accident

- Job : English Princess - family : (marry) Prince Charles on July 29,1981 (divorce) in 1996

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Be (5X) – meet – divorce – become – understand – suffer – win – have (X2)–

go – work – appear – love (X2) – do – support

Diana ‘s happy years ended ☺ she ………………. six years old because her parents ………………………….. Then, Lady Diana ………….. to a boarding school. She ………….. very good at sport, particularly swimming and she ……………. the school dancing

competition, ☺ she failed all her ‘’O level ’’ exams. After school, she ………………….. in

London , first as a nanny , then as a cook, ☺ finally as an assistant in a Kindergarten for young children. She ………………Prince Charles in November 1977 when she ……………… 16 years old.

☺ her marriage, she ……………………… very popular and she ……………………. in the

newspaper every day. In 1982, they ……………….. their first child : Prince William. ☺, in 1984, they ……………. a second child : Prince Harry. But their marriage wasn ‘t very happy because Prince Charles ………………. another women. Diana …………… a lot of work to help and comfort people in unfortunate situations such as homeless people. She …………………………… the suffering of other people because she …………………………. herself. She ……………………. many charities and other causes. In 1997 she met Dodi Fayed. For the first time in many years she seemed to be very happy.

☺, she ………………. a very generous woman ☺ people ………………. lady Diana. Millions of people from all over the word watched her funeral on TV. It ……………very sad.

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George George George George WashingtonWashingtonWashingtonWashington

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : February 22, 1732 - Date of Death : December 14, 1799 at the age of 67. - Circumstance of death :

- Job : (be) the first president of the United States of America - Family :

On January 6th 1759, he (marry) Martha Dandridge Custis

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Be (8X) – have – ask – defeat – create – admire – refuse – appear – rebel – do not – want

☺, he ………….. a general and the commander of the American forces who ………………………. Britain in the American War of Independence (1775–1783).

☺, he ……………..elected the first President of the United States in 1789. He …………… re-elected in 1792. His role ……………… very important for the foundation of the United

States ☺ the foundation of a national identity (before his actions to unite the country, the people living in America came from different part of Europe and they often …………………… because they …………………… to obey to a different culture). For example, Washington …………………….. a national university and he …………………… the government to choose a capital city for the USA (before that, there ……….. no capital

city and no real national identity in the USA) : ☺, it’s called Washington D.C. Washington's surname …………… the "Father of his Country" and his face ………………………….. on one-dollar-bills. His wife ………….. rich and they …………. a gigantic plantation with more than 100 slaves

working for them (Washington …………………. to abolish slavery ☺he could not admit it to the public opinion because he ……………… want to divide the country, so he had to make sacrifices to unite his country).

☺ a lot of Americans …………………. him ☺ he ………………… courageous and intelligent.

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William William William William ShakespeareShakespeareShakespeareShakespeare

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : April 23rd, 1564

- Place of birth : Stratford

- Date of Death : April 23rd, 1616

- Job : the greatest English writer

- Family :

→ In November 1582, he (marry) Ann Hathaway.

→ (have) 3 children : a girl in 1583 and twins in 1585 (a boy and a girl)

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des mots de liaison : And – then – because – so – when – later – before – but – today

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant

au prétérit :

Be (3x) – have (3x) - want – become (2x) – like (2x) - do not – begin – go

– attack – wrote - work

Shakespeare ………………………………… interested in the theatre ☺ he …………….. still a boy.

☺ he ………………………. want to stay in Stratford. He ……………………….. to

be an actor and the best theatres …………………… in London. ☺, in 1587, William ………………….. to London, where he ………………………… as an actor in a theatre called The Rose.

☺, he ……………………… to write plays for the actors. He …………………….

Romeo ☺ Juliet, Julius Caesar, Richard II, Antony and Cleopatra and many more. Everyone …………………. his plays, so he ………………………… famous. Queen Elizabeth I …………………. Shakespeare's plays, and the actors were

often invited to play before the Queen. ☺, they ………………… invited to

play ☺ the King James - a great honor in those days. By the end of the 16th century, Shakespeare and his friends …………………. enough money to build their own theatre — the famous Globe Theatre in London. But Shakespeare ……………………… many difficulties in his life. He ……………. many enemies: less talented writers often ……………………………….. him and the actors in his own theatre sometimes attacked him too.

☺, people in many countries love Shakespeare for his plays, comedies

and tragedies ☺ they are famous all over the world.

Amy WinehouseAmy WinehouseAmy WinehouseAmy Winehouse

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- Date of Birth : September 14th

1983 - Place of birth : London

- Date of Death : July 23rd 2011 - Circumstance of death : (die) of alcohol poisoning (a vodka overdose)

- Job : English singer and she (write) songs - Family : (have) an older brother called Alex (meet) her future husband, Blake Fielder-Civil in 2003

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par des mots de liaison : And – then – because – consequently – when – however

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prétérit :

Be (5x) – have (3x) - like – love – become (3x) – start – begin – win – write

(2x) – end – form – speak

Her father ……………. a taxi driver ☺ her mother ………. a chemist but they both…………………..music very much, especially Jazz. Amy ………………….. music too. She …………………… music

lessons ☺ she was eight years old. ☺, at ten, she …………………… a rap group called Sweet 'n' Sour with a childhood friend, Juliette Ashby. She ……….. her first guitar when she ……………. 13 and she …………….. writing music. She ………………… her first album “Frank” in 2003 at the age of 20. It ……………… a big success and she ……………………… famous.

Amy Winehouse …………………… an international star thanks to her second album “Back To Black”. On February 14th 2007, she …………….. the Brit Award for the best British singer. Her album “Back to Black” ……………………….. the UK's best selling album of the 21st century.

☺, journalists and reporters ……………………. and …………………. about her all the

time ☺ she ………………. problems with drug and alcohol. In 2009, her marriage ……………………… in a divorce and she …………… repeatedly arrested on assault charges, public order offenses. She also …………….. mental health problems. Public

performances sometimes turned into incoherent disasters, ☺ many music concerts were cancelled.

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Steve JobsSteve JobsSteve JobsSteve Jobs

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- Date of Birth : February 24, 1955 - Place of birth : San Francisco, in California - Date of Death : October 5, 2011 - Circumstance of death : (die) of pancreatic cancer

- Job : an American entrepreneur

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And – then – because – so – when – after that – but

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Be (6x) – have – say – decide – want – start – create – live – make – work - believe –

return – catch – buy – produce

His biological parents …………………….. to place Steve for adoption. ☺, they married and they ………………… another child, Mona. Steve discovered information on his biological

parents ☺ he …………… 27.

When he …………….. a child, Steven …………… adopted by Clara ☺ Paul Jobs. The family ………………… next to the famous Silicon Valley in California. As a boy, Steve and his father ……………………… on electronics in the family garage. Steve ……… very intelligent

and innovative, ☺ Paul showed him how to take apart and reconstruct electronics. For his first job in 1974, he took a position as a video game designer with Atari. In 1976, when he …………… 21, he and Wozniak started Apple Computers. The duo

…………………….. in Steve’s family garage. Jobs and Wozniak are famous ☺ they revolutionized the computer industry: they …………………. smaller machines; their technology was cheaper, intuitive and accessible to everybody.

☺, in 1985, Steve ……………………… to find a new job. He ……………………. a new software

company called NeXT, Inc. ☺, Steve ………………. an animation company: the Pixar Animation Studios. Steve …………………….. in Pixar's potential and initially invested $50 million of his own money into the company. Pixar Studios …………………… popular animation films such as Toy Story, Finding Nemo and The Incredibles. Apple bought the company in 1997 and Steve ……………………….. to his post as Apple's director. His ingenious products with stylish designs …………………… the attention of consumers once again : the iMac personal computer in 1998, the ipod music player in 2001, the Iphone smartphone in 2007, the Ipad table computer in 2010. The President Barack Obama ……………. : “Steve ……………. one of the greatest American

innovators – brave enough to think differently, courageous enough to believe he could

change the world, and talented enough to do it”.

John LennonJohn LennonJohn LennonJohn Lennon

A) Rédige des phrases en

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- Date of Birth : October 9, 1940 - Place of birth : Liverpool (in England)

- Date of Death : December 8, 1980 - Place of death : New York - Circumstance of death : assassinated near his apartment

- Job : English singer and

songwriter

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par des mots de liaison : And – then – because – when –

after that – a few years later

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Be (X4) – have (X2) – become (X2)– listen – prefer – start – leave – change –

play – record – write (X2) – make – win

☺ he ……………… a child, he didn’t like school very much. He ………………… Rock and Roll music. For example, he …………………… to singers like Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis and Little Richard. At the age of 15, he ……………………. his first rock-group, the Quarrymen. The members of the group ………………….…… Paul

McCartney, George Harrison ☺ Pete Best, who played the drums.

☺, the Quarrymen ………………………….. their name to the Silver Beatles and ☺ the Beatles. When Pete Best ………………….. the group, Ringo Starr joined the Beatles as the drummer. Between 1958 and 1962 the group ………………….... in

night clubs in Liverpool and Hamburg (in Germany). ☺, the Beatles ………………………… a song called 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand' and they ………………… their first big success in Britain. John Lennon ……………………. many of the Beatles' songs and most of these songs ………………………… number one all over the world. They …………….. a lot of money and ……………………….. very popular. They ………………. very different from the

other singers of the time ☺ they ………………… long hair, their clothes ………………. original and their musical style was new. John Lennon also ……………………….. films with the Beatles, and he …………………. two books, the first one in 1964 and the second one in 1965. The Beatles are still very famous today, and musicians love to play their songs.

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BBBBob Marleyob Marleyob Marleyob Marley

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- Date of Birth : February 6th,

1945 - Place of birth : Kinston, the

capital of Jamaica

- Date of Death : May 11th, 1981 - Place of death : Miami (in the USA) - Circumstance of death : died of cancer

- Job : singer, song-writer,

musician

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after that

B) Ajoute les verbes au bon endroit en les conjuguant au prétérit :

Be (X4) – have ( X2) – live – start – create (X2) – learn – work (X2) – record

– change – marry – return – play (X2)

His father …………… a white man from England and his mother …………… a black woman from Jamaica. They called him “Nesta Robert Marley”. He didn’t have any brothers or sisters. His family …………… very poor.

☺ he was 14 years old, he ……………………. how to sing and play the guitar. He ……………………………. his first single "Judge Not" in 1962, but his solo songs

weren’t very famous. ☺, he ……………………… to play music with a friend, Bunny Wailer. He …………………. his name to “Bob Marley” and he …………………….. the popular reggae band “Bob Marley and The Wailers” with some friends.

☺, he ……………………… Rita Anderson in 1966 and they ………………… in the United States for a short time. He …………………….. in a car company called

Chrysler ☺ he needed money for his family and to record new songs. He also …………………….. at Hotel DuPont in Wilmington, but he did not like life in

America. ☺, he ……………………….. to Jamaica and he ……………………… his most popular songs: "I Shot the Sheriff", “Is this love”, "No Woman, No Cry", “Could

you be loved” ☺ "Three Little Birds". He ……………………. concerts in England, Canada, Spain, France, Italy and USA. He …………………….. his final concert in Pennsylvania, USA. Marley and Rita ………………… four children. He also ………………. at least seven illegitimate children. His youngest child ………………. born 11 days after Marley died.

Al CaponeAl CaponeAl CaponeAl Capone

A) Rédige des phrases en

anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : January 17,

1899 - Place of birth : Brooklyn,

New York

- Date of Death : January 25,

1947 - Place of death : Florida - Circumstance of death : (die)

from cardiac arrest

- Job : one of the most famous

American gangsters

C) Remplace les

symboles ☺ par des mots

de liaison : And – finally – because – so –

when – then – for many years

B) Ajoute les verbes suivants au bon endroit en les conjuguant au prétérit :

Be (X9) – have (X2) – become (X2) – decide – kill (X2) – go (X2) – travel – give – gain

– declare – live

His parents …………….. Italian immigrants and they ………………. in Brooklyn, New York.

He ………….. a good student, but his education at school (in a Catholic institution) was

inadequate and brutal and he was expelled at 14 for hitting a female teacher. He

never went back to school and he ……………………….. to become a gang member. ☺, he ………………. to Chicago because the government ………………………….. that the sale of

alcohol was illegal, ☺ it …………….. an opportunity to make money. His gang was

called ‘the outfit’. They ……………………… many other rival gangs to expand their

territories and they …………………….. millions of dollars of profits from alcohol, drugs

☺ prostitution. Al Capone ……………………………. an enormously powerful figure in

Chicago, and he was nicknamed “Scarface” ☺ he ……………… a scar on his left cheek.

He often ………………… with his own hands when it ………………. necessary but he

usually treated people fairly and generously. After the Wall Street crash in 1929, he

………………… food and clothes to help poor people during the Great Depression.

Capone's only enemies ……………………. other gangsters. ☺, he lived in danger of

being assassinated. He ……………………… everywhere with two bodyguards and he

………………….. a bullet-proof Cadillac. Capone ……………… ☺ arrested in 1931 and sent

to prison, but not for murder or prostitution, simply because he didn’t pay his tax! In

August 1934, Al Capone was transferred to the infamous Alcatraz in San Francisco

where no special treatment …………… possible. ☺ he was released seven years later,

he ……………… a very different man: syphilis had attacked his brain and he could no

longer control his gang. So he ……………… to Florida and his Cadillac ……………….. the

private car of President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

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Neil ArmstrongNeil ArmstrongNeil ArmstrongNeil Armstrong

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : August 5th,

1930 - Place of birth : Ohio (USA)

- Date of Death : August 25th,

2012 - Circumstance of death : (die)

from complications following

his cardiac surgery - Job : naval aviator, astronaut,

teacher

C) Remplace les symboles

☺ par des mots de liaison : And – then – when – after that –

two years later – four days later

– fifteen minutes later

B) Ajoute les verbes au bon endroit en les conjuguant au prétérit :

BE (X2) – have – become (X3)– leave (X2) – want – go – do – get – marry – fly – meet

– follow – plant – collect – return – accept – work – arrive

Armstrong _________ only 16 years old ☺ he received his pilot's license. He ________ a Navy pilot from 1949 to 1952. He ___________ fighter planes in the

Korean War. ☺, he __________ the Navy and ___________ a college diploma in aeronautical engineering. In 1962, he _____________a NASA astronaut. In 1968, he was chosen to be a member of the Apollo 11 mission. Apollo 11 __________

Cape Canaveral, in Florida on July 16th, 1969. ☺, it __________ into orbit around the Moon. The lunar module Eagle separated from the command module, and when they ________________ on the surface of the Moon, Armstrong said: "That's

one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.". At 10:56 PM, Armstrong _______________ the first man to walk on the surface of the Moon. Aldrin

_____________ him ☺. The two astronauts _____________ an American flag,

____________ rock samples ☺ they __________ many scientific experiments on the lunar surface. They stayed on the moon for about two hours. The astronauts __________ home on July 24th and they ___________ international heroes.

After going to the Moon, Neil Armstrong _______________ a teaching position at the University of Cincinnati in the Department of Aerospace

Engineering. ☺, in 1986, he _________________ for a commission investigating the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger. Armstrong ____________ his first wife Janet Shearon on January 28th, 1956. They _______ three children. Janet divorced him in 1994, after 38 years of marriage. He __________ his second wife, Carol Held Knight in 1992 at a golf tournament, where

they were seated together at the breakfast table. They got married ☺.

Whitney HoustonWhitney HoustonWhitney HoustonWhitney Houston

A) Rédige des phrases en anglais pour raconter les

informations suivantes :

- Date of Birth : August 9th, 1963 - Place of birth : New Jersey (USA) - Date of Death : February 11th, 2012 - Place of death : Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, California - Circumstance of death : unknown, maybe it (be) the result of her heart disease and the cocaine found in her system

- Job : singer, actress, producer, and

model

C) Remplace les symboles ☺

par des mots de liaison : And – then – because – for the next

two years – when – after that – but

B) Ajoute les verbes au bon endroit en les conjuguant au prétérit :

Be (X5) – have – begin (X2) – become (X3) – start – go – prepare – admire –

win – accept – record – marry – divorce

She ________ to sing at a very early age ☺ she was born in a family composed with several talented singers: her mother Cissy Houston, her

cousins Dionne Warwick ☺ Dee Dee Warwick, and her godmother Aretha

Franklin. ☺ she _______ 11, Houston _______ to sing with New Jersey

church's gospel choir. ☺, she _____ with her mother to sing in night clubs in New York City. She was quickly discovered by a photographer who ________ her natural beauty and she _________ a very popular teenage model. She ____ one of the first African American women to appear on the cover of the

‘Seventeen’ magazine. ☺, at the age of 19, she was discovered by Clive Davis and she ________ to sign a contract to put him in charge of her career.

☺, she and Davis ________ on her debut album, finding the best producers and songwriters to show her amazing vocal talent. She __________ her first album when she _____ 22 and she immediately ___________ famous. She _____ the most awarded female artist of all time: she sold over 170 million albums and singles worldwide. Her first role as an actress _______ in the film ‘The Bodyguard’ in 1992. The film's original soundtrack ________ the 1994 Grammy Award for Album of the Year. Its single "I Will Always Love You", ______________ the best-selling single by a female artist in music history. Houston and pop star Bobby Brown________ in 1992 and they ______ one

daughter, Bobbi Kristina. ☺ they _________ in 2007 after 14 years of marriage and her life got complicated. She ________ to take drugs. Several concerts and interview had to be cancelled.

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