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What are these

people famous for?

Content

• Careers

• Personality adjectives

• Was/Were born

• Simple past

• Ago

Careers

What are these

people famous for?

He is Neil Armstrong.

He was the first man on the Moon

in 1969.

She is Selena Quintanilla

She was the queen of the tex-mex

He is Adolf Hitler

He was a German dictator

Practice

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Ritchie Valens

1. He was handsome.

2. He was young.

3. He was a famous singer.

4. He made popular La bamba.

Princes Diana / Lady D

1. She was beautiful.

2. Her friends were Elton John, Bryan Adams, George

Michael and Gianni Versace.

3. She supported a lot of charities.

4. She was the princess of Wales

Conversation

Expressions

Expressing certainty

I’m positive

I’m negative

I’m sure

Expressing uncertainty

I’m not sure, but I think…..

I’’m not certain but I think….

I’m not positive, but I think….

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b

passionate

exciting

modern

beautiful

d

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1. Honest

2. Brave

3. Inspiring

4. Passionate

5. Intelligent

6. Talented

7. Caring

8. Determined

1. Honest

2. Brave

3. Inspiring

4. Passionate

5. Intelligent

6. Talented

7. Caring

8. Determined

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Grammar

Ago

It is used to say when past events happened,

going back from today towards the past.

The verb is in Past Tense.

I came to Tokyo 2 years ago.

I arrived at the bus stop 10 minutes ago.

The company was founded 30 years ago.

did decide

wanted started

wrote

played had

Listening

Simple past

Bite

Borrow

Break

Bring

Build

Buy

Choose

Cook

Do

Drink

Drive

Eat

Feel

Fix

Fly

Forget

Grow

Have

Hear

Hold

Leave

Lose

Make

Pay

Repeat

Ride

Ring

Sing

Run

Say

Sleep

Stay

Study

Take

Think

Win

Write

Simple past

Bite

Borrow

Break

Bring

Build

Buy

Choose

Cook

Do

Drink

Drive

Eat

Feel

Fix

Fly

Forget

Grow

Have

Hear

Hold

Leave

Lose

Make

Pay

Repeat

Ride

Ring

Sing

Run

Say

Sleep

Stay

Study

Take

Think

Win

Write

Bit

Borrowed

Broke

Brought

Built

Bought

Chose

Cooked

Did

Drank

Drove

Ate

Felt

Fixed

Flew

Forgot

Grew

Had

Heard

Held

Left

Lost

Made

Paid

Repeated

Rode

Rang

Sang

Ran

Said

Slept

Stayed

Studied

Took

Thought

Won

Wrote

Let’s recap!

What have you

learned today?

Write down a mini biography about a famous

person.

The reason you admire he/ she.

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