WAS or WERE??

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CELEBRITIES

by EVA HUGAS

WHO IS HE??

WAS HE HANSDOME?

WHAT WAS HE WEARING?

WHAT WAS HE LIKE?

THIS PHOTO WAS TAKEN SOME YEARS AGO…GUESS…

He was born in Oklahoma.At High School he was involved in sports,debatingand schools musicals.He attended the Universityof Missouri.Now he’s 46 and he has a big family. His wife is Angeline Jolie

BRAD PITT

AND THIS YOUNG GIRL???

WAS SHE A PRINCESS?

WAS SHE PRETTY?

WAS SHE HAPPY??

BUT…WHO IS SHE????Was she famous???

Yes!!!you’re right!!!It’s Keira Knightley!!!

Knightley, who was interested in acting when she was a child , had severe difficulties in reading and writing. She worked very hard until the

problem had been overcome when she was a teenager . Then she wasgood at school.

She started her career as an actress at the age of seven she was an actress in the British TV movie Royal Celebration.

When she WAS 15 she formed a girl group with two other classmates. She met the veteran producer Evan Rogers and she started her career as a singer.

Her childhood on the Caribbean Island of Barbados WAS affected byher father’s addiction to cocaine.Her parents divorced when she WAS14.

DO YOU KNOW HER NAME??????

RIHANNA

HE ______ 6 years old.HE ______ blonde.HE ______ smiling.HE ______ a cute baby

Now he’s a really handsome man.

He’s an actor and his first role was in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. He’s an excellent musician. He started his piano lessons at the age of three and classical guitar at five.

ROBERT PATTINSON

AND HIS NAME IS …

She _______born in Canada in 1984.Her hair ______ blonde and her eyes _______blue.When she ____ 12 she taught herself to play the guitar and started playing and singing at local festivals . When she ______14, her first manager, Cliff Fabri, discovered her singing in a bookstore. When she ______ 16 she dropped out of high school and moved to New York to record her first album.

WAS or WERE??

WHO’S SHE?????

She WAS born in Canada in 1984.Her hair WAS blonde and her eyes WERE blue.When she WAS 12 she taught herself to play the guitar and started playing and singing at local festivals . When she WAS 14, her first manager, Cliff Fabri, discovered her singing in a bookstore. When she WAS 16 she dropped out of high school and moved to New York to record her first album.

WAS or WERE??

WHO’S SHE?????

YES, OF COURSE, SHE’S AVRIL LAVIGNE!!!

When she ___ a child she____ shy and bossy. She _____ very cheerful, too.At school she ____ very talkative but a good student.She ____ born in Catalonia.

WHO IS SHE????

When she WAS a child sheWAS shy and bossy. SheWAS very cheerful, too.At school she WAS very talkative but a good student.She WAS born in Catalonia.

WHO IS SHE????

Well…I’m not a celebrity but you know me very well!!!

•WHO WAS BORN IN CANADA?

•WHO WAS BLONDE WHEN S/HE WAS A CHILD?

•WHO WAS BOSSY?

•WHO ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI?

•WHO WAS A GOOD MUSICIAN WHEN S/HE WAS A CHILD?

•WHO HAD DIFFICULTIES AT READING AND WRITING WHEN S/HE WAS A CHILD?

•WHO STARTED PLAYING AND SINGING AT LOCAL FESTIVALS?

•WHOSE FATHER HAD AN ADDICTION TO COCAINE?

•WHO WORKED HARD TO OVERCOME HIS/HER PROBLEM?

NOW LET’S SEE HOW GOOD IS YOUR MEMORY!!

•WHO WAS BORN IN CANADA? Avril Lavigne wasborn in Canada•WHO WAS BLONDE WHEN S/HE WAS A CHILD? Brad, •Robert,Avril and Keira were blonde.

•WHO WAS BOSSY? Eva was bossy•WHO ATTENDED THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI? Brad PittATTENDED the University of Missouri•WHO WAS A GOOD MUSICIAN WHEN S/HE WAS A CHILD?Robert

Was a good musician•WHO HAD DIFFICULTIES AT READING AND WRITING WHEN S/HE WAS A CHILD? Keira Knightley HAD difficulties at reading and writing.•WHO STARTED PLAYING AND SINGING AT LOCAL FESTIVALS?Avril Lavigne STARTED playing and singing at local festivals.•WHOSE FATHER HAD AN ADDICTION TO COCAINE? Rihanna’s father had an addiction to cocaine.•WHO WORKED HARD TO OVERCOME HIS/HER PROBLEM?Keira Knightley WORKED hard to overcome her reading and writing problem.

NOW LET’S SEE HOW GOOD IS YOUR MEMORY!!

REMEMBER!! WAS/WERE

Affirmative Negative InterrogativeI was I wasn’t Was I…?You were You weren’t Were you…?He He he…?She was She wasn’t Was she…?It It it…?We were We weren’t Were we…?You were You weren’t Were you?They were They weren’t Were they?

REGULAR VERBS: add –ED

workED, listenED, watchED, studiED, lookED, washED

IRREGULAR VERBS:

Go-WENT WRITE-WROTEHave-HAD SLEEP-SLEPTPlay-PLAID DO-DIDFIND-FOUND TAKE-TOOKRead-READ GIVE-GAVE

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