Write or tell the dates. Use both forms. (10 bal) 1/ 5 / 2010
31/ 3 / 2002
13 / 10 / 1957
21 / 4/ 1910
6/ 1/ 1805
Read and translate the information about the famous person. Which statement is false? (10 bal)
Is Lionel Messi the best footballer in the world? A lot of people think so. Messi was born in Argentina. At school he was a very good student but there was a problem he was very small. Doctors in Spain helped him and now he lives in Spain and plays football for Barcelona. Interesting fact he always plays with his hair wet.
a) Lionel Messi is a football player
b) He always plays football with his hair wet.
c) He was a very good student.
d) He's from Spain.
e) He plays football for Barcelona.
Read and translate the information about the famous person. Which statement is false? (10 bal)
Oprah Winfrey's life is amazing. She was born in 1954 in Mississippi in the U.S. Oprah's parents were very poor, but at the age of 32 she was a millionaire from her radio and tv shows. She is also famous for her book club and her work with poor girls. Interesting fact: Oprah hates chewing gum.
b) She was very poor when she was a child.
c) She was a millionaire at the age of twenty-three.
d) She hates chewing gum.
e) She was born in 1954
Read and translate the information about the famous person. Which statement is false? (10 bal)
Benedict Cumberbatch is an English actor famous for Sherlock on the BBC and also many films including the Hobbit and Star Trek. At school his hobbies were acting, sport
and painting. He is very popular in China and Korea. Interesting facts: he rides a motorbike around London. He was an English teacher for a year before he was an actor.
a) Benedict Cumberbatch is an actor
b) His hobbies at school were acting, sport and painting.
c) He was a French teacher before he was an actor.
d) He is famous for Sherlock on the BBC.
e) He rides a motorbike around London.
Complete the sentences with the correct present simple or past simple form of be. (10 bal)
Jan _____ quite talkative now, but he _____ (not) very talkative when he ____ a child.