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Past Simple -My Biography-
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Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
Level: Pre-intermediate (A2-B1)
This collection of lessons offers A2/B1 students an opportunity to practise listening and speaking skills, add to their vocabulary, briefly explore language points and increase their general knowledge. The lessons cover a range of historical figures including famous (and infamous) scientists, explorers and political leaders.
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of Cleopatra, the last pharaoh of Egypt. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, speaking and summarising. There is also an optional extension activity which focuses on the key word control .
by Stephanie Hirschman
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of Julius Caesar, the famous Roman leader. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, speaking and regular and irregular past simple forms. There is also an optional extension activity which focuses on the prefix re- .
In this audio-based worksheet, students will learn about the life of fossil collector Mary Anning and how she contributed to our understanding of prehistory. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking, and students are introduced to the difference in meaning between a little/a few and little/few . There is also an optional extension pronunciation activity featuring a famous tongue twister.
This audio-aided lesson covers the work of South African freedom fighter and president Nelson Mandela. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking, and includes a quick look at how infinitives are used to explain purpose. There is also an optional extension activity about adjectives with the - ful suffix.
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of Marilyn Monroe, a movie star with an iconic image. The lesson focuses on vocabulary including noun + noun combinations , listening comprehension and speaking. There is also an optional extension activity which focuses on jobs in the film industry.
This video-aided lesson covers the works of the legendary engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, and speaking.
By Stephanie Hirschman
In this audio-based lesson, students will learn about the life and many achievements of Leonardo da Vinci. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, word families and speaking. There is also an optional extension activity which focuses on art equipment and materials.
This audio-aided lesson covers the works of the pioneering Victorian nurse, Florence Nightingale. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, and speaking. There is an optional extension word search activity to consolidate vocabulary.
Students listen to a brief biography of scientist Marie Curie. Activities focus on listening comprehension, vocabulary and speaking.
Students listen to a brief biography of scientist, engineer and inventor, Alexander Graham Bell. Activities focus on listening comprehension, vocabulary and speaking.
This audio-aided lesson covers the work of the scientific pioneer Rosalind Franklin, who played a key role in the discovery of the structure of DNA. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking, and there is a quick look at how past perfect is used in biographical narratives. There is also an optional extension activity which focuses on which verbs some of the vocabulary items can be used with. This lesson is suitable for strong A2 and B1 levels.
In this video and dialogue-aided lesson, students listen to a mini profile about the American civil rights activist, Rosa Parks. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking.
Students listen to a mini profile about the American civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking.
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of Harriet Tubman who made a major contribution to the ending of slavery in the United States in the 19th century. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, word reordering and speaking. There is also an optional extension activity which focuses on the key word fight .
This audio-aided lesson covers the life and work of African-American scientist George Washington Carver. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, and speaking. The lesson also includes a vocabulary puzzle which can be used for review as an optional extension or homework activity.
This audio-aided worksheet tells the life story of Pocahontas and how she lived between two worlds in 17th century Virginia. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, speaking and the use of would + verb to describe past habits. There is also an optional extension activity which gives extra speaking practice about past habits.
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of Sacagawea, and how she guided the Lewis and Clark expedition as they explored North America. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, speaking and pronunciation and compares the use of articles a/an and the . There is also an optional extension activity relating to a surprising aim of the Lewis and Clark expedition.
This video-aided lesson covers the life and legacy of explorer Christopher Columbus. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, and speaking. There is an optional extension or homework activity at the end, which uses a wordsearch to review vocabulary from the lesson.
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of Queen Victoria, the famous 19th century British ruler. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, and speaking and introduces six useful phrasal verbs. There is also an optional extension activity about important inventions from Victoria’s reign.
This dialogue and video-aided lesson looks at the life and works of William Shakespeare. The worksheet focuses on listening comprehension, discussion and vocabulary development.
This lesson is about the life and achievements of Louis Pasteur. Students practice listening, comprehension, and speaking skills.
Students listen to (or watch) a mini profile about Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking.
Students listen to a mini profile about the American astronaut and first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking.
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of the astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543). The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, speaking and noun/verb word families. There is also an optional extension activity about space vocabulary.
This audio-aided lesson covers the life of the physicist Stephen Hawking whose work on the beginning and ending of the universe was completed while living with a degenerative neuromuscular disease. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking, and there is a quick look at the pronunciation of tricky - th- sounds. There is also an optional extension reading and vocabulary exercise about the Royal Society.
Level: Intermediate (B1-B2)
This collection of lessons offers B1/B2 students an opportunity to practise listening and speaking skills, add to their vocabulary, briefly explore language points and increase their general knowledge. The lessons cover a range of famous (and infamous) figures including scientists, political leaders and artists and writers.
Intermediate (B1-B2)
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of the legendary physicist Albert Einstein. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, and speaking and includes a short look at linking words that show contrast. The optional extension task is a mini marketing activity about how the name Einstein can be used to sell products.
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of the first computer programmer, Ada Lovelace. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, and speaking, and includes a short look at " so ... that " cause-and-effect structures. There is also an optional extension activity about the genre steampunk.
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of the famous 19th-century writer Charles Dickens, who had a huge influence on how we think about Christmas. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, a short review of the passive and speaking. There is also an optional extension activity about vocabulary related to Scrooges, misers, penny-pinchers, etc.
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of the British statesman Winston Churchill. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension and speaking, and includes a short look at the infinitive of purpose. The optional extension task focuses on two of Churchill’s homes, now tourist destinations.
This audio-aided lesson tells the life story of the pioneering African American mathematician and space scientist Katherine Johnson (1918-2020). The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, and speaking, and includes a short look at past perfect forms. There is also an optional extension activity about a range of toys that honours women’s achievements.
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73 Biography past simple English ESL worksheets pdf & doc. SORT BY. Most popular. TIME PERIOD. All-time. Profedeenglish. Biographies - Past s. Students have to mak. 4509 uses. lamiakom. ... Practice of the past. 867 uses. vabe. Obama picture biogra. Speaking about the p. 1349 uses. ORTEGA. Michael Jackson Biog. It's a grammar activ. 9648 uses ...
Level: elementary. Language: English (en) ID: 103473. 16/04/2020. Country code: BY. Country: Belarus. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Past simple verbs (2010814) nice opportunite to remember regular and irregular past tense forms.
We work the past simple tense and we learn about outstanding people. Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send to the teacher.
The worksheet includes four biographies of famous people (Thomas Edison, Ada Lovelace, Elvis Presley, Leonardo da Vinci) with gaps to fill in correct past simple forms. My suggestion is to divide ss into small groups or pairs and give each a different biography. Ss first choose correct past forms and then retell the biography skipping the name ...
Biographies - Past simple. Profedeenglish. 4508. 61. 26. 0. 1/1. Students have to make sentences using the information provided. Notice that verb tenses need to be changed.
30/04/2021. Country code: AR. Country: Argentina. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Past simple (2013235) Writing past simple: a biography. Other contents: past simple, linkers, prepositions of time.
English ESL Worksheets. Writing Practice. Creative writing prompt. Past simple tense. Writing a biography using the past simple. marjeloi. 238. 2. 2. 0. 1/2 ...
Practice past simple using Cristina Aguilera�s biography. I � (be) born in 1980. I � (start) school in 1987. I � (finish) school in 1999. I � (find) my first work in August of 1999. I � (become) a shopassistant. I � (get) promotion in 2000. I � (become) responsible for my shift in 2001. I � (buy) a ...
Simple past worksheets: Past simple wordsearch Level: elementary Age: 11-17 Downloads: 6015 Past simple Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 5148 ... Verbs > Verb tenses > Simple past > past simple biography. past simple biography. the Reading is about the life of Charles Dickens, the idea is read and put the verbs in simple past then ...
Past simple - Biography worksheet . Simple past worksheets: Past simple wordsearch Level: elementary Age: 11-17 Downloads: 6012 Past simple ... Verbs > Verb tenses > Simple past > Past simple - Biography. Past simple - Biography. Complete the biography with the past tense of the verbs in brackets . Level:intermediate Age: 10-12 Downloads:3 ...
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reading comprehension in the past simple. Donate a coffee. English ESL Worksheets. Grammar Topics. Past simple tense. Biographies of famous people. abbi.
This audio-aided worksheet tells the life story of Pocahontas and how she lived between two worlds in 17th century Virginia. The lesson focuses on vocabulary, listening comprehension, speaking and the use of would + verb to describe past habits. There is also an optional extension activity which gives extra speaking practice about past habits.
ID: 275234. 15/06/2020. Country code: MX. Country: Mexico. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Past simple (2013235) affirmative and negative sentences in past simple with biographies. Other contents: biography, past simple.
ID: 283066. 22/06/2020. Country code: AR. Country: Argentina. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Past simple (2013235) Complete the biography with the past simple of the verbs in the box. Choose the correct prepositions. Other contents: Prepositions.
Famous People Lessons: Ready-to-print handouts (166 so far) for English lessons on the lives of famous people. FREE Word and PDF downloads.
Biography. Things about themselves. 262 uses. A selection of English ESL biographies printables.
Complete the biography with the Past Simple form of the verbs and answer the questions. Welcome to ESL Printables, ... Simple past worksheets: Past simple wordsearch Level: elementary Age: 11-17 Downloads: 6016 Past simple Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 5150 Simple Past - gap filling
Biographies. Students look at the chart which has some information about a famous person and write a paragraph about him. 412 uses. A selection of English ESL biography printables.
Simple past worksheets: Past simple wordsearch Level: elementary Age: 11-17 Downloads: 6005 Past simple Level: intermediate Age: 12-17 Downloads: 5140 ... Verbs > Verb tenses > Simple past > Simple past. Biography. Simple past. Biography. hope you find this activity useful, it´s about Maradona an Argentinian football player. ...
09/08/2019. Country code: CO. Country: Colombia. School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Past simple (2013235) In this WS the students have to carry out two activities related to the Will Smith's biography. Other contents: verbs.
Past Simple:Biography Past Simple:Biography ... School subject: English Language Arts (ELA) (1061934) Main content: Past Simple (1977870) Activities about the past simple . Share / Print Worksheet ... Whatsapp Download PDF LIVEWORKSHEETS. Interactive Worksheets For Students & Teachers of all Languages and Subjects. ...
English ESL Worksheets. Grammar Topics. Past simple vs continuous tense. Biography.
Liveworksheets transforms your traditional printable worksheets into self-correcting interactive exercises that the students can do online and send ... School subject: English as a Second Language (ESL) (1061958) Main content: Past simple (2013235) Loading ad... Share / Print Worksheet. Google Classroom Microsoft Teams ...
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