Writing an biography

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Writing an biography
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Review the Past simple tense
Verb ed (or d) He worked for the police
- Did not verb She didnt work for the police
? Did..verb? Did they work for the police?
Usage to talk about single past completed
action. Often the time is mentioned. To give a
series of actions in the order that they
happened. To talk about past repeated actions. To
talk about long-term situations in the past which
are no longer true.
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1. Read the sentence in A about Atrid Johnsson.
Compare the with the paragraphs in B. Note all
the ways the sentences combine. Underline the
words in A that are not used again in B.
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2. Alfred Nobel is also Swedish. Why is he
famous? Combine these sentences about him to form
a natural sounding paragraph. Use the first
paragraph on Astrid to help
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3. Starting as shown, continue the biography of
Alfred Nobel.
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4. Research some facts about a famous man and a
famous woman, dead or alive, who you admire.
Write a short profile for each of them
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