1.

Mother Teresa
2. Christopher
Columbus
3. William
Shakespeare
4. Napolean
5. Thomas Eddison
6. Charles Dickens
7. Princess Diana
8. Beethovan
9. Florence

Who were these

famous people?
Write the number
next to the
picture
TO BE - PAST SIMPLE
I was
You were
werent
He was
She was
wasnt
It was
We were
werent

I wasnt
You
He wasnt
She
It wasnt
We

Date of Birth

Country

Job

Mother
Teresa

1910

Macedonia

Missionary

Christopher
Columbus

1451

Italy

Sailor/Discove
rer

William
Shakespeare

1564

England

Playwright

Napolean

1769

Corsica

Military
Leader

Thomas
Edison

1847

America

Inventor
/Scientist

Charles
Dickens

1812

England

Writer

Princess
Diana

1961

England

Princess

Beethovan

1770

Germany

Composer

MOTHER TERESA
Who was she?
___________________________.
When was she born?
______________________.
Where was she born?
_____________________.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Who was he?
____________________________.
When was he born?
_______________________.
Where was he born?

Answer the following questions.

Where were Princess Diana and Florence
Nightingale born?
_____________________________________________________.
Was Gandhi a playwright?
_____________________________________________________.
When was Napolean born?
_____________________________________________________.
Who was Thomas Edison?
_____________________________________________________.
Was William Shakespeare a writer?
_____________________________________________________.

QUESTION TAGS

Write questions for these answers

_____________________________________________________________?
He was born in England.
_____________________________________________________________?
He was born in 1564.
_____________________________________________________________?
Yes, he was. He was a playwright.
_____________________________________________________________?
They were born in England.
_____________________________________________________________?
They were born in the 18th century.

He was born in
1564,________?
He was a composer,
,________?
Florence wasnt a doctor,
_____?
Florence and Princess
Diana werent from
India,________?
Napolean wasnt born in
America,________?
Mother Teresa was a
missionary ,________?

FLORENCE
PRINCESS DIANA
Her name was Diana Spencer. She was
born in England on the first of July, 1961.
She was a descendent of King James the
second.
She was the fourth child in her family
and she was very pretty. She wasnt a
brilliant student but she was very good
with children. In fact, she was an
assistant at a primary school.
She was married to Prince Charles of
England on the 29th of July, 1981 but her
marriage was not very happy. There
were two children from this marriage,
Prince William and Prince Harry but
Diana was divorced in 1996.
Diana
was
interested
in
people,
especially
children.
She
was
the
representative of many charities and
organisations and the people of England
were very sad when she was killed in a
car accident in Paris in 1997.
Was Diana a good student?
_______________________________________.
What was her job before she was a
princess?
_______________________________________.
When was she married?
_______________________________________.
Who are William and Harry?
_______________________________________.
Were the people of England happy when
she died?
_______________________________________.
How was she killed?

NIGHTINGALE
Complete the following text with
WAS/WASNT/WERE/WERENT
Her
name
____________
Florence
Nightingale. She ____________born in 1820.
In those days there ____________ much
medicine or conditions for patients in
hospitals.
Florence
____________
determined to help people so she
____________
a
nurse.
Her
parents
____________ very rich and they ____________
happy with her decision because this job
wasnt considered very good.
During
the
Crimean
War,
Florence
____________ a nurse in Constantinople and
she ____________ responsible for 38 nurses.
There ____________ many horrible diseases
and there ____________ any clean water.
Florence
____________
responsible
for
cleaning and changing the conditions.
She ____________ called The Lady of the
Lamp because she visited the soldiers at
night with her lamp.
What do you know about this famous
person? Write a short paragraph about him.
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
_________________________________________________.