Trabajo práctico 7

Área: Inglés

Profesora: Mercedes Brangeri

Alumna: O´Brien Valentina 4ª A Economía EES Nª 8
Topic: past simple vs Present Perfect

Date: September 24th

Sguimos trabajando un poquito más con este contenido. Recuerden que pueden consultar las estructuras
y usos en los trabajos anteriores.

Brad Pitt’s Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1- Fill in the blanks with correct tense of the verbs in parenthesis –simple past or
present perfect (Completar la biografía con el pasado simple o presente
perfecto de los verbos entre paréntesis):

William Bradley "Brad" Pitt (born December 18, 1963) IS (1 – be ) an American

actor and film producer. Pitt RECEIVED (2- receive) four Academy Award nominations and five
Golden Globe Award nominations, winning one Golden Globe. He WAS DESCRIBED (3 – be described)
as one of the world's most attractive men, a label for which he has received substantial media attention.

Pitt first EARNED (4 - gain) recognition as a cowboy hitchhiker in the road movie Thelma & Louise (1991).
His first leading roles in big-budget productions ARRIVED (5 - come) with A River Runs Through It (1992),
Interview with the Vampire (1994), and Legends of the Fall (1994). In 1995, he GAVE (6- give) critically
acclaimed performances in the crime thriller Seven and the science fiction film 12 Monkeys, the latter
earning him a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor and an Academy Award nomination. Four years
later, Pitt STARRED (7 - star) in the cult hit Fight Club. He then starred in the major international hit
Ocean's Eleven (2001) and its sequels, Ocean's Twelve (2004) and Ocean's Thirteen (2007). His greatest
commercial successes WAS_(8 - be) Troy (2004) and Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005). Pitt
RECEIVED_(9- receive) his second and third Academy Award nominations for his leading performances in
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) and Moneyball (2011). In addition, Pitt OVER_(10 - own) a
production company, Plan B Entertainment, whose productions include The Departed (2006), which
WEN_(11 - win) the Academy Award for Best Picture, and Moneyball, which garnered a Best Picture
nomination.

Following a high-profile relationship with actress Gwyneth Paltrow, Pitt WAS MARRIED_(12 – be married)
to actress Jennifer Aniston for five years. Pitt LIVED_(13 - live) with actress Angelina Jolie in a
relationship that ATRACTED_(14- attract) wide publicity. He and Jolie HAD_ (15 - have) six
children—Maddox, Pax, Zahara, Shiloh, Knox, and Vivienne. Since beginning his relationship with Jolie, he
BECAME_(16 - become) increasingly involved in social issues both in the United States and
internationally.
 2- Now watch the Mini Bio and answer the questions below (Ahora, mirar la biografía y contestar las
preguntas. Hay algunas que son de opción múltiple)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rjFvXLHX18

1. Where was Brad Pitt born? Brad Pitt was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma E.E.U.U.

2. When was he born? ( ) September 19, 1953 ( X ) December 18, 1963 ( ) November 8th, 1973

3. Where did he grow up? He grewun in Springfield, Missouri, where is father owned his business

4. What was his father's name? (X ) Bill ( ) Phill ( ) Will

5. What was his mother's name? Her Mother`s name was Jane.

6. When he left Missouri, where did he go to live? ( ) New York ( ) San Francisco ( X ) Los Angeles

7. When did he act with Geena Davis for the first time? ( X )1991 ( ) 1982 ( ) 1993

8. What's the name of the film where he acted with Tom Cruise?

( ) Legends of the Fall ( ) Mr. and Mrs. Smith ( X ) Interview with the Vampire

9. When did they play it? ( ) 1992 ( X ) 1994 ( ) 1996

10. What's the name of the thriller movie he played with Gwyneth

Paltrow? ( ) 12 Monkeys (X ) Seven ( ) Fight Club

11. What magazine said Pitt was "the sexiest man alive"?
( X) People Magazine ( ) The Week Magazine ( ) Times Magazine

12. When was that? ( ) 1975 ( ) 1985 ( X ) 1995

13. When did Pitt and Paltrow break up? They Broke up in 1997

14. Where did he "spend 7 years" in one of his movies? ( X ) Tibet ( ) Québec ( ) Bali

15. When did Brad Pitt and Jennifer Aniston marry? They got married in 2000

16. What did they do in 2005? They got divorced in 2005

17. What did Brad Pitt say he was missing in his life? He was missing the possibility of being a father

18. How many children did Jolie have when they met? She had an addopter son

19. How many children did they adopt later? They adopter two children later

20. When was their biological daughter born? Her biological daughter was born in 2006

21. Next, what film did he play with George Clooney? ( ) 12 Monkeys (X ) Ocean´s 13 ( ) Troy

22. In 2008, Brad Pitt was called one of the most ______people.

( ) impressive (X ) influential ( ) amazing