Choose the correct verb forms.

My family and I….. (was/were) all born in Korea-we….. (wasn’t/weren’t) born in the U.S. I…. (was/were) born in the city of Inchon, and my brother….. (was/were) born there, too. My parents …..(wasn’t/weren’t) born in Inchon.

Complete these questions with was or were.

1 ……you born in this city?

2 When…..you born?

3 Where …….your parents born?

4 When ……...your mother born?

5 When………your father born?

6 …….you and your family in city last year?

7 ……..you at this school last year?

8 Who…..your first English teacher?

9 What nationality ………your first English teacher

10 What ……..he or she like?

Exercise 1. Look at the pictures. What do you know about these famous people?

Who were they?

When were they born?

Where were they born?

(1845-1904)	(1897-1961)	(1711-1781)

Exercise 2. Answer the questions

1 Is it important to be famous?

2 Who is the famous actor/actress in your country?

3 Who is your favorite actor/actress?

4 When was your favorite actor/actress born?

5 Whom do you know as a famous singer?

 

Exercise 3. Make a dialogue. Situation: You are journalist and you work for a tabloid newspaper.

Student A Interviewer

Student B Singer

 

Useful phrases

She/he was famous for… She/he was born…. She/he was a doctor, singer, engineer, etc.

 

Exercise 4. Look at the photo of Mount Rushmore. Who are the men? Match their first names and surnames? [1, T.5.1], [Part 3, p.161].

George Thomas Theodore Abraham Jefferson Lincoln Washington Roosevelt

Exercise 5. Listen to an American tour guide and complete with numbers and dates [1.T.5.2] - 0.51 min.

Guide	The second head is of Thomas Jefferson. He was President of the United States from 1801 to _____.
Tourist 1	When was he born?
Guide	He was born in ______, in Virginia. His parents were very rich.
Tourist 1	Was he President after Washington?
Guide	No, he was the ______President.
Tourist 2	What’s Jefferson famous for?
Guide	Well, he’s famous for writing the Declaration of Independence-that was when he was ____, before he was President- and for buying the state of Louisiana from Napoleon in ______.

 

Exercise 6. Ask and answer the questions to complete the information about Presidents Washington, Lincoln, Roosevelt. Use the chart.

E.g. What was Washington’s first name? Look at chart and answer the questions in pairs.