Personal biography

Team: How do you feel today?

Learning objective: At the end of this class, I will be able to use simple past tense to ask for personal information

Match

Match the following verbs with their simple past.

• is

• study

• has

• participate

• choose

was

studied

had

participated

chose

• was

• studied

• had

• participated

• chose

Carolina Giraldo Navarro was born on February 14, 1991 in Medellín, Colombia. Her father is a musician. From an early age she had an interest in music. She studied at the Calasanz Femenino school. In 2006 she participated in the reality show Factor X, and she saw in it an opportunity to emerge in the world of music. Thanks to her participation, she obtained her first record contract with Flamingo Records (Colombia) & Diamond Music (Puerto Rico) and chose Karol G as her stage name.

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​Lets read:

Multiple Choice

Carolina Giraldo Navarro _______ on February 14, 1991 in Medellín.

• was born

• is born

• were born

• borned

Carolina Giraldo Navarro was born on February 14, 1991 in Medellín, Colombia. Her father is a musician. From an early age she had an interest in music. She studied at the Calasanz Femenino school. In 2006 she participated in the reality show Factor X, and she saw in it an opportunity to emerge in the world of music. Thanks to her participation, she obtained her first record contract with Flamingo Records (Colombia) & Diamond Music (Puerto Rico) and chose Karol G as her stage name.

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​Lets read:

Open Ended

Where was she you born?

Multiple Choice

In 2006 she ________ in the reality show Factor X.

• participate

• participated

• participating

• participates

Carolina Giraldo Navarro was born on February 14, 1991 in Medellín, Colombia. Her father is a musician. From an early age she had an interest in music. She studied at the Calasanz Femenino school. In 2006 she participated in the reality show Factor X, and she saw in it an opportunity to emerge in the world of music. Thanks to her participation, she obtained her first record contract with Flamingo Records (Colombia) & Diamond Music (Puerto Rico) and chose Karol G as her stage name.

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​Lets read:

Multiple Choice

She _______ at the Calasanz Femenino school.

• studing

• study

• studied

• studies

Carolina Giraldo Navarro was born on February 14, 1991 in Medellín, Colombia. Her father is a musician. From an early age she had an interest in music. She studied at the Calasanz Femenino school. In 2006 she participated in the reality show Factor X, and she saw in it an opportunity to emerge in the world of music. Thanks to her participation, she obtained her first record contract with Flamingo Records (Colombia) & Diamond Music (Puerto Rico) and chose Karol G as her stage name.

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​Individual activity:

​Now, use this text as an example to write your own biography in a short paragraph.

Open Ended

What new thing did you learn today?