The stories of famous entrepeneurs

The stories of famous entrepreneurs

Past simple

PAST SIMPLE CHEAT SHEET

• We use Past Simple to talk about something that started and finished in the past.

• We use Past Simple with actions that happened at a specific time in the past. This is often marked with time expressions (yesterday, last week, 1 hour ago).

• We use Past Simple to talk about a past state of being, e.g. how we felt, what we thought

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Complete the sentences with the words from the brackets using the Past Simple tense.

a) When Samsung was a small company, it

(sell) groceries and noodles

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b) How did Oprah Winfrey

(Oprah Winfrey / become) so popular on TV?

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c) Ferruccio Lamborghini

(not start) his business from luxury cars, instead he made millions building tractors.

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d) Where ................... ..................... (you / be) when they launched the first iPhone?

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e) Andrew Carnegie

(donate) 90% of his wealth to charities.

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f) Walt Disney

(be) a shy introvert who didn’t like spending time with people.

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g) ......... ............ ............. (you / know) that Warren Buffet still lives in the same house he bought 60 years ago?

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h) Apple

(not be) the first company to bring tablets to the market but the first to succeed

Multiple Choice

Choose the correct endings to create true sentences.

When you drop out of college, ...........

• you successfully complete your education

• stop attending your classes and don’t graduate

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Henry Ford founded the Detroit Automobile Company in 1899 which means ..................

• he created a company

• he sold the company

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In 1991, Pan Am, a famous airline company, went bankrupt because of large financial losses so now it ...............

• doesn’t exist anymore

• still exists.

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Tesla turned a profit last year, which means ................. /

• it earned some money

• had more costs than income

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Because of the economic situation, we didn’t expand into new markets, which means we didn’t /

• open our business in new countries

• win against our competition in new markets.

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When you set up a company, you want to ...................

• open a new business

• close a business.

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If a company goes public, it means ...........................

• it is listed on the stock exchange

• the government bought that firm.

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What are the past forms of the verbs below?

get

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give

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pull

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teach

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put

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meet

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love

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end

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take

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go

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start

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become

Open Ended

What do you know about Steve Jobs?

Multiple Choice

Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Steve Jobs was born in San Francisco on February 24th, 1955.

• True

• False

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Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Paul is Steve Jobs' birth father.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Steve Jobs' birth parents gave him up for adoption.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Clara and Paul became Steve Jobs' foster parents.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Clara and Paul lived in Silicon Valley, California.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Are these statements about the video true or false?

2. Steve Jobs' father taught him how to read before he started school.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Steve Jobs enjoyed pulling pranks during his high school years.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Steve Jobs met his best friend, Steve Wozniak, in the Computer Club.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Steve Jobs dropped out of Reed College. (True)

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Steve Jobs worked as a video game designer before starting Apple.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Apple was started in Steve Wozniak’s parents’ garage

• True

• False

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Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Apple grew to more than 4000 employees.

• True

• False

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Are these statements about the video true or false?

1. Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 2002.

• True

• False