Lesson Jobs 2 PDF

N A M E : ________________________________ DATE: ____________________
COMPUTERS
Question: What do you already know about Steve Jobs?
 Read the article below and then answer the questions.
Who was Steve Jobs?
Do you have an iPad, iPod, iPhone, a smartwatch or a

Mac computer? If you don’t, you probably know
someone who has one (or wants one)! Steve Jobs
made the company – Apple – that created these things
that are now such an important part of the lives of
millions of people.
He was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco,

California. When he was a boy, he had a special
hobby: he liked to take apart televisions and put them
back together again. He was a very good student in
school and even skipped a grade. After he finished grade four, he went into grade six,
and in 1972, when he was seventeen, he graduated from high school. He then began
his studies in Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after six months.
Deciding to quit was not at all easy. It was difficult, but as Jobs later said, “I had no
idea what I wanted to do with my life.” Two years later in 1974, he travelled to India,
and while there he learned about Buddhism.
After Steve Jobs returned to the United States, he found a job as a video game
designer at a company called Atari, and two years after that, in 1976, when he was
only twenty-one years old, he created his own company
– Apple Computer – with his friend, Steve Wozniak.
Steve Jobs later got married in 1991 and had four
children. Unfortunately, doctors discovered that he
had cancer in 2003 and in 2011 he died at the age
of only 56.
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N A M E : ________________________________ DATE: ____________________
COMPUTERS
 READING COMPREHENSION
1. The article is about the Apple Computer company.
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
(c) It doesn’t say.
2. When was Steve Jobs born?
(a) 1974
(b) 1955
(c) 1964
3. He made his own televisions as a boy because his family was poor.
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
4. In Paragraph 2, what does ‘them’ refer to?
(a) hobbies
(b) computers
(c) televisions
5. Why didn’t Steve Jobs study in grade five in school?
(a) He studied very hard.
(b) He thought it was too difficult.
(c) He didn’t know what to do with his life.
6. Steve Jobs never graduated from high school.
(a) TRUE
(b) FALSE
7. In Paragraph 2, what does ‘it’ mean?
(a) deciding to quit college
(b) travelling to India
(c) studying at college
8. When did Steve Jobs make Apple Computer company?
(a) 1976
(b) 1974
(c) 1975
9. What was the name of Steve Jobs’ wife?
(a) Atari
(b) Steve
10. When did Steve Jobs die?
(a) 2003
(b) 1991
(c) 2011
N A M E : ________________________________ DATE: ____________________
COMPUTERS
Grammar-in-Context
 Complete the paragraph by circling the correct words.
Do you have an iPad, iPod, iPhone, a smartwatch or a Mac computer? If you

(1)_____, you probably know someone who (2)_____ one (or wants one)! Steve
Jobs made the company – Apple – that created these things that are now such an
important part of the lives of millions (3)_____ people.
He was born (4)_____ February 24, 1955, in San Francisco, California. When he
(5)_____ a boy, he had a special hobby: he (6)_____ to take apart televisions and
put them back together again. He was a very good student in school and even
skipped a grade. After he (7)_____ grade four, he went into grade six, and in 1972,
when he was seventeen, he graduated from high school. He then began (8)_____
studies in Reed College, in Portland, Oregon, (9)_____ dropped out after six months.
Deciding to quit was not at all easy. It was difficult, but as Jobs later (10)_____, “I
had no idea what I wanted to do with my life.” Two years later in 1974, he travelled to
India, and while there he learned about Buddhism.
After Steve Jobs returned to the United States, he found a job as a video game
designer at a company called Atari, and two years after that, in 1976, when
(11)_____ was only twenty-one years old, he created his own company – Apple
Computer – with his friend, Steve Wozniak. Steve Jobs later got married in 1991 and
had four children. Unfortunately, doctors (12)_____ that he had cancer in 2003 and
in 2011 he died at the age of only 56.
1. 5. 9.
(A) aren’t (A) were (A) so
(B) not (B) is (B) but
(C) don’t (C) was (C) because
(D) isn’t (D) are (D) while
2. 6. 10.
(A) has (A) liking (A) says
(B) have (B) likes (B) say
(C) is having (C) like (C) said
(D) having (D) liked (D) saying
3. 7. 11.
(A) for (A) finished (A) his
(B) of (B) finish (B) him
(C) and (C) finishing (C) he’s
(D) to (D) finishes (D) he
4. 8. 12.
(A) at (A) his (A) discovers
(B) on (B) he (B) discover
(C) to (C) him (C) discovery
(D) in (D) he’s (D) discovered

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WRITING PRACTICE
 NARRATIVE WRITING: “Research and write about the life of Bill Gates.”
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LESSON Reading and Grammar: Computers (Steve Jobs)
Aim Reading and Grammar Practice

Level Intermediate
NOTES ANSWER KEY

Begin the lesson by asking your learners
what they already know about Steve Jobs. Reading Comprehension
Distribute the Reading Comprehension 1. B 6. B

sheet (the ten questions on page 2) 2. B 7. A
before your learners actually read the
text on page 1. Give them about a 3. B 8. A
minute to quickly go over the questions 4. C 9. C
and remind them that they want to skim 5. A 10. C
and scan the text to answer the questions
quickly – remember: good readers do two
things: (1) understand what they read;
(2) read quickly. Consider giving your Grammar-in-Context
learners an appropriate time limit to read
and answer all the questions (about 10 – 1. C 5. C 9. B
15 minutes) – write this on the board so 2. A 6. D 10. C
everyone is aware of it. This time may 3. B 7. A 11. D
vary somewhat depending on your own 4. B 8. A 12. D
specific group of learners, so be flexible.
For the Grammar-in-Context section,

make sure that your learners have put
away the original reading text before
completing the exercise.
My Notes
This work (apple logo) is in the public domain because it was published in the United States between
1923 and 1977 and without a copyright notice.

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N A M E : ____________ DATE:

Who was Steve Jobs?

Do you have an iPad, iPod, iPhone, a smartwatch or a

He was born on February 24, 1955, in San Francisco,

Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. © www.allthingstopics.com

Do you have an iPad, iPod, iPhone, a smartwatch or a Mac computer? If you

Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. © www.allthingstopics.com

Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. © www.allthingstopics.com

Aim Reading and Grammar Practice

NOTES ANSWER KEY

Distribute the Reading Comprehension 1. B 6. B

For the Grammar-in-Context section,

Permission granted to reproduce for classroom use. © www.allthingstopics.com

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