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BIOGRAPHY
Find 12 names of famous people in this box and write down in the space below.

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A J M I L K I M O P D T V G L P E N J O Y G E E J
S E A Z W S X E L M I L L U L I I S A Z U T L S A
H E L V I S P R E S L E Y K I U N O K I L P B S K
I L K I M O P D P R P Y C E A K S K M I G P G D M
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T P B Y C O P D P R P Y C E H H I O U I E K F N U
O E O H L C D G B Y H N U J A J N C L V J H N A L
N L Z Y E O K I L P B S K O K U P H G G B G T U G
P J I N O N N E L N H O J K E J K L Z Y E V K J U
E E I K P F V T C D G B Y H S L K I M O J D P R K
L E Z L A H G B S F L C G P P Z B I L L G A T E S
J W A L T D I S N E Y P L K E F O K I L P B S K M
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G Q W E R T Y U I O P A S D F K H J K L Z X C V B
O K I L P B S K F G N O S K C A J L E A H C I M P

1. JOHN F. KENNEDY
2. MICHAEL JACKSON
3. ELVIS PRESLEY
4. ALBERT EINSTEIN
5. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
6. WALT DISNEY
7. LEONARDO DA VINCI
8. JOHN LENNON
9. GEORGE WASHINGTON
10. CLEOPATRA
11. PRINCESS DIANA
12. BILL GATES
 GUESSING GAME
You can find the answer from the word search game.

1. WHO IS HE?
• BORN 29TH MAY, 1917

• DIED 22ND NOV, 1963

• STUDIED IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY

• HAD FOUR CHILDREN

• HUSBAND OF JACQUELINE LEE

• 43 US PRESIDENT

• INITIAL JFK

ANSWER: JOHN F. KENNEDY

2. WHO IS HE?
• BORN 29TH AUG, 1958

• DIED 25TH JUNE, 2009

• SIX BROTHERS AND SISTERS

• A STAR IN BOY BAND

• EX-HUSBAND OF LISA MARIE PRESLEY

• 2009 DOCUMENTARY “THIS IS IT”

• FAMOUS WITH MOON WALK

ANSWER: MICHAEL JACKSON

 3. WHO IS HE?
• BORN 8TH JAN, 1935

• DIED 16TH AUG, 1977

• CAREER START 1954

• HOMETOWN MEMPHIS

• FIRST HIT ‘HEARTBREAK HOTEL’

• HUSBAND OF PRISCILLA

• KING OF ROCK AND ROLL

ANSWER: ELVIS PRESLEY

4. WHO IS HE?
• BORN 14TH MAR, 1879

• DIED 18TH APR, 1955

• EX-HUSBAND OF MILEVA MARIC

• LIVED IN GERMANY, USA, AUSTRALIA

• DISCOVERED PHOTOELECTRIC EFFECT

• NOBEL PRIZE IN 1921

• THEORY OF RELATIVITY

ANSWER: ALBERT EINSTEIN

 5. WHO IS HE?
• DIED 18TH APR, 1955

• BRITISH

• HUSBAND OF ANNE HATHAWAY

• THREE CHILDREN

• ACTOR AND PLAYWRIGHT

• OWNER OF “KING’S MEN”

• FAMOUS SONNETS + ‘HAMLET’

ANSWER: WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE

6. WHO IS HE?
• BORN 5TH DEC, 1901

• DIED 15TH DEC, 1966

• HUSBAND OF LILIAN BOUNDS

• LFILM PRODUCER, SHOWMAN

• VOICE ACTOR FOR HIS CHARACTERS

• INNOVATOR IN ANIMATION

• INVENTOR OF ‘MICKEY MOUSE’

ANSWER: WALT DISNEY

 7. WHO IS HE?
• BORN 15TH APR, 1452

• DIED 2ND MAY, 1519

• ITALIAN POLYMATH

• MASTER: ANDREA DI CIONE

• WORKS AT ARTS AND SCIENCES

• DREW “VITRUVIAN MAN”

• TODAY LOUVRE: MONA LISA

ANSWER: LEONARDO DA VINCI

8. WHO IS HE?
• BORN 9TH OCT, 1940

• DIED 8TH DEC, 1980

• FIRST BAND “THE QUARRYMEN”

• INSTRUMENTS: GUITAR, PIANO, SITAR

• HIT “IMAGINE”

• MEMBER OF THE BEATLES

• HUSBAND OF YOKO ONO

ANSWER: JOHN LENNON

 9. WHO IS HE?
• BORN 22ND FEB, 1732

• DIED 14TH DEC, 1799

• HUSBAND OF MARTHA D. CUSTIS

• JOBS: FARMER, SOLDIER

• 1755 COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF

• FIRST USA PRESIDENT IN 1789

• BECOME THE NAME OF USA CAPITAL CITY

ANSWER: GEORGE WASHINGTON

10. WHO IS SHE?

• BORN LATE 69 BC

• DIED 30 BC

• FATHER: PTOLEMY XII

• QUEEN OF EGYPT

ANSWER: CLEOPATRA
 11. WHO IS SHE?
• BORN 1ST JULY, 1961

• DIED 31ST AUG, 1997

• HAD AN OUTSTANDING COMMUNITY SPIRIT

• MARRIED IN ST. PAUL’S CATHEDRAL

• TWO SONS

• PRINCESS OF WALES

• LATE WIFE OF PRINCE CHARLES

ANSWER: PRINCESS DIANA

12. WHO IS HE?

• BORN 28TH OCT, 1955

• GIVEN NAME: WILLIAM HENRY

• HARVARD UNIVERSITY 1973-1975

• ONE OF THE WORLD’S WEALTHIEST MEN

• AMERICAN BUSINESS MAGNATE

• CHIEF SOFTWARE ARCHITECT

• CEO OF MICROSOFT

ANSWER: BILL GATES

 TRUE FALSE QUESTIONS
1. Read the biography of Queen Elizabeth II from any sources in the Internet to
find the answer of the questions below.
2. Give check (√) in TRUE coloumn if the statement is correct, and give check (√) in
FALSE coloumn if the statement is incorrect.
3. Write the correct information if the statement is FALSE.

No. STATEMENT TRUE FALSE CORRECT

INFORMATION
1. Queen Elizabeth`s zodiac Queen Elizabeth II
sign is Taurus  was born Princess
Elizabeth Alexandra
Mary on April 21,
1926, in London
2. She’s the only British  In 2017, the term
Monarch ever to have sapphire jubilee or
celebrated a Sapphire blue sapphire jubilee
Jubilee. was coined for the
celebrations to mark
the 65th anniversary
of the reign of Queen
Elizabeth II (see
Sapphire Jubilee of
Queen Elizabeth II).
3. She`s married to Phillip, 
Duke of York.
4. Queen`s husband sometimes  From the nickname
calls her “cabbage”. for the Queen, Prince
Philip is the sweetest.
Prince Philip invited
his wife as 'Cabbage'.
The term is inspired
by this vegetable
which is translated
from the French term,
'mon petit chou', and
if translated as 'my
 little cabbage'.
5. During her reign she visited  Queen Elizabeth II
40 countries was the only ruler of
Great Britain who
traveled so
extensively
throughout the world
in recorded history.

She has covered more

than 100 countries for
67 years.
6. Her favourite dog`s breed is  Pembroke Welsh
bulldog. Corgi is a small dog
with a look like a fox.
This dog set the status
as Queen Elizabeth
II's favorite dog.
Pembroke Puppies.
7. In her 65-year reign, Queen
Elizabeth II has answered
more than 3.5 million letters.
8. Her father was king Edward  His father took the
VIII. throne to become
George VI in 1936
after his uncle,
Edward VIII, gave
up his throne
9. Queen Elizabeth II has 5  Philip and Elizabeth
children. eventually had four
children: Charles,
Anne, Andrew and
Edward.
10. She was trained to be a
driver and mechanic.
11. In Queen Elizabeth II’s time
as monarch, there have been
16 US Presidents, seven
 Popes in the Roman Catholic
Church.
12. She can speak German.
13. She technically owns all the
dolphins in the UK.
14. Her official surname is
Windsor-Mountbatten.
15. Queen didn`t go to school.
16. Her username in the Internet
was “HME2”.
17. Queen has 2 birthdays.
18. Her childish nickname was
“Lilibet”.
19. She met her future husband
when she was 18.
20. Her coronation was
televised against her wish.
21. Marcus Sarjeant tried to kill
her in 1981.
22. She created a new dog`s
breed.
23. She has 2 godchildren.
24. She doesn`t like horses.
25. She drives her mini cooper
from time to time.
26. She exclusively wears
“Ballet slippers”(pale pink)
nail polish.
27. She has made 2 official
visits to the USA.
28. She has a special passport.  Elizabeth does not
hold a passport. Since
all British passports
are issued in the
queen’s name, she
herself doesn’t need
one
 PAST TENSES
Change the verbs in the brackets into past tenses.

PAVEL DUROV

Pavel Durov 1.(be) born on 10 October 1984 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg, but 2.(spend)
most of his childhood in Turin, Italy. His father, Valery, holds a PhD in philology and 3.(be)
employed there at that time. He 4.(attend) an Italian elementary school, and after returning to
Russia in 2001 5.(study) in the Academy Gymnasium in St. Petersburg. In 2006, he 6.
(graduate) from the Philology Department of the Saint Petersburg State University, where he
7.(receive) a first class degree.

Together with his brother, Nikolai Durov, he 8.(found) Vkontakte, later known as VK, in
2006. During the time when he and his brother 9.(build) upon the VKontakte website, the
company 10.(grow) to a value of $3 billion.

In December 2013, Durov 11.(be) pressured into selling his 12% of VK stock to Ivan Tavrin,
the owner of the major Russian internet company Mail.ru, who subsequently sold it to
Mail.ru, giving it 52% majority ownership of VK. In 2014, Mail.ru 12.(buy) all remaining
shares and 13.(become) the sole owner of VK.

On April 1, 2014, Durov 14.(submit) his resignation to the board; at first, due to the fact the
company confirmed he had resigned, it was believed to be related to the Ukrainian crisis
which 15.(start) in February. However, Durov himself 16.(claim) it was an April Fool's Joke
on April 3, 2014.

On April 16, 2014, Durov publicly 17.(refuse) to hand over data of Ukrainian protesters to
Russia's security agencies and to block Alexei Navalny's page on VK. Instead he 18.(post)
the relevant orders on his own VK page claiming that the requests 19.(be) unlawful.

On April 21, 2014, Durov 20.(be) dismissed as CEO of VK. The company 21.(claim) it 22.
(be) acting on his letter of resignation a month earlier that he 23.(fail) to recall. Durov then
24.(claim) the company 25.(have) been effectively taken over by Vladimir Putin's allies,
suggesting his ouster 26.(be) the result of both his refusal to hand over personal details of
users to federal law enforcement and his refusal to hand over the personal details of people
who 27.(be) members of a VKontakte group dedicated to the Euromaidan protest movement.
Durov then 28.(leave) Russia and 29.(state) that he 30.(have) "no plans to go back" and that
"the country is incompatible with Internet business at the moment".

Upon leaving Russia, he 31.(obtain) Saint Kitts and Nevis citizenship through donating
$250,000 to the country's Sugar Industry Diversification Foundation, and 32.(secure) US$300
million in cash within Swiss banks. This 33.(allow) him to focus on creating his next
company, Telegram, which 34.(be) originally based in Berlin and focused on an encrypted
messaging service.
Durov is a self-described libertarian and vegetarian. In 2012, he 35.(publish) manifestos
described by commentators as "anarcho-capitalist" detailing his ideas on improving Russia.
For his twenty-seventh birthday in 2011, he 36.(donate) a million dollars to the Wikimedia
Foundation, the founder and honorary chairman of which is a fellow libertarian Jimmy
Wales. He has been called the Mark Zuckerberg of Russia.

In August 2014, Pavel Durov 37.(be) named the most promising Northern European leader
under 30. He 38.(be) in 2017 chosen to join the WEF Young Global Leaders, representing
Finland.
 ALBERT EINSTEIN
Use resources, such as Internet, books, or magazine to help you fill in this report form
about Albert Einstein.

1. Where was Albert Einstein born?

2. What theory made him famous?
3. Which year did Einstein receive a Nobel Prize for Physics?
4. Write down 2 classical instruments that Einstein liked to play.
5. What did his father give him which made him interested in science?
6. Who were Einstein’s parents?
7. Fill in the missing word: Einstein was named as “Person of the ____________” in
1999 by Time Magazine.
8. When did Einstein graduate with a degree in physics and maths?
9. Who was Einstein’s favourite scientist?
10. Did Einstein have any sisters or brothers?

BIOGRAPHY REPORT
1. Fill in the report below.
A. Biography Report of Pavel Durov
B. Biography Report of an Islamic figure (choose one person, e.g.: Abdurrahman
Wahid, Alkhawarizmi, etc.)
C. Biography Report of someone famous/more famous because of corona epidemic
(choose one person, e.g.: dr. Tirta, Bima Arya, etc.)
2. Find the information in the internet, books, or any other media.
 Biography Report
Person: _________Pavel Durov____________ Just the Facts:
Famous for* Born: ........................................................................
o Art Died: ........................................................................
o Sport
Place of Birth: ......................................................
o Literature
o Politics Education: .............................................................
o _____________ (others) Jobs: .........................................................................

*check one or more

Famous Quote (if any):

If you can ask the person, write down your
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Family Life

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Siblings: ............................................................

Spouse: ..............................................................

Children: ........................................................... Portrait

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Three Interesting Facts:

Your comment about the

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 Biography Report
Person: ________________________________________ Just the Facts:
Famous for* Born: ........................................................................
o Art Died: ........................................................................
o Sport
Place of Birth: ......................................................
o Literature
o Politics Education: .............................................................
o _____________ (others) Jobs: .........................................................................

*check one or more

Famous Quote (if any): If you can ask the person, write down your

............................................................................................... questions here: (at least ONE)

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Family Life

Parents: ............................................................

Siblings: ............................................................

Spouse: ..............................................................
Portrait
Children: ...........................................................

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Three Interesting Facts:

Your comment about the

person:
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 Biography Report
Person: ________________________________________ Just the Facts:
Famous for* Born: ........................................................................
o Art Died: ........................................................................
o Sport
Place of Birth: ......................................................
o Literature
o Politics Education: .............................................................
o _____________ (others) Jobs: .........................................................................

*check one or more

Famous Quote (if any): If you can ask the person, write down your

............................................................................................... questions here: (at least ONE)

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Family Life

Parents: ............................................................

Siblings: ............................................................

Spouse: ..............................................................
Portrait
Children: ...........................................................

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Three Interesting Facts:

Your comment about the

person:
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