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    Past Simple Biography

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    The document summarizes the life of Nelson Mandela, the first Black president of South Africa. It states that Mandela was born in South Africa in 1918. He studied to be a lawyer and qualified in 1942. In 1944, he joined the African National Congress and spoke out against apartheid. In 1956, he went on trial for treason but was found not guilty. In 1962, he was arrested again and sentenced to life imprisonment. He spent from 1964 to 1982 in prison on Robben Island and then 8 more years in another prison. On February 18, 1990, he was set free and later became the first Black president of South Africa. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

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    The document summarizes the life of Nelson Mandela, the first Black president of South Africa. It states that Mandela was born in South Africa in 1918. He studied to be a lawyer and qualified in 1942. In 1944, he joined the African National Congress and spoke out against apartheid. In 1956, he went on trial for treason but was found not guilty. In 1962, he was arrested again and sentenced to life imprisonment. He spent from 1964 to 1982 in prison on Robben Island and then 8 more years in another prison. On February 18, 1990, he was set free and later became the first Black president of South Africa. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

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    The document summarizes the life of Nelson Mandela, the first Black president of South Africa. It states that Mandela was born in South Africa in 1918. He studied to be a lawyer and qualified in 1942. In 1944, he joined the African National Congress and spoke out against apartheid. In 1956, he went on trial for treason but was found not guilty. In 1962, he was arrested again and sentenced to life imprisonment. He spent from 1964 to 1982 in prison on Robben Island and then 8 more years in another prison. On February 18, 1990, he was set free and later became the first Black president of South Africa. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

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    The document summarizes the life of Nelson Mandela, the first Black president of South Africa. It states that Mandela was born in South Africa in 1918. He studied to be a lawyer and qualified in 1942. In 1944, he joined the African National Congress and spoke out against apartheid. In 1956, he went on trial for treason but was found not guilty. In 1962, he was arrested again and sentenced to life imprisonment. He spent from 1964 to 1982 in prison on Robben Island and then 8 more years in another prison. On February 18, 1990, he was set free and later became the first Black president of South Africa. He won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

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    1.

    Read the text and complete with the correct form of the verbs in brackets:

    I ____________ (be born) in South Africa on July 25th, 1918. My father ____________ (be) a local tribal
    leader. I ____________ (study) to be a lawyer and ____________ (qualify) in 1942. In 1944 I ____________
    (join) the ANC (African National Congress) and ____________ (speak) against apartheid (keeping white
    and black people apart).
    In 1956 I ____________ (go) on trial for treason but was ____________ (find) not guilty. In 1962 I
    ____________ (be) arrested again and this time I ____________ (be) sentenced to life imprisonment. From
    June 1964 until 1982 I ____________ (be) in prison on Robben Island and then ____________ (spend) 8
    more years in another prison. On February 18th, 1990 I was set free and later ____________ (become)
    the first black president of South Africa. I ____________ (win) the Nobel Peace Prize in 1993.

    2. Read the text again and answer the questions:


    a. Who do you think is talking?
    b. Where was he born?
    c. When was he born?
    d. When did he go to trial?
    e. How many years did he spend in prison?
    f. When was he set free?
    g. What happened in 1993?

    3. Use the information in one of the boxes below to write a short biography. Use photographs or whatever you
    may need to make your composition more attractive.

    Name: Albert Einstein Name: Martin Luther King, Jr. Name: Mother Teresa
    Born: March 14th, 1879. Born: January 15th, 1929. (original name Agnes
    Ulm, Germany. Georgia, USA. Gonxha Bojaxhiu).
    Early life: Lived in Munich. Early life: Grandfather was Born: August 27th, 1910.
    Swiss citizenship in 1901. pastor of Baptist Church in Skopje, Macedonia.
    Moved to USA in 1933 and Atlanta, Georgia. In 1955 he Early life: Lived on a farm
    became American Citizen in graduated from Boston and went to a Roman
    1940. University and became Catholic elementary school.
    Famous for?: Theories in leader of the first Negro non- In 1928 she became a nun
    physics and linked to violent demonstration. He was and went to live in Calcutta,
    invention of Atomic bomb. arrested many times. India. For 20 years she
    Nobel prize: Physics, 1921. Famous for?: In 1963 he led a taught in St. Mary’s High
    Died: April 18th, 1955. march of 250,000 people to School in Calcutta. In 1950
    Washington D.C and gave a she started ‘The
    famous speech ‘I have a missionaries
    dream.’ of charity’ to help the poor.
    Nobel prize: Peace, 1963. Famous for?: Helping poor
    Died: April 4th, 1968. Shot people (especially in India).
    (assassinated) in Memphis, Nobel prize: Peace, 1979.
    Tennessee. Died: September 5th, 1997.

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