Question

1. Complete cada lacuna com a forma adequada do SIMPLE PAST do verbo entre
parênteses.
J.K.Rowling is the author of the Harry Potter books. Her name is Joanne Kathleen and she
_________________ (be) born in 1965 in England. She _____________________ (live) with her parents
and her sister. The Rowling family __________________________ (not be) rich and Joanne
_____________________________ (not go) to special schools. She ________________ (love) to read and
write stories.
In 1990, her mother _________________ (die) and she _________________ (be) very sad and
___________________ (go) to Portugal, where she ________________ (work) for a newspaper and
_________________ (marry) to a Portuguese man. Next year, she ________________ (have) a daughter,
but she was not happy and _________________ (break) her marriage and _________________ (return) to
UK, living in Scotland, near her sister.
She __________________ (have) no money and no job and was alone to take care of her daughter.
Nobody _________________ (help) her. Then she _________________ (start) writing stories again. Five
years later, she _________________ (finish) the first Harry Potter book.
Many publishers ___________________________ (not like) the book, but one publisher finally
_________________ (print) it, saying that it _______________ (be) a book for children. Joanne’s dream to
publish her book _________________ (become) true in 1997. She was very happy and the book Harry Potter
and the Sorcerer’s Stone __________________ (make) a great success all over the world.
2. De acordo com o texto do exercício anterior, indique se cada afirmação é verdadeira (TRUE)
ou falsa (FALSE).
(__________) Joanne was 32 years old when her first book was published.
(__________) She was born in Scotland in 1965.
(__________) Joanne’s family was rich.
(__________) She liked to read and write stories.
(__________) Joanne’s daughter lived with her father in Portugal.
(__________) She didn’t have much money when she returned to UK

Answer 1

1-Was

lived

weren't

it wasn't

loved

died

was

went

worked

married

had

helped

started

finished

didn't like

printed

was

became

made

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