Question

Fernando Antonio Nogueira Pessoa was born on June 13, in 1888 and died on November 30, in 1935, bth in Lisbon, Portugal. He was a poet as well as a writer.
When he was eight years old, his mother and his stepfather moved to South Africa, where they stayed until he was seventeen. He became fluent in English and developed an early love for English-Language authors such as William Shakespeare and John Milton. He wrote his firs poems and most of his prose in English. He returned to Lisbon in 1905 and lived there until he died in 1935 wiht only one book published: "Mensagem."

1- Answer these questions in English.

a) How old was Fernando when he died?
b) How long did he live in South Africa?
c) How many books did he publish?
d) Whom did he live with?
e) What happened when he was eight yeas old?

2- Take from the test three regular verbs.

3- Take from the text two irregular verbs.

4- Choose a sentence with a regular verb and then write the negative form and the interrogative form.
NEG:
INT:

5- Choose an sentence with an irregular verb and then write the negative form and the interrogative form.
NEG:
INT;

Answer 1

1. a) he was 47
b) 9 years
c) he published only one book
d) he lived with his mother and stepfather
e) he moved to south africa

2. published/stayed

3. became/was

4. sentence: "he was a poet as well as a writer"
NEG: he wasn't a poet as well a writer
INT: was he a poet as well as a writer?

5. sentence: "he became fluent in english"
NEG: he didn't become fluent in english
INT: did he become fluent in english?