Famous People

Lets talk about these famous people of the 20th century.

Read the information first, then answer the questions.
The student probably already knows the names and maybe where they are from.
Do they also know what they were and still are famous for?


Many difficult words - explain them! (copied from simple english wikipedia)
Make a timeline to show when they were born and when they had their biggest influence on the world.
Let them describe those people in their own words; in a few sentences so it fits into the box.

I chose many different "professions" and nationalities.

Maybe print both sided so the student can't just copy but has to remember the sentences for a while to write it down.

The above printable, downloadable handout is best suited for high school and adults at Advanced (C1) and Proficient (C2) level. It is valuable for revising Past perfect simple tense, Past simple tense, Past simple vs continuous tense and Past tense: USED TO in English, and is a valuable material for honing your pupils' Speaking, Reading and Writing skills. It is focused on the topic and words of Culture, intercultural communication, cross-cultural communication, History, Past, People, Politics, voting, elections, Science and .

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Upload date: 2016-02-04 10:17:08