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PAST SIMPLE

Read Avril's biography and answer the following questions

1. Where was she born?

2. Does she have any brothers or sisters?

3. Where did she start singing?

4. Where in the United States has she lived?

5. Who writes her songs?

6. What is the most important thing for Avril?

7. Do you think the song "Complicated" describes her attitude to life?

8. How would you describe her?

Anything but ordinary. That's putting it mildly when describing Avril Lavigne. A skater-punk, a dynamic spirit, a true wild child. One of those rare creatures who started wowing people with her voice and character at around age 2.

A small-town kid who couldn't sit still in class but had the confidence and determination to take off, virtually on her own, to improve her songwriting skills in New York City and Los Angeles. A startlingly up-front and outrageous 17-year-old with everything it takes to reach stardom-completely on her own terms.

"I'm just coming out and I'm going to clearly be myself-I write what I feel, I never worry what others think,” Avril says. "I'm gonna dress what's me, I'm gonna act what's me and I'm gonna sing what's me."

Avril was born in Nappanee, Ontario. A middle child who "always wanted to be the center of attention, I always knew this was what I had to do," she says. "I remember when I was really young, standing on my bed like it was a stage, singing at the top of my lungs and visualizing thousands of people surrounding me." She sang whenever and wherever she could - starting in church singing gospel music, and on to festivals, then singing country music at fairs and talent contests - until she was discovered by Arista Records.

At 16, she moved to Manhattan and began work on her debut CD. Avril plunged into the creative process. "I love writing," she explains. "When I get upset and really need to get it out of me I go to my guitar. Sometimes I feel like my guitar is my therapist."

Although Avril virtually lived in the studio during that New York period, her efforts didn't pay off at first. "I started working with these really talented people, but I just wasn't feeling it; the songs weren't representative of me," she admits. "Then they started talking about having people write for me, but I had to write myself. I had to do my music. It was a really stressful time, but I never considered giving up." Instead, she changed coasts. Los Angeles gave Avril the fresh start she needed.

9. Match the Base Form with their Past Simple forms.

1. come 7. read left, stood, made, ate, came,

2. eat 8. sing wrote, sat, took, had, sang,

3. give 9. sit gave, read.

4. have 10. stand

5. leave 11. take

6. make 12. write

10. Complete the story. Use the Past Simple.

Last week I (buy) _bought_ a ticket for a BLUR concert.

Blur are my favourite band. The concert was on Saturday.

I (1 meet)……… my friends in a café at four o’clock, and we

(2 have)…….. a pizza and a drink. Then, we (3 go)..….. to the concert hall

at six o’clock. We (4 sit)……… near the stage.

Blur (5 sing)………. all my favourite songs, and at the end the audience (6 stand) ………… up and clapped and cheered.

We (7 leave)………. the concert at 9.30 and (8 take)…….. the bus home. It was a brilliant day!

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