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Língua inglesa II

Talking about biographies

27/11/2020

Regras de convivência

Regras de Convivência

Born to sing

Robert Nesta Marley was born on February 6, 1945, in Jamaica. Bob Marley started his career with the Wailers, a group he formed with Peter Tosh and Bunny Livingston in 1963. Marley married Rita Marley in February 1966, and it was she who introduced him to Rastafarianism.

Talking about biographies

Bob Marley

Bob Marley's Biography

Marley presented Jamaican music worldwide, it made him a global figure in popular culture. Bob Marley is a Rastafari icon, and he created his music with a sense of spirituality. He is also considered a global symbol of Jamaican music and culture and identity. He injured his toe playing football, and he became ill with cancer. He died four years later, in 1981, aged 36. He won a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.

Simple Past structure

Affirmative

Marley presented Jamaican music worldwide. (Present - Presented)

Bob Marley created his music with a sense of spirituality. (Create - Created)

He stopped a civil war in Jamaica in 1978. (Stop - Stopped)

He played a beautiful Gibson guitar. (Play - Played)

He married Rita Marley in 1966. (Marry - Married)

He became ill with cancer. (Become - Became)

Simple Past structure

Negative and Interrogative

Marley didn't present Rock music worldwide.

Did he stop a civil war in Jamaica in 1978?

When was the last time you...?

Communicative

Practice

Don't forget!

The Simple Past is always used with a time expression.

- The Beatles started in 1960.

- In 2004, Rolling Stone ranked the Beatles as the most significant and influential rock music artists of the last 50 years.

- They were included in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1988.

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