Elvis Presley

Elvis Presley

A) Write complete sentences with the following information. Use the simple past tense.

- Date of Birth : 8^th January, 1935

- Place of birth : Mississippi

- Date of Death : 1977

- Circumstance of death :

(die) of a heart attack on 16 August 1977 in his house in Graceland

- Job : American singer

B) Use the simple past tense and fill in the gaps with the following verbs:

Be (4X) – go (X4) – make (X3) – live – love – hear – sing – buy – become (X2) – return

Elvis Presley …………………in a very poor family, * he ……………….. music so he ………………… to church every Sunday and ………………. in the choir.

When he ……………….. 13, his mother ……………………him a guitar.

*, in 1954, he ……………… to a recording Studio called Sun Records. He wanted to make a record for his mother’s birthday. The secretary at the studio ………………….. Elvis singing and she told her boss, Sam Phillips. Phillips ………………………..Elvis’ manager and Elvis ……………… his first single – That’s All Right Mama. People called him “The King of Rock and Roll Music” * he ……………………… very popular all over the world.

In 1955 Elvis appeared on TV in New York.

After that, in 1956, he ……………..to Hollywood and ………………..his first film ’Love me tender’. In the next two years, he …………………….many songs.

*, in 1958 he joined the American army and ……………….to Germany to be a soldier. When he ………………………. to the United States in the 60s, pop music ………………. different. British groups like The Beatles * The Rolling Stones were the new stars.

*, Elvis ………………… a millionaire, but he …………… a very lonely man. In his last years he became fat and very sad.

C) Add a link word each time you see the following symbol * :

And – then – to conclude – finally – because – but