ENGLISH EXERCISES FOR BIOGRAPHY ACTION.

1. Arrange the parts to make good sentences. Add puntuation where necessary.
A. the proposal / sure / you / that / you / bring forward / Are / ought to
B. comfortable / agree / you / this / chair / is / that / Don’t
C. are / that / of / there / diseases / Don’t / risks / forget
D. Don’t / think / approve / you / you / the budget / should
E. admit / the major / you / that / But / incident / reported / yet / must / is not
F. assure / I / good / will / of / our / intention / you
G. that / needs / renewing / computer / crystal clear / It’s / your / system
H. about / the battery / What / cell phone / changing / your / of
I. What / colleagues / your / about / business
J. the membership / should / really / You / cancel
K. support / I / your / new idea / will
L. pain / You / go / to / heal / want / you / if / to the dactor / your / should
M. wider / about / we / to / can / so / going / the museum / What / our knowledge
N. talk / should / You / your / coordinator / to
O. this problem / are / for / handling / to / do / you / going / How

2. Arrange the sentences to make a good biography.

A. During this period he went to London where he began a successful career as an actor and
writer.
B. No one knows when he was born but the records of Stratford’s Holy Trinity Church say he
was baptized on April 26, 1564.
C. He was buried at the Holy Trinity Church two days after his death.
D. A year after they were married they had a daughter and then had twins in 1585.
E. Willam Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon in Warwickshire.
F. At the age of 18 he married a woman called Anne Hathaway, the daughter of a farmer.
G. Shakespeare retired to Stratford a few years before his death.
H. Very little is known about Shakespeare’s activities from 1585 – 1592.
I. Shakespeare’s most famous plays include Macbeth, Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet, and Julius
Caesar.
J. In his lifetime he wrote 38 plays, 154 sonnets, and many poems.
K. He died on April 23, 1616.
L. In his early school years he studied math, religion, literature, and Latin.
M. Today, his plays still excite audiences of all nationalities.

3. Complete the text with the words below.

high-ranking ordered occupied declared

negotiations raised proclaimed retired
release headquarters featured commander-in-chief

General of the Army Raden Sudirman (24 January 1916 – 29 January 1950 ) was a (A)
____ Indonesian militery officer during the Indonesian National Revolution. The first of the (B)
____ of the Indonesian Armed Forces, he continues to be widely respected in the country.
Born in Purbalingga, Dutch East Indies, Sudirman moved to Cilacap in 1916 and was (C) ____ by
his uncle. After dropping out of our teacher’s college, in 1936 he began working as a teacher,
and later headmaster, at Muhammadiyah-run elementary school.
After the Japanese (D) ___ the Indies in 1942, Sudirman continued to teach, before
joining the Japanese-sponsored Defenders of the Homeland as a battalion commander in
Banyumas in 1944.
 After Indonesia (E) ____ its independence on 17 August 1945, Sudirman led a break-out
then went to Jakarta to meet President Sukarno. On 12 November 1945, at the election to
decide the military’s commander-in-chief in Yogyakarta, Sudirman was choosen vote. While
waiting to be confirmed, Sudirman (F) ____ an assault on British and Dutch forces in Ambarawa.
During the following three years Sudirman saw (G) ____ with the returning Dutch
colonial forces fail, first after the Linggardjati Agreement with Sudirman participated in drafting
and then the Reville Agreement. He later blamed these issues for his tuberculosis, which led to
his right lung being collapsed in November 1948.
On 19 December 1948, several days after Sudirman’s (H) ___ from the hospital, the
Dutch launched an assault on the capital. Sudirman and small contingent escaped Dutch forces
and left the city, making their (I) ____ at Sobo, near mount Lawu. There Sudirman commanded
militery activities throughout Java, including a show of force in Yogyakarta on 1 March 1949. In
late 1949 Sudirman’s tuberculosis relapsed, and he (J) ____ to Magelang. He is buried at Semaki
Heroes’ Cemetery in Yogyakarta.
Sudirman (K) ____ prominently on the 1968 series of rupiah bank notes, and has
numerous streets, museums, and monuments named after him. On 10 December 1964 he was
(L) ___ a National Hero of Indonesia.

4. Fill the blank box. Review of Comparison.

Example : big bigger biggest

NO Absolute Comparative Superlative

1. good
2. new
3. worse
4. further
5. most miserable
6. most important
7. small
8. clever
9. more delicious
10. more gorgeous