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ACHIEVEMENT

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1 Reading

Read the text about Bill Gates and put the correct heading above each paragraph.

BUSINESS CAREER CHARITY WORK PERSONAL LIFE

1

Bill Gates is an American business magnate. He is one of the richest people in the world.
In 1975, he co-founded Microsoft, the world’s largest PC software company. During his
career, Gates has held the positions of chairman, CEO and chief software architect. He has
invested in other businesses outside Microsoft, including Corbis, a digital media company.
Gates has also written several books about business and technology.
2

Bill Gates married Melinda French on January 1, 1994. They have three children and live
in a large house in the side of a hill in Washington, USA. The house took 7 years to build
and cost $63.2 million.
3

During the later stages of his career, Gates became a philanthropist. In 2000, he
established the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with his wife Melinda. They have given
large amounts of money to different charities and research organisations. In June 2006,
Gates decided to work part-time for Microsoft in order to do full-time work at the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation.

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2 Find the word

Read the text again and find ...
1. a word which means ‘a very rich and important businessman’ (P1)
2. a verb which means ‘establish with another person’ (P1)
3. a word which means ‘a few’ (P1)
4. a word which means ‘a small mountain’ (P2)
5. a word which means ‘a rich person who gives a lot of money to people who need help’ (P3)

6. a word for organisations that help and get money for people who need help, for example very
poor people (P3)
3 Present perfect vs Past simple
Study the sentences and cross out the incorrect choices to complete the rules below.
A He has invested in other businesses outside Microsoft.
B In 1975, he co-founded Microsoft.
1. Sentence A/B is in the present perfect.
2. Sentence A/B is in the past simple.
3. In sentence A, the word invested is the past form/past participle of the verb invest.
4. The past participle form of regular verbs is the same as the present simple/past simple form.
5. The present perfect/past simple is formed with have/has + past participle.
6. In sentence A/B , we are thinking about a specific event in the past.
7. In sentence A/B , we are not thinking about a specific event in the past.

Find more examples of the past simple and present perfect in the text.
4 Past participle - Irregular verbs
Look at the text again and find the past participle forms of these irregular verbs:
1. hold - held -
2. write - wrote -
3. give - gave -
Now make sentences about Bill Gates using the present perfect.
1. Bill Gates / hold / different positions / in Microsoft
Bill Gates has held different positions in Microsoft.
2. He / invest in / businesses outside Microsoft
...............................................................................................
3. He / write / several books
...............................................................................................
4. He / be married / once
...............................................................................................
5. Bill and Melinda / give / a lot of money / to charities
...............................................................................................

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5 Practice - Past simple or present perfect

Now complete these other facts about Bill Gates with the verbs below in the past simple or present
perfect.

become meet not/give receive

be study write write

1. Bill Gates was born in 1955.

2. He at Harvard University in 1973-1974.
3. Many magazines and newspapers about his status as the richest man in the world.
4. In his life, Gates many awards for his philanthropic work.
5. In 1999, he a book called ‘Business at the Speed of Thought’.
6. Gates all of his money to charities.
7. In 1987, he the world’s youngest billionaire, according to Forbes magazine.
8. While at school, he Paul Allen, Microsoft’s co-founder.

6 Have you ever ...?

Study the dialogue below:

Interviewer: Have you ever founded a computer company?

Businessman: No, I haven’t.
Interviewer: Have you ever run a music business?
Businessman: Yes, I have. I founded a chain of record stores called Virgin Megastores in 1976.

Do you know who this entrepreneur is?

Now make questions like in the example.

1. visit / another continent

Have you ever visited another continent?
2. eat / sushi
...............................................................................................
3. play / tennis
...............................................................................................
4. meet / a famous person
...............................................................................................
5. win / a competition
...............................................................................................

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6. drive / a sports car

...............................................................................................
7. write / a book
...............................................................................................
8. climb / a mountain
...............................................................................................

7 Find somebody who ...

One-to-one and small classes: Ask your partner the questions that you wrote.

Larger classes: Ask your classmates the questions and find a person who fits the sentences on the
next page. Write ‘Nobody’ if you cannot find somebody.

Find someone who ...

has visited another continent.

has eaten sushi.

has played tennis.

has met a famous person.

has won a competition.

has driven a sports car.

has written a book.

has climbed a mountain.

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