by Patrunova L.V. school № 9, Shchelkun 2014

What do you know about these people ?

The National Portrait Gallery was opened in It contains over original portraits and photographs. The gallery is “about history, not about art”, which means that a picture gets into the gallery if it’s a portrait of a famous British person. The artist’s name and the quality of the picture aren’t very important.

Which of them are in the National Portrait Gallery? Why? Alexander Pushkin Pierce Brosnan Sherlock Holmes Charlie Chaplin Agatha Christie David Beckham Marilyn Monroe Elizabeth I Charles Darwin Elton John

Answer the questions about Charlie Chaplin. Which country was he born in? Which country made him famous? What was his childhood like? Did he have any brothers or sisters? When did he start to work? What is he famous for?

Complete the sentences about Isaac Newton. 1. Isaac Newton was …. 2. Newton lived with his grandmother, because …. 3. He studied at … and then …. 4. He was interested in …. 5. He became famous, because he built …, formulated …, etc.

Check your answers. 1. Isaac Newton was one of the most important scientists in the world. 2. Newton lived with his grandmother, because his father died and his mother left. 3. He studied at Grammar school and then in Trinity College. 4. He was interested in mathematics and physics. 5. He became famous, because he built the first reflecting telescope,formulated laws of universal gravitation and motion, etc.

Do you remember? Who was a famous “little tramp”? Who was called “the lady with the lamp”? Who explained how objects move on the Earth and in the sky? Who studied in Cambridge? Who was called an angel? Who studied his career at the age of nine?

Check your answers. Charlie Chaplin. Florence Nightingale. Isaac Newton. Florence Nightingale. Charlie Chaplin.

Thank you!