Use the past simple form of the verbs in brackets:

1. Abraham Lincoln is famous because he -------  (end) slavery in the USA.
2. As a child, he -----------------(not have) an easy life.
3. His mother ------------- (die) when he was nine years old.
4. Lincoln ------------- (not go) to school because he -------------- ( work ) for his father.
5. But Lincoln ----------- (teach) himself to read and write.
6.  In 1860, Abraham Lincoln -------------- (become) the president of the USA.

Use the past simple interrogative and match with the answers:

1. When ----------- Stephen Hawking -------(start) university?
2. What ----------- he ----------(study)?
3. What illness ---------- Hawking ----------have?
4. How ----------- his illness ---------- (affect him)?
5. How ----------- he ------------(contribute) to science?

• He lost the ability to walk and talk.
• ALS - a rare neurological illness.
• He developed a theory of how the world began.
• in 1959, at the age of 17.
• maths and physics.

Complete the text :

Becoming and Astronaut

When he was a child, José Hernández´s parents --------(work) on farms in California. They ---------(not have) much money, so during their summer holidays, José and his brothers -----------(help) them. For six months of the year, teh family  -----------(return) to Mexico. How -------this-------- (affect) José? He -------------(not speak) English well. However, in 1972,  José -----------(see) the spaceship Apollo 17 on television and after that, he -----------(decide) to become and astronaut. What -----------he----------(do) to make this happen? First, he ----------(study) at university. Then, after years of working as an engineer, he ----------(send) letters to NASA, asking to join their space programme. Finally, after his 12th letter, José--------- (receive) a positive answer from NASA. In 2009, José ----------- (go) o a mission with other astronauts to finish building the International Space Station.