Biografía de Mozart (Pasado Simple)/ Mozart's Biography (Past Simple)

COMPLETE THE BIOGRAPHY WITH THE PAST SIMPLE FORM OF THE VERBS IN BRACKETS

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart _________ (be) born on January 27, in Salzburg (Austria). Mozart ___________ (be) a musical prodigy. He ______________ (begin) playing the piano when he ____________ (be) only three years old. At five he ________________ (write) his own music.

Mozart _______________ (play) for the kings and rich people. When he ___________ (be) a teenager he ___________________ (write) and ______________________ (complete) his first opera. He _________________________ (continue) to write great songs as an adult, but he ___________________________  (not/become) famous.

Mozart ___________ (get) married when he ___________________ (be) 26 years old and he ___________ (have) two sons. He ___________________________ (not/make) much money from  his compositions. Mozart _________________ (get)  ill and ___________ (die) on December 5, 1791 in Vienna, Austria. Mozart ________________________ (give) one of his students instructions on how to complete his last work, the ‘Requiem’ mass.

ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS:

1. What was his name?

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2. When was he born?

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3. Where was he born?

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4. When did he begin playing the piano?

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5. When did he write and complete his first opera?

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6. When did he get married?

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7. Where did he die?

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