Consolidation 1 Complete the text with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the present continuous, the present simple, the past simple or -ing forms.
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ement? No, he … (he / do)? (2) … (he / paint) the pav (1) at Wh to. pho the in n ma the at k Loo about his art. … (paint) chewing gum! Read to find out (3) He n? the g ntin pai he is at Wh t. isn’ British artist. This man is Ben Wilson. He is a Muswell Hill, in ily He (4) … (live) with his fam . an area in the north of London
ge in 1963. Ben (5) … (be born) in Cambrid … (live) in (7) he d, chil When he (6) … (be) a , he (9) … ool sch ) nish (fi Barnet. When he (8) … finish) his t (no ) … (go) to art college but he (10 studies. years old, he When Ben (11) … (be) about 35 ) … (invent) (12) … (have) an idea and he (13 gs on ntin pai re a new form of art: miniatu 10,000 ut abo are chewing gum! Today, there er oth and gum paintings by him in London gs ntin pai his areas of Europe. The majority of (14) … (be) in Muswell Hill. paintings in Ben (15) … (make) his first gum ) working gin (be his town in 1998. He (16) … and he 4 200 full-time on this form of art in mu com nity at (17) … (become) famous in his ice arrested that time. In 2009, when the pol don, the local him for painting graffiti in Lon (19) … (write) people (18) … (help) him. They y (20) … (like) letters to the police because the ffiti because gra be) t his art. ‘My art (21) … (no . I always ent em I never (22) … (paint) the pav s. (23) … (paint) the gum,’ Ben say
nt things for Sometimes, people ask him to pai rk for free! He them and he (24) … (do) his wo and (26) … don Lon und likes (25) … (travel) aro (watch) ) … (27 oy (listen) to people. People enj (not ) … (28 rk wo him when he is working. ‘My and ple peo be) boring. It (29) … (be) about their lives,’ he says. paintings and Ben also (30) … (make) normal entaries um doc wood sculptures. There are very a ) (be about him because he (31) … interesting man.
3 Complete the conversation with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
2 Correct the sentences. Write a negative and an affirmative sentence. 1 2 3 4 5
In the photo, Ben is making a sculpture. Ben was born in London. Ben and his family live in Barnet. Ben invented a new form of music. The local people were happy when the police arrested him. 6 Ben likes travelling around Cambridge.
James: What (1) … (you / watch) on TV last night? Wendy: I (2) … (watch) a documentary about Ben Wilson. James: Ben Wilson? Who’s that? Wendy: A British artist. He paints chewing gum stuck on the pavement. James: Really? (3) … (the documentary / be) interesting? Wendy: Yes, it (4) … (be). It (5) … (be) very interesting. And what (6) … (you / do) last night? James: I (7) … (go) to the cinema. I (8) … (see) a nice comedy. Wendy: It sounds great. (9) … (the actors / be) good? James: Yes, they (10) … (be). They (11) … (be) very funny!
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