1. Underline the verb to be in the text.
BILL GATES BIOGRAPHY
William Henry Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955. He was the middle child of William H. Gates II, a
prominent Seattle lawyer, and Mary Gates, who worked as a teacher before she had kids.
Bill loved to play board games and was competitive at most everything he did. He was an intelligent student and his best
subject in grade school was math. However, Bill got easily bored with school and ended up getting into trouble a lot. His
parents kept him occupied with outside activities like Boy Scouts (he earned his Eagle Scout badge) and reading science
fiction books.
When Bill turned thirteen his parents sent him to the Lakeside Preparatory School hoping it would prove more of a challenge
for him. It was at Lakeside where Bill met his future business partner Paul Allen. He also was introduced to computers at
Lakeside.
Why was Bill Gates successful?
Like most successful entrepreneurs, Bill Gates' success came from a combination of hard work, intelligence, timing, business
sense, and luck. Gates constantly challenged his employees to work harder and innovate, but he also worked as hard or
harder than the people who worked for him. Gates also wasn't afraid to take risks. He took a risk when he dropped out of
Harvard to start his own company. He also took a risk when he changed Microsoft's operating system from MS-DOS to
Windows. However, his risks were calculated. He had confidence in himself and his product.
2. Answer the questions.
a. Who is Bill Gates? ____________________
b. What date was Bill Gates born? _________________
c. What board game did he like? _________________
d. How Bill Gates got his success? _____________
e. What risks did he take to start his own company? ___________________
BILL GATES BIOGRAPHY
William Henry Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955. He was the middle child of William H. Gates II, a
prominent Seattle lawyer, and Mary Gates, who worked as a teacher before she had kids.
Bill loved to play board games and was competitive at most everything he did. He was an intelligent student and his best
subject in grade school was math. However, Bill got easily bored with school and ended up getting into trouble a lot. His
parents kept him occupied with outside activities like Boy Scouts (he earned his Eagle Scout badge) and reading science
fiction books.
When Bill turned thirteen his parents sent him to the Lakeside Preparatory School hoping it would prove more of a challenge
for him. It was at Lakeside where Bill met his future business partner Paul Allen. He also was introduced to computers at
Lakeside.
Why was Bill Gates successful?
Like most successful entrepreneurs, Bill Gates' success came from a combination of hard work, intelligence, timing, business
sense, and luck. Gates constantly challenged his employees to work harder and innovate, but he also worked as hard or
harder than the people who worked for him. Gates also wasn't afraid to take risks. He took a risk when he dropped out of
Harvard to start his own company. He also took a risk when he changed Microsoft's operating system from MS-DOS to
Windows. However, his risks were calculated. He had confidence in himself and his product.
2. Answer the questions.
a. Who is Bill Gates? ____________________
b. What date was Bill Gates born? _________________
c. What board game did he like? _________________
d. How Bill Gates got his success? _____________
e. What risks did he take to start his own company? ___________________
Respuesta:
1. Underline the verb to be in the text.
BILL GATES BIOGRAPHY
William Henry Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28, 1955. He was the middle child of William H. Gates II, a prominent Seattle lawyer, and Mary Gates, who worked as a teacher before she had kids.
Bill loved to play board games and was competitive at most everything he did. He was an intelligent student and his best subject in grade school was math. However, Bill got easily bored with school and ended up getting into trouble a lot. His parents kept him occupied with outside activities like Boy Scouts (he earned his Eagle Scout badge) and reading science fiction books.
When Bill turned thirteen his parents sent him to the Lakeside Preparatory School hoping it would prove more of a challenge for him. It was at Lakeside where Bill met his future business partner Paul Allen. He also was introduced to computers at Lakeside.
Why was Bill Gates successful?
Like most successful entrepreneurs, Bill Gates' success came from a combination of hard work, intelligence, timing, business sense, and luck. Gates constantly challenged his employees to work harder and innovate, but he also worked as hard or harder than the people who worked for him. Gates also wasn't afraid to take risks. He took a risk when he dropped out of Harvard to start his own company. He also took a risk when he changed Microsoft's operating system from MS-DOS to Windows. However, his risks were calculated. He had confidence in himself and his product.
2. Answer the questions.
a. Who is Bill Gates? *Bill Gates is a computer programmer and entrepreneur who founded Microsoft with his partner Paul Allen.
b. What date was Bill Gates born? *He borned on October 28, 1955.
c. What board game did he like? *no la encontre perdón
d. How Bill Gates got his success? *He got his success being a hardworker (he worked as hard or harder than the people who worked for him) and a combination of intelligence, timing, business sense, and luck. He also got his success taking risks and having confidence in himself and his product.
e. What risks did he take to start his own company? *He risked dropped out of Harvard.