Syllabus topic 9: A biography of someone you know
70–110 words · Biography. Write a short biography of someone you know or an invented person. Include an early-life detail, an important change and what they do now. Arrange the information in time order.
Write 70–110 words. Write a short biography of someone you know or an invented person. Include an early-life detail, an important change and what they do now. Arrange the information in time order.
Use past forms for finished events and present forms for the person's life now. You do not need a long list of dates.
Your progress
Mark this lesson as studied when you have finished the explanation.
Use these phrases if they fit your ideas. There is no single correct response.
70 more words to reach the suggested range.
This is guided self-review, not automatic grading. The word range is a guide. Editing your text clears the checklist so you can review the new version; previous lesson completion stays in your history.
My neighbour Rosa grew up in a small village with her two brothers. When she was eighteen, she moved to the city to study art. At first, she worked in a bookshop and painted in the evenings. Later, she started teaching drawing to children at a community centre. She enjoyed the work so much that she trained as a teacher. Now, she teaches art at a local school. She still paints at weekends, and she sometimes shows me her new pictures.
This example illustrates structure and tone and may be shorter than the suggested range. Develop your own response.
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