Page 9 - Biographical Recount

E-Module

Vocabulary Building

Match the word with its meaning!

Words Meaning

1. Aristocrat a. When someone cannot see things that are far away clearly.
2. Household b. To store sounds or moving pictures using electronic
3. Enrage equipment so that they can be heard or seen later.
4. Guerilla c. To cause someone to become very angry.
5. Myopia d. Someone who starts their own business, especially when
6. Arthritis this involves seeing a new opportunity.
7. Entrepreneu e. A serious condition in which a person’s joints become
r painful, swollen, and stiff.
8. Record f. An object, such as a piano, guitar or drum, which is played
9. Assemble to produce musical sounds.
10. Instrument g. A group of people, often family, who live together.
h. To come together in a single place or bring parts together
in a single group.
i. Using unusual methods to get attention for your ideas,
products, etc.
j. A person of high social rank, a member of the aristocracy.

Activity 3

Pay attention to the following examples!
1. Clinton graduated from Georgetown University in 1968.
2. He served as governor of Arkansas until he managed to defeat President
George Bush.

3. Drunken Monkey in the Tiger’s eye was a major hit throughout East Asia.

The bold sentences in the examples use past forms. It is used to state the
activity happened in the past.