Exercise Week 02
Exercise Week 02
Exercise Week 02
Pablo Picasso
1. Read the text and fill in the gaps with the
past simple form of the verbs in brackets.
Pablo Picasso was born in Spain in 1881. When he 1_________ (be) a little boy he 2________ (begin) to
draw and 3______ (can) do it beautifully. First, his father 4____________ (give) him drawing lessons. Then,
at the age of 13 Pablo 5___________ (go) to art college. Three years later, he 6__________ (stop) going to
classes and at the age of 19, Pablo 7____________ (move) to Paris – the art capital of the world. He
8___________ (get) married twice and 9___________ (have) four children.
Picasso often 10______________ (change) his style of painting. For example, after his best friend’s death
the upset artist 11___________ (start) to paint only in blue. It was Picasso’s Blue Period. Then, he
12_________ (use) a lot of pinks and oranges. That time was called Picasso’s Rose Period. Later, he
13___________ (begin) to paint using shapes – a style later called ‘Cubism’.
In his life, he 14____________ (create) over 50.000 works of art. He 15___________ (die) in his home in the
south of France at the age of 91.