Grammar Exercise: John Carpenter
Pre-Intermediate
Read this short text and then write questions to get the missing information.
John Carpenter is a _________(1) who lives in the centre of London. His address is ________(2) and his telephone number is 090-445-2324. John is _______(3) years old and he started working as a musician when he was 17 years old.
John's day begins when he gets up very late at _________(4) and then he reads the newspapers in the kitchen while he eats _________ (5) for breakfast. For the rest of the day, John either writes music or writes books. At the moment, John is _________(6), "That's my Turkey", and he is also writing his autobiography which will be called 'Just a Piano Man.'
He is married to the famous _________(7) Fiona Appleby and they have four daughters. Fiona doesn't live in London though because ___________(8) so she lives with their daughters in the north of Wales where her parents live.
John told the press last week that he wanted to stop touring with his band because ___________(9). His last tour was six months ago when he and his band, the Rancheros, were in ___________(10). While they were touring there, someone stole all their money from the hotel. And, worse, while they were in the police station reporting this, someone stole ________(11) from the concert hall!
John started in the famous group The Bubbles in 1974 and they had _______(12) hit records both in the UK and in the US. The Bubbles stayed together for only three years and John started the Rancheros in 1990 after __________(13) suggested the idea. At the moment his mother is helping the group with their Christmas record. His greatest fan is _______(14)! The Rancheros' biggest ever hit was at Christmas, 1991 with the ballad that John personally wrote, 'My mother, my life.'
