Freddie Mercury
Past simple tense: postavi glagol v ustrezno obliko: past simple active or passive voice / Past Simple Tense: put the verb in brackets in the correct form: Past Simple active or passive voice.
Bulsara was born to Parsi parents who had emigrated from India to Zanzibar, where his father worked as a clerk for the British government. As a child, Bulsara _______________ (1 SEND) to a boarding school in Panchgani, Maharashtra state, India. Artistically inclined from an early age, he formed a band there in which he _______________ (2 PLAY) the piano. When Zanzibar _______________ (3 BECOME) part of the independent country of Tanzania in 1964, Bulsara moved with his family to Feltham, England. He later _______________ (4 STUDY) graphic art and design at Ealing Technical College and School of Art (now part of the University of West London), graduating in 1969.
Bulsara _______________ (5 INFLUENCE) by the hard-edged, blues-based style of rock acts such as Cream and Jimi Hendrix when he _______________ (6 BEGIN) singing with bands in London. He also formed friendship with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor of the band Smile, and in 1970, when Smile’s lead singer _______________ (7 QUIT), Bulsara replaced him. He soon changed the group’s name to Queen and his own to Freddie Mercury. Bassist John Deacon joined the following year. Incorporating elements of both heavy metal and glam rock, the band _______________ (8 DEBUT) on record with Queen (1973), which _______________ (9 FOLLOW) by Queen II (1974). Despite an impressive blend of majestic vocal harmonies and layered virtuosic guitar work, Queen initially failed to attract much notice beyond the United Kingdom. The album Sheer Heart Attack (1974), however, _______________ (10 SHOOT) up the international charts, and A Night at the Opera (1975) sold even better. The band’s ambitious approach to both songwriting and studio production was epitomized by the latter album’s mock-operatic single “Bohemian Rhapsody,” one of a number of Queen compositions that _______________ (11 WRITE) principally by Mercury. The song spent nine weeks atop the British singles chart, and its accompanying promotional film helped the music industry recognize its future in video. Spectacular success _______________ (12 FOLLOW) in 1977 with “We Are the Champions” and “We Will Rock You”—which became ubiquitous anthems at sporting events in Britain and the United States
By the early 1980s Queen had become an international phenomenon, drawing particular attention for its elaborately staged performances in enormous venues. Strutting the stage in outrageous costumes, Mercury effortlessly _______________ (13 COMMAND) audiences in the tens of thousands. Although Queen’s commercial fortunes had begun to wane by mid-decade, the band arguably reached its apotheosis as a live act with a stellar performance at the charity concert Live Aid in 1985. That same year Mercury released the solo record Mr. Bad Guy, which _______________ (14 TAKE) musical inspiration from disco. Mercury later appeared on the sound track of Dave Clark’s science-fiction musical Time (1986) and teamed with Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé for the semi-operatic album Barcelona (1988).
In 1991 Mercury, who had engaged in relationships with both men and women, announced that he had been diagnosed with AIDS. He died a day later from complications related to the disease. Until shortly before his death, Mercury had continued to record with Queen, and he was posthumously featured on the band’s final album, Made in Heaven (1995).
(Adapted from www.britannica.com on 25 November 2016)
