Your amazing people

You are going to read an article on 7 amazing people! The article is divided in seven chunks which are presented in Task 2.Your first task isa) to think of at least two synonyms for the word 'amazing'b) use those synonyms in two different sentences Fill in the gaps! One word per gap! Last week, we asked you to vote for your choice in our 'Amazing Britons' competition. Here are seven suggestions. Keep your ideas coming in and we will print more of themnext week. Match the headings (1-7) to the correct people (A-G) 1 Calculate the chances E Sir Clive Sinclair is a great mathematician and the inventor of the pocket calculator as well as the first computer to be sold for under 100 pounds. Apart from inventing, Sir Clive plays poker, his brain being ideal for working out the probability of winning. He was the first winner of a TV celebrity poker tournament. 2 It runs in the family A Ian Botham is one of the greatest sports stars England has ever produced. He was a great cricketer and also played professional football. His son Liam also started as a cricket professional but then became a professional rugby player until injury forces him out of the game. Ian is also known for his long distance walks for charity. 3 Still remembered G Paul Foot was a journalist who spent much of his life writing about injustice and trying to help people fight the system. He was never interested in money, leaving well-paid jobs which didn't give him the freedom to write what he wanted for lower paid work elsewhere. There is now an annual Paul Foot Journalism Award given each year in his memory. 4 Different form the rest B Ray Winstone wasn't academic, leaving school with just one exam pass, in drama. However, he was good at boxing and was London schoolboy champion for three years. At acting school, his background and size made him stand out from the other students. Not surprisingly, many of his acting roles have been tough, violent characters. 5 Royal approval F Rolf Harris was a junior swimming champion in Australia but he left to attend art college in England. He became a popular singer and TV presenter and is famous for his large, quickly drawn paintings which look as if they of nothing at all but suddenly turn into beautiful pictures. The Queen asked him to paint her portrait for her 80th birthday celebrations in 2005. Some people didn't like the painting but she did. 6 You can't do better than that C Emma Watson is best known for playing Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films. However, there is more to her than acting. She won a poetry competition at the age of seven and, in the summer of 2006, she passed ten GCSE exams all with an A or A* grade, the highest grade possible. And that was while she was also making films. 7 A strong voice D Although born in Liverpool, John Aldridge was a famur Republic of Ireland footballer in the 1990s. He is perhaps best known for shouting at officials during a match in the 1994 World Cup when he was trying to come on as a substitute. Recently, he won a charity singing competition on Irish TV, raising money for a children's hospital. Ray Winstone always played violent roles. True False Ian Botham played professional cricket. True False Ray Winstone failed his drama exam. True False John Aldridge shouted at officials because he wanted to leave the game. True False Emma Watson was making films at the same time as she did her GSCE exams. True False Sir Clive Sinclair has sold his own home computer for 100 pounds True False