Johnny Depp

Johnny Depp was born in 1963. He had a troubled childhood and often harmed himself to overcome his shyness. He said his scars and tattoos mean his body is like a journal of his life. His mother bought him a guitar when he was 12. He had several unsuccessful attempts at becoming a rock star. Years later, he played guitar on an Oasis song.

In 1983 he married Lori Allison, a Hollywood make-up artist. She introduced him to the actor Nicolas Cage, who encouraged him to take up acting. His break came the following year with a role in "A Nightmare on Elm Street". This was the first of many successful films that would make Depp one of Hollywood’s top earners.

Depp’s marriage ended in divorce in 1985. He became romantically involved with celebrities including actress Winona Ryder and supermodel Kate Moss. He finally found true love with French singer Vanessa Paradis. The couple have two children who Depp says have given him everything in life, including deep love. He lives with his family and makes wine in France.

Depp has appeared in some of the most memorable movies of the past two decades. All of his roles have been extremely different. He played J.M. Barrie (the creator of Peter Pan), Willie Wonka, and more recently Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean”. He said he only chooses films that he finds personally interesting and not those that might be a commercial success.

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SYNONYM MATCH

Match the words from the article on the left with their synonyms on the right. 

Paragraphs 1 and 2
1.	troubled	a.	chance
2	overcome	b.	numerous
3.	several	c.	disturbed
4.	encouraged	d.	start
5.	take up	e.	persuaded
6.	break	f.	get over
Paragraphs 3 and 4
7.	ended	g.	caught up
8.	involved	h.	acted
9.	true	i.	finished
10.	appeared	j.	money-making
11	extremely	k	real
12	commercial	l	very

 

PHRASE MATCH 

Match the following phrases from the article:

1.	He had a troubled	a.	up acting
2	overcome	b.	with celebrities
3.	several unsuccessful attempts	c.	top earners
4.	encouraged him to take	d.	his shyness
5.	make Depp one of Hollywood’s	e.	of the past two decades
6.	He became romantically involved	f.	personally interesting
7.	He finally found	g.	childhood
8.	the most memorable movies	h.	different
9.	All of his roles have been extremely	i.	at becoming a rock star
10.	films that he finds	j.	true love

 

LISTENING GAP FILL

Johnny Depp was born in 1963. He had __________________ and often harmed himself _______________ shyness. He said his scars and tattoos mean his body is _______________ his life. His mother bought him a guitar when he was 12. He had several unsuccessful _______________ becoming a rock star. Years later, he played guitar on an Oasis song.

In 1983 he married Lori Allison, a Hollywood make-up artist. She introduced _______________ Nicolas Cage, who encouraged him _______________. His break came the following year with a role in "A Nightmare on Elm Street". This _______________ many successful films _______________ Depp one of Hollywood’s top earners.

Depp’s marriage ended in divorce in 1985. He became romantically ___________________ including actress Winona Ryder and supermodel Kate Moss. He finally _______________ with French singer Vanessa Paradis. The couple have two children who Depp says have given him everything in life, _______________. He lives with his family and makes wine in France.

Depp has appeared in _______________ memorable movies of the past two decades. All _______________ been extremely different. He played J.M. Barrie (the creator of Peter Pan), Willie Wonka, _______________ Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean”. He said he only chooses films that he finds personally interesting and not _______________ a commercial success.

 

CHOOSE THE CORRECT WORD

Delete the wrong word in each of the pairs in italics.

Johnny Depp was born in 1963. He had a trouble / troubled childhood and often harmed / harmful himself to overcome his shyness. He said his scars / scares and tattoos mean his body is like a journal of his life. His mother bought him a guitar when he was 12. He had several unsuccessful attempts at becoming a rock star. Year / Years later, he played guitar on an Oasis song.

In 1983 he married Lori Allison, a Hollywood make-up artist. She introduced him for / to the actor Nicolas Cage, who encouraged him to take down / up acting. His break came the following year with a roll / role in "A Nightmare on Elm Street". This was the first of many successful films that would to make / make Depp one of Hollywood’s top earners.

Depp’s marriage ended in / by divorce in 1985. He became romantically involved with celebrities including actress Winona Ryder and supermodel Kate Moss. He final / finally found true / truly love with French singer Vanessa Paradis. The couple have two children who Depp says have given him everything in life, including deeply / deep love. He lives with his family and makes wine in France.

Depp has appeared in some of the most memories / memorable movies of the past two decades. All of his roles have been extreme / extremelydifferent. He played J.M. Barrie (the creator of Peter Pan), Willie Wonka, and more recently Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean”. He said he only choice / chooses films that he finds personally interesting and not these / those that might be a commercial success.

 

SPELLING 

The underlined, jumbled words are from the text.  Spell them correctly.

Paragraph 1
1.	He had a udoelbtr childhood
2.	his body is like a ajnulro of his life
3.	several unsuccessful esmttatp
4.	he played triagu on an Oasis song
Paragraph 2
5.	a Hollywood make-up irttsa
6.	take up tcagin
7.	His break came the gloowifln year
8.	one of Hollywood’s top anserre
Paragraph 3
9.	Depp’s marriage ended in erovidc
10.	romantically lnodievv with celebrities
11.	He ifyalln found true love
12.	given him yregvthnei in life
Paragraph 4
13.	some of the most balrmeeom movies
14.	ryxteelme different
15.	films that he finds aleslroynp interesting
16.	commercial ecsscsu

 

PUT THE TEXT BACK TOGETHER

Number these lines in the correct order.

(    )	his shyness. He said his scars and tattoos mean his body is like a journal of his life. His mother bought
(    )	in life, including deep love. He lives with his family and makes wine in France.
(    )	the first of many successful films that would make Depp one of Hollywood’s top earners.
(    )	him a guitar when he was 12. He had several unsuccessful attempts at becoming
(    )	encouraged him to take up acting. His break came the following year with a role in "A Nightmare on Elm Street". This was
(    )	love with French singer Vanessa Paradis. The couple have two children who Depp says have given him everything
(    )	including actress Winona Ryder and supermodel Kate Moss. He finally found true
(    )	Depp’s marriage ended in divorce in 1985. He became romantically involved with celebrities
(    )	In 1983 he married Lori Allison, a Hollywood make-up artist. She introduced him to the actor Nicolas Cage, who
(    )	have been extremely different. He played J.M. Barrie (the creator of Peter Pan), Willie Wonka, and more
(    )	Depp has appeared in some of the most memorable movies of the past two decades. All of his roles
(    )	personally interesting and not those that might be a commercial success.
(    )	recently Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean”. He said he only chooses films that he finds
(    )	a rock star. Years later, he played guitar on an Oasis song.
( 1 )	Johnny Depp was born in 1963. He had a troubled childhood and often harmed himself to overcome

 

SCRAMBLED SENTENCES

Put the words back into the correct order.

1.	had   childhood   a   He   troubled
2.	life   a   his   journal   body   of   is   his   like
3.	becoming   at   attempts   unsuccessful   several   star   rock   a
4.	him   encouraged   acting   up   take   to
5.	the   was   This   films   successful   many   of   first
6.	marriage   in   in   Depp’s   ended   divorce   1985
7.	true   French   Paradis   found   with   Vanessa   finally   love   singer   He
8.	the   most   past   memorable   two   movies   decades   of   the
9.	of   All   different   extremely   been   have   roles   his
10.	said   he   only   chooses   films   that   he   finds   personally   interesting   He

 

 

 

ANSWERS

SYNONYM MATCH:

Paragraphs 1 and 2
1.	troubled	a.	disturbed
2	overcome	b.	get over
3.	several	c.	numerous
4.	encouraged	d.	persuaded
5.	take up	e.	start
6.	break	f.	chance
Paragraphs 3 and 4
7.	ended	g.	finished
8.	involved	h.	caught up
9.	true	i.	real
10.	appeared	j.	acted
11	extremely	k	very
12	commercial	l	money-making

 

PHRASE MATCH:

1.	He had a troubled	a.	childhood
2	overcome	b.	his shyness
3.	several unsuccessful attempts	c.	at becoming a rock star
4.	encouraged him to take	d.	up acting
5.	make Depp one of Hollywood’s	e.	top earners
6.	He became romantically involved	f.	with celebrities
7.	He finally found	g.	true love
8.	the most memorable movies	h.	of the past two decades
9.	All of his roles have been extremely	i.	different
10.	films that he finds	j.	personally interesting