2012 YEAR IN REVIEW
(put the verbs in the past tense and write the countries’ names)
JANUARY [ hit / sink / sail ]
* The Costa Concordia ………………..…… too close to the Coast, …………..………… some rocks and ……………………... (…………………..…)
FEBRUARY [ be shot / die / win / sing / demonstrate / have / be arrested ]
* Whitney Houston, world famous singer, ……..……………… . (………..……………)
* The Pussy Riot singers ………………… a prayer against President Puttin in Moscow and they …………..……… . (………..……………)
* Jean Dujardin …………..………… an Oscar (Academy Award) for best actor. It was the first time a French actor ………………..…… this honor. (………………………)
* Trayvon Martin, 17 years old, ……………..…… in Florida near his sister’s home. (………..……………)
* People ……………..………in the streets in Athens because of the financial crisis. (……..………………)
MARCH [ found / rebel / be shot / kill ]
* The Syrian population ………..…………… against Bachir Al Hassad. (……………..………)
* Mohammed Merah ………………..…… several soldiers and children. He ………..………… by the police. One of his victims’ mother, a Muslim, ……..……………… a peace organization between Muslim and Jewish people. (…………..…………)
APRIL [ be celabrated ]
The 100th anniversary of the Titanic’s sinking …………..………… .
MAY [ win / be re-elected / be beaten / become ]
* In the presidential elections, Nicolas Sarkosy …………………..… and François Hollande ……………..……… and ………..…………… the new president. (…………..…………)
* Vladimir Putin …………..………… as President. (……..………………)
JUNE [ die / be / celebrate / win ]
* Elizabeth II ………………..…… her diamond Jubilee after 60 years as Queen. (………………..……)
* French commentator Thierry Roland ……………..……… after over 50 years as a sports specialist.
* Rafael Nadal ……..……………… the French Open of Rolland Garros for the 7th time.
* There ……………………… an Islamist victory in the first Egyptian elections.
JULY [ injure / shoot / start ]
* A gunman …………..………… 12 people and …………..………… 58 in a cinema in Aurora, Colorado, USA during a showing of The Dark Night Rises, the new Batman movie. (…………..…………)
* The Olympic Games ………………..…… with a great opening celebration in London. (…….……………)
AUGUST [ walk / be filmed / die ]
* Neil Armstrong, the first man who ever ………..…………… on the moon, ……………………… .
* King Harry …………………..… naked in a hotel in Las Vegas. (……………………..)
SEPTEMBER [ demonstrate / call ]
* The Anonymous ……..……………… and ………..…………… for people to occupy Wall Street. (………………..……)
OCTOBER [ destroy / be shot / come out / become / campaign / kiss / dive / kill / land ]
* The latest James Bond movie, Skyfall, ………..…………… .
* Felix Baumgartner …………………..… the first person to break the sound barrier when he ………………..…… from space in a special suit and ……………..……… in Roswel, New Mexico. (………………..……)
* Hurricane Sandy ………..…………… at least 200 people and …………..………… thousands of homes. (……………………..)
* Two girls ………………..…… in front of a demonstration against gay marriage. (……………………..)
* Malala, a 14-year-old schoolgirl, …………..………… in the head by Talibans because she …………………..… for schooling for girls. (……………………..)
NOVEMBER [ be re-elected / be voted ]
* Palestine ……………..……… as a non-member observer state in the UN (United Nations).
* Barack Obama ………..……………. as 44th president. (…………………..…)
DECEMBER [ die / be announced / shoot / not happen / become ]
* Kate Middleton’s pregnancy………..…………… officially. (……………………..)
* The Gangnam Style, a song by the South Korean singer PSY, ………..…………… the first video to reach one million views on Utube.
* A young gunman ……………..……… children and teachers at Sandy Hook elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut. 28 people ……..………………, including 20 children. (………………………)
* The end of the world ……………..……… after all…