Eric Clapton

Text: ERIC CLAPTON

                   Eric Patrick Clapton was born on March 30th 1945. He is an English blues-rock guitarist and singer-songwriter. Clapton is the only person who has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame three times.

                  Clapton was born in Ripley, Surrey, England, the son of 16-year-old Patricia Molly Clapton and Edward Walter Fryer, a 24-year-old soldier from Montreal, Quebec. Years later, his mother married another Canadian soldier, moved to Canada and left young Eric with his grandparents in distant Surrey.

                   In 1962, Clapton started performing as a duo with fellow blues enthusiast David Brock in the pubs around Surrey. When he was 17 years old, Clapton joined his first band, an early British R&B group, called "The Roosters". He stayed with this band from January thru August 1963.

                  "Tears In Heaven"            

                  Clapton wrote this song about his 4-year-old son Conor, who

Died in 1991 when he fell out of a 53rd floor window in the apartment where his mother was staying in New York City. Clapton had one other child at the time, his daughter Ruth was born in 1987, The year after Conor was born. Clapton wrote this song with Will Jennings.

                  Conor`s mother is actress Lory Del Santo. She and Clapton

began dating while he was going through a divorce with his wife Pattie.

                      TEXT COMPREHENSION

01- Check the correct alternative according to the text:

A. Conor was Pattie's son

B. Ruth is Eric Clapton's step-daughter

C. Eric Clapton is American

D. Patricia Molly Clapton was born in 1927

E. Conor's accident happened in New York City

02- Eric Clapton was born ______________years ago.

A. seventy one    B. seventy two     C. seventy three     D. seventy four        E. seventy five

03- Eric Clapton is _______________.

A. Canadian    B. Italian     C. German      D. British       E. Australian

04- In ______________________Eric Clapton joined his first band.

A. nineteen sixty      B. nineteen sixty one       C. nineteen sixty two

D. nineteen sixty three      E. nineteen sixty four

05- Conor passed away in __________________________.

A. nineteen ninety      B. nineteen ninety one      C. nineteen ninety two

D. nineteen ninety three      E. nineteen ninety four

06- Ripley is a _____________.

A. state      B. county      C. town       D. country        E. street