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*. Read the text and choose the correct answers. $ (fi t.,:f Complete the text. Use the past simple form of
the verbs in brackets. Then listen and check.
1 Aldermaston FC won / lost every match between May
2009 and March 2010.
2 Atdermaston won I lost I drew the match against
Warminster.

Some people callAFC Aldermaston the worst
footballteam in Britain. Between May 2009 and
March 2010 they didn't win a single match. ln fact,
they lost 40 matches in a row. Then, on 12th April
2010, they played Warminster Town. They were
desperate to win - and they scored in the first half!
The fans went wildl Did they win the match? No,
they didn't. Unfortunately, Warminster equalised in
the, second half, and it was a 1-1 draw. But at least
ln 2001, Z2-year-old Trevor Misipeka arrivsd (arrive) at
Aldermaston didn't lose again!
Edmonton in Canada to compete in the World Athletics
Championship. He1- (want)to take part in the shot put,
2-
Underline the following past simple forms in the text. but a new rule (make) this impossible. Two days before
the competition, he 3- (have)to find a new event!
1 three affirmative regular verbs a-
2 two forms of be (one singutar and one ptural) He (decide)on the 100 metres, because the new rule
u-
3 two affirmative irregularverbs (not apply) to running.
4 two negative forms and an interrogative form 6-
At 135 kilos, he (not have) the body of a sprinter, but
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the table with the correct past simple form of (try) his best. So how he (do)?
ploy, go or do, Well, unfortunately, Trevor didn't win. ln fact, he e_ (come)
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last. The newspapers (give) him a nickname: Trevor the
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Tortoise. But he (not be) sad about his time of '14.28
seconds. 'That's my personal best,' he '2_ (say).
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I vo[[eyba[[ in the park last Sunday.
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We swimming yesterday.
& Complete the questions about the story.
3-
My brother l<arate at schoo[ last year. 1 Where take ptace in 2001?
ln Edmonton, Canada.
5- 2 Which event to do?
4 they sl<iing in the mountains?
The shot put.
3 Why to find a new event?
H &&a* *ra*l
Because of a new rule.
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We don't use did or didn'twilh the past simpte negative Which event to do?
and interrogative form of be. The 100 metres.
Fred wasn't at the match. Were you?
the race?
ffi *XAmXaA& S**LflXR 2S: F,&fr[ 3** ffi No, he didn't.
about his time of 1.4:28?.
S.t.ZO,pnoltu,tletATtolrt Listen and repeat the past simple No, he wasn't.
forms. How is the -ed ending pronounced? Write the correct
sound next to each verb: ldl,ltl or lfil. Write two true sentences and one fatse sentence about
what you did last weekend.
1 ptayed /d/ 5 scored
t plalad basrv$a\\ in tha parK wi"th m1 oisior.
6 voted
3 finished 7 faced ffi Telt the class your sentences. The class votes on
4 stopped 8 watched which sentence they thinl< is false.
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