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2 Underline the following past simple forms in the text.

1    two affirmative regularverbs

2    two forms of be (singular and plural)

3    two affirmative irregularverbs

4    a negative form and an interrogative form

3 Complete the box with the correct past simple form of play.

affirmative

I_basketball at the gym yesterday.

We_surfing last Saturday.

negative

interrogative

_they_swimming in the sea?

We don't use did or didn’t with the past simple negative and interrogative form of be.

Were you at the match? It tvosn’f very exciting.

4 ii 1.13 lj:W'lll'WMmi'l Listen and repeat the past simple forms. How is the -ed ending pronounced? Write the correct sound next to each verb: Idl l\I or /rd/.

1    played _i_    5    scored_

2    cheated_    6    competed_

3    finished_    7    passed_

4    kicked_    8    watched_ »i'i ■j.Li.m.iiiii.uitUliikiUA

At the Sydney Olympics in 2000, the biggest cheer from the spectators at the swimming

pool'____fcome) when Erie Moussambam

'_(finish) the 100 metres freestyle.

Erie³_(not win) the event. In fact, his

time ‘_(be) 1 minutę 53 seconds, the

slowest time in Olympic histoiy. Erie, from

Equatorial Guinea in Africa, only^s-

(learn) to swim eight months before he ⁶_(compete) in the Olympics.

In a tennis match in 1998 between Pete

Sampras and Patrick Rafter, Rafter'-

(become) angry with himself when he

⁸_(miss) an easy shot. He⁹_

(gh/e) his racket to Chad Little, one of the

bali boys, and ¹⁰-(shout): 'You play!'

Chad¹¹_(not know) what to do, so

he ^l!_(get) ready to play the next

point against Sampras. Morę than 10,000 spectators¹³_(cheer).

Complete the stories above using the past simple form of the verbs in brackets.

Complete the questions about the stories.

1    _the 100 metres freestyle?

No, he didn’t. He finished last.

2 What_time?

1 minutę 53 seconds.

3    When_to    swim?

Eight months before the Olympics.

4 Why _angry?

Because he missed an easy shot.

5    What_to    Chad    Little?

His racket.

6    What_to    Chad    Little?

•You play!'

Write three sentences about what happened last weekend, two true and one false.

M-j uncle Stan visite<L us and we went to a football match.

9 HawaifM Tell the class your sentences. The class votes on which sentence they think is false.

Unit 2 • Winning and losing

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