FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE CORRECT FORM OF THE VERBS. simple past affirmative, negative interrogative

Last year it [blank_start]was[blank_end] (be) a difficult year for Luis. He [blank_start]started[blank_end] (start) secondary education and [blank_start]there were[blank_end] (be) many changes. The new high school [blank_start]wasn't[blank_end] (be) bad at all, but it [blank_start]was[blank_end] (be) really big. In the class, he [blank_start]took[blank_end] (take) notes for the first time in his life and he [blank_start]studied[blank_end] (study) every afternoon. During the breaks, the students usually [blank_start]played[blank_end] (play) basket but most of them [blank_start]didn't like[blank_end] (like) football matches. Sometimes they [blank_start]didn't have[blank_end] (have) much time to play and they [blank_start]revised[blank_end] (revise) for their exams at the library. Fortunately, most of his friends [blank_start]went[blank_end] (go) to the same class and when he [blank_start]felt[blank_end] (feel) sick he always [blank_start]had[blank_end] (have) a helping hand. He also [blank_start]met[blank_end] (meet) some new friends and school [blank_start]wasn't[blank_end] (be) so bad indeed.

-[blank_start]Did your sister go[blank_end] to the Olympics? - [blank_start]Yes, she did[blank_end]. She [blank_start]took[blank_end] a plane and [blank_start]stayed[blank_end] in a hostel for a week. She [blank_start]didn't have[blank_end] enough money to go to a hotel. -[blank_start]Did she see[blank_end] many famous sportsmen? -I think she [blank_start]saw[blank_end] Usain Bolt, but she [blank_start]din't see[blank_end] Rafa Nadal, which [blank_start]was[blank_end] her favourite. -When [blank_start]did she return[blank_end] home? -SHe [blank_start]came[blank_end] back two weeks ago -I [blank_start]didn't know[blank_end], I'll phone her today

Do you know anything about the Olympic Flame? The Olympic flame [blank_start]made[blank_end] its first appearance of the modern era at Amsterdam 1928, where it was lit atop a tower overlooking the Olympic Stadium, the venue for the athletics events. It also [blank_start]presided[blank_end] over the scene at Los Angeles’s Olympic Stadium four years later, this time at the top of the gateway to the arena, which [blank_start]resembled[blank_end] the Arc de Triomphe. t [blank_start]was not[blank_end] until Berlin 1936, however, that the Olympic torch relay – the brainchild of the university lecturer and sports theorist Carl Diem – was first staged. As continues to be the custom today, the flame was [blank_start]lit[blank_end] in Olympia, Greece, in the same way as it was in ancient times, with the aid of a parabolic mirror reflecting the sun’s rays.

USAIN BOLT Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt is arguably the fastest man in the world. Bolt [blank_start]won[blank_end] his fourth Olympic gold medal in the men's 100-meter race at the 2012 Summer Olympic Games in London, beating rival Yohan Blake, who [blank_start]took[blank_end] silver. Bolt [blank_start]ran[blank_end] the race in 9.63 seconds, a new Olympic record. Thus, he [blank_start]became[blank_end] him the first man in history to set three world records in a single Olympic Games competition. He [blank_start]wasn't[blank_end] famous before 2008 and his life [blank_start]changed[blank_end] a lot since then. [blank_start]Did you know[blank_end] any other Jamaican sprinter?

He became famous in 2008