1 Serious sport is war minus the shooting. George Orwell English writer (BJ DC CCMA 1 GRAMMAR past tenses Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets. Use the past simple (e.g. I went), past continuous (e.g. I was going), or past perfect (eg. I had gone). 1 Iwas waiting (wait) to play tennis yesterday when my partner____ (call) me to say that he (not can) come because his car (break down). 2 Ireland _ (beat) England yesterday. England (win) 1:0 in the first half but Ireland ___ (score) two goals in the second half. 3. Wewere late. When we (arrive) everyone (finish) their lunch and they ae. (sit) in the garden having coffee. (run) to the station but the six o'clock {already / leave), The station ____. (be) empty except for three people who (wait) for the next train. (tart) raining when he (walk) to work. He he __ (not wear) a coat and he (stop) a taxi because (not have) an umbrella. 6 They (drive) to the airport when they suddenly (remember) that they = _ (not turn off) the central heating, bi _ (vot recognize) many people at my old school reunion because everyone —____ (change) a lot in twenty years. 8 The match ___ (already / start) when we (turn on) the TY. Scotland (lose) 1:0 and they (play) very badly. Student's Book p.130 Grammar Bank 18 2 VOCABULARY sport a Read the definitions and write the words. 1 the people who watch a sport spectators 2 the person who is the leader of ateam = ¢____ 3 the person who is in charge of ateam =< 4 what players do before they start playing, w up 5 if you do alot of exercise, you will... get £___ 6 the place where you play tennis tennis 7 the person who controls e.g. football match. r = 8 the place where you ski aie ‘9 what professional sports people have to do every day (ae 10 the place where athletes run athletics tr. b Complete the newspaper report with the correct form of a verb from the list. getinjured play score beat win (x2) draw lose World Cup Latest Last night, Germany thanks to 2 penalty taken 1__beat Spain 3:2 in | by their captain, Franz their World Cup qualifying | Muller. This was the ‘match. At halftime, the | second consecutive match Germans 2 ‘against Germany that 20, But Spain 3___| Spain had © two goals in the second half and it looked as if Spain's goalkeeper, Luis Gonzalez, 7 —— in they were going to the warm-ep before the 4 __ 2.2. Burin | game and couldn't the final minute Germany | @ ___ inthe $___the mate} atch. ‘Student's Book p.145 Vocabulary Bank