Class 61

Will Smith Apology

Actor Will Smith has apologized to comedian Chris Rock for hitting him at the Academy Awards
show on Sunday. Mr Smith shocked the audience when he walked onto the stage and slapped Mr
Rock around the face. Rock _______(be) presenting the Oscars ceremony. He ________(make) a
"joke" about Smith's wife, Jada Pinkett Smith. The joke was about Ms Smith appearing in an
imaginary movie in which the star has no hair. Ms Smith suffers from a hair loss
condition________(call) alopecia. This causes many women a lot of stress and a lack of confidence.
In Mr Smith's apology, he ______(say): "Jokes at my expense are a part of the job, but a joke about
Jada's medical condition was too much for me to bear, and I reacted emotionally."

Forty minutes after the on-stage slapping incident, Will Smith _______(win) the Oscar for Best
Actor for his role in the movie "King Richard". In the movie, he played the part of the father of
tennis superstars Serena and Venus Williams. In his acceptance speech, Mr Smith apologized to
the Academy, the attendees at the show and everyone watching around the world, but not to Mr
Rock. That apology ______(came) a day later. Smith said: "I would like to publicly apologize to you,
Chris. I was out of line and I was wrong. I am embarrassed and my actions _________(be+not) [a
sign of] the man I want to be. There is no place for violence in a world of love and kindness." The
Academy said it is "investigating" the incident.

  1-Write sentences. Use the past simple.

Example:
Luana and Rafael gave a dog to me. ( Cat)
They didn’t give a dog.
They gave a cat.

a) You put on your black socks (white)

b)The security hit the thief yesterday.  (before yesterday)
c)My baby bit the ball in the living room ( park)
d)She felt sick afther the interview . (flight)
e)They brought their furniture last day (picture)
f) I and Ben forgave our co- worker. ( best friend)

2- Make the question to the answers below:

a)___________________________? No, She didn’t. She crashed her car into the pole.
b)___________________________? Yes, I did. I carried my luggage in Dublin Airport

c)____________________________? Yes, They did. They lost their wine bottle.

d)___________________________?Yes, We didn’t . I and Oliver flew to Michigan.

3- Complete the sentences with interrogative form in Simple Past:

a) we brought a large salami from the butcher's last night.

b) I fell on Fred's boat last summer
c) Karol bought a new saxphone for the concert.
d) They wished their parents a happy new year
e) You started your classical singing class on the last day
f) Cindy and I found a stadium last week in Detroit.
g) Fernanda stayed with her sister at home

4-Complete the blanks with negative form in the sentences below:

1. You ___________(won)the game.
2. She _________(slept) like a baby.
3. He __________(wrote) a letter to his girlfriend.
4. You _______(spent) your last Holiday.
5. They __________(ate) corean meals for dinner.
6. The girl __________(sat) crying on the sofa.
7. Bill ________(came) because it was raining.
8. I __________(bought) some bottles of milk.
9. Kate _________(left) a her book last week.
10. All I know is what Mom and Dad ____________(taugh) me.
11. Alondra _________(wore) a light green sweater last night.
12. We ________(brought) a sunblock to the beach last summer.

5-Complete the following sentences with the past form of the verb to be.

1. Rebecca _________ in my class. (negative form)

2. Daniel and Andre  ________ glad to see me. (afirmative form)
3. My car ________very fast yesterday. ( afirmative form)
4. You  _______ doctor in the movie. (negative form)
5. Your teacher _______from Italy. ( afirmative form)
6.  Where ______ her iPad? (interrogative form)
7. Our neighbor's kids _________ naughty. (negative form)
8. All my friends  __________ at my birthday party. ( afirmative form)
9. Our doctor _________very kind. (negative form)
10 His uncle________very rich. ( afirmative form)
11. ________ the exams hard? (interrogative form)
12. The news _______ upsetting.( afirmative form)