Complete the texts with the past simple affirmative of the verbs in brackets.
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Tom Crist"
(get) a big surprise
when he 2
(answer) his phone on
16 December 2013. He 13
(be) a
lottery winner, and the prize 14
(be)
enormous - $40 million! He 15
(decide)
not to tell anyone about the win. He immediately
(give) all the money to charities.
'I don't really need that money, he "
(say). 'My wife 18
(die) earlier in the
(choose) cancer charities
(help) her:
Callie Rogers
(be) just sixteen
when she 2
(win) the lottery in
2003. She 3
(give) up her job as a
shop assistant and 4
(start) to spend
her money. She
(take) her family
on expensive holidays, 6
(invite) all
her friends to big parties every weekend and
(have) cosmetic surgery. Ten years
later, she 8
(have) just £2,000 left.
But she's happy now. 1°
(be) too
young to win the lottery, she 10
(say).
16
year so I 19
that 20
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2. After the holiday, he was keen to see the photos that he HAD TAKEN.
3. Anna CAME first in the school cross-country race last week.
4. I missed the first goal because by the time I got to the stadium the game Had (already) STARTED.
5. The first time I tired skiing, I found it quite easy because I DID a lot of waterskiing.
6. After the accident, I phoned Andy's parents to say that he HAD HURT his arm.
7. Manchester United WON the championship last year.
8. My brother used to love scuba-diving, but he HAD never GONE swimming on his own.