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1. Match each verb with a noun to make common collocations.

beat
break
come
go
keep
score
throw
win

an opponent
fit
a goal
a record
cycling
a ball
a prize
first

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3. Read the joke and choose the correct past tense. Then listen and check.

The other day I down a narrow, twisting, mountain road on my bicycle. A man very slowly uphill towards me. As I him he his horn and he at me.
‘COW!!’ he yelled.
I was surprised because I anything wrong. But it the first time a driver names at me, so I him and I .
I turned the corner and promptly crashed into a cow.

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4. Read REMEMBER THIS. Complete the cartoon caption with the correct verb forms. Use each past tense once only.

(I/play) chess with my friend. (we/play) several games when he said ‘Let’s find a way of making this game more interesting.’ So (we/stop) playing chess.

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5. Complete two more jokes with appropriate past tenses. Listen and check.

A
I’ve got a good joke about football. The FA Cup Final dinner and dance (take place) in London. The party (already/start) when three men (arrive). They (forget) their tickets, but they told the bouncer, ‘It’s all right, we’re friends of the referee.’
So the bouncer said ‘I’ve never heard of a referee with three friends,’ and (throw) them out.

B
A man (ride) a tandem when a police officer (stop) him. ‘What’s the matter, officer?’ asked the rider.
‘You clearly haven’t noticed sir, but your wife (fall off) your tandem a couple of kilometres back …’
‘Oh, that’s a relief,’ said the rider – ‘I (think) I (go) deaf!’

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6. Complete the sentences with these verbs. Use the most appropriate past tense.

never beat break not bring score skate train

1 Tom slipped on the ice and broke his leg when he .
2 It was 2–2. Then Joe the winning goal in injury time.
3 Beth couldn’t do PE because she her PE kit.
4 Jack was ecstatic. He his brother before.
5 Tess couldn’t believe she the school record!
6 Lucy for a triathlon when she twisted her ankle.

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7. In pairs, put the underlined verb into the Past Perfect. Discuss how this changes the meaning.

1 I started walking when I was eighteen months old.
   I walking when I was eighteen months old.
2 When I was four, I learnt how to ride a bike.
   When I was four, I how to ride a bike.
3 I had swimming lessons when I started primary school.
   I swimming lessons when I started primary school.
4 When I started playing for the school, they didn’t win a game.
   When I started playing for the school, they a game.
5 At 7 o’clock this morning I left my house.
   At 7 o’clock this morning I my house.
6 This lesson started when I arrived in class.
   This lesson when I arrived in class.

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