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B. Read again and answer the questions.
1. Where did the irst modern Olympics 6. What did an athlete who came third in
take place? an event get in 1896?
2. Who designed the Olympic lag?
3. When was art an Olympic sport? Over to you…
4. When and where were the irst Olympic • Have the Olympic Games ever taken
Games in South America held? place in your country? If yes, when?
• Has your country won any medals in
5. What did an athlete who came irst in the Olympics? If yes, in which sports?
an event get in 1896?

2 Grammar

Past Simple Passive

FORMATION EXAMPLES
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• The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci.
I/He/She/It was
We/You/They were given • Was the stadium built in 2010?
• These pictures weren’t taken by a photographer, but by my sister.

Complete with the Past Simple Passive of the verbs in brackets.
1. The athlete (give) a silver medal.
2. Last night’s basketball game (watch) by thousands of people.

3. all your classmates (invite) to the event yesterday?
4. We (tell) to wait here for the doctor.
5. This tennis racket (not make) in China, but in Japan.

6. This book (write) by a famous football player.

3 Speak & Listen

Were the irst Wimbledon championships held
Α. Talk in pairs. Read the statements below and in 1877 or in 1897?
try to guess the answers. Choose a or b. I’m not sure. I think they were held in…

AMAZING FACTS:
SPORTS IN NUMBERS

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a. 1877 b. 1897

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B. Listen to a radio show and check your answers to the quiz.
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