Question

8 Complete the paragraph with the Past Simple or Past Continuous form of the verbs in brackets. Lewis Hamilton (1) ＿ ＿ (become) the youngest ever Formula One World Champion in 2008, at the age of twenty-three. While he (2) ＿ … (grow up), Hamilton was very keen on go-karting. When Hamilton was six, his father (3) … … (buy) him his first go-kart. While Hamilton (4) ＿ … (compete) in karting races, his father (5) ＿ (work) hard to support his son's career. At that time, his father (6) … … (go) to all Hamilton's races. One day, when Hamilton was ten, he (7) ＿ ＿ (walk) around at a race meeting, when he (8) (8) … … (meet) Ron Dennis, the head of the McLaren Racing Team. He (9) ＿ … (tell) him, 'I want to race for you one day!'

Answer 1

1. Became
2. Was growing up
3. Bought
4. Was competing
5. Worked
6. Was going
7. Was walking
8. Met
9. Told

Answer 2

Lewis Hamilton (1) became the youngest ever Formula One World Champion in 2008, at the age of twenty-three. While he (2) was growing up, Hamilton was very keen on go-karting. When Hamilton was six, his father (3) bought him his first go-kart. While Hamilton (4) was competing in karting races, his father (5) worked hard to support his son's career. At that time, his father (6) would go to all Hamilton's races. One day, when Hamilton was ten, he (7) was walking around at a race meeting, when he (8) met Ron Dennis, the head of the McLaren Racing Team. He (9) told him, 'I want to race for you one day!' .

Explanation:

- In this paragraph, we are talking about past events and actions that happened at specific points in time or over a period of time in the past. - We use the Past Simple tense to talk about completed actions or events in the past, and the Past Continuous tense to talk about actions or events that were in progress at a specific point in the past. - In the paragraph, we can see examples of both tenses being used to describe Lewis Hamilton's journey in go-karting and his encounter with Ron Dennis. - The verbs in brackets are provided in the base form, and we need to choose the correct form of the verb in either the Past Simple or Past Continuous tense to complete the paragraph.

Verb Forms Used:

1. (become) - became 2. (grow up) - was growing up 3. (buy) - bought 4. (compete) - was competing 5. (work) - worked 6. (go) - would go 7. (walk) - was walking 8. (meet) - met 9. (tell) - told

Example Completed Paragraph:

Lewis Hamilton (1) became the youngest ever Formula One World Champion in 2008, at the age of twenty-three. While he (2) was growing up, Hamilton was very keen on go-karting. When Hamilton was six, his father (3) bought him his first go-kart. While Hamilton (4) was competing in karting races, his father (5) worked hard to support his son's career. At that time, his father (6) would go to all Hamilton's races. One day, when Hamilton was ten, he (7) was walking around at a race meeting, when he (8) met Ron Dennis, the head of the McLaren Racing Team. He (9) told him, 'I want to race for you one day!'