2. Complete the text about Aida dos Santos, the first negro woman to go to Olympic Games. Use the verbs in
bracketsin the simple past. (PASSADO SIMPLES)
As a girl, Aída dos Santos ……………………………… (live) in a very poor neighborhood. Her mother ……………………………..
(wash) clothes and her father …………………………………. (work) in a bakery. She …………………………………. (study) at a
school called Aurelino Leal. This is where her first contacts with sport ……………………………. (occur).
She …………………………..…….……… (participate) in many teams and …………..………………………….. (encourage) the other
girls to pay sport too. Athletics ………………………………………… (enter) her life after she ………………………………… (watch)
a friend at training. She …………………………..……….. (start) to rain and immediately ………………..…………………. (attract)
attention. People ……………………………………. (invite) her to participate in competitions. Aida´s father
…………….………………………. (not support) her participation in sport. He ……………………………….. (believe) that athletes
……………………………………. (not want) to work. Aida ………………………………………. (not listen) to him. She
………………………………… (train) without her parent´s knowledge and was soon taking part in major competitions in
South America.
Aída ………………………………………… (compete) in the high-jump at the 1964 Olympic Games in Japan.
She ………………………………… (achieve) fourth place. At that time, there was a lot of discrimination against sport
women, particularly negro women. She …………………………………. (go) to the Olympic Games in Japan because
she …………………..…… (be) the only Brazilian woman who qualified. She ………………………….. (be) also the only woman
on the Olympic Games team and she ………………………………………. (not have) access to the team´s coach, doctor or
masseur. She always ……………………………………… (train) alone and she ………………………………………….. (not receive) the
uniform of the team. Even with all these difficulties, she …………………………………………… (obtain) the best
performance for a Brazilian in the Olympic Games in an any sport.
03. Laura and Patricia are talking about what they did on the weekend. Complete the blanks with the simple past of
the verbs in brackets. (PASSADO SIMPLES)
Laura: What …………………… you …………………………. (do) on the weekend?
Patricia: Well, I …………………………. (go) to the shopping mall with my boyfriend. We ……………………………. (buy) some
CDs and then we …………….………………… (go) to the movies. After that we ……………………………………. (eat) hamburgers
and ……………………………….. (drink) cokes. How about you? What ……………….….. you ……………………….. (do)?
Laura: Well, Eric and I …………………….. (go) to a great show. The band …………………………… (sing) all our favorite
songs and we danced a lot. I …………………………………. (get) home really late and my dad argued with me.
Patricia: What …………………. you ……………………………… (do) on Sunday?
Laura: Well, I was very tired so I …………………………….. (sleep) until late. When I …………………………………. (wake up).
I ……………………….. (have) a big breakfast and I …………………………………… (study) all afternoon. What about you?
Patricia: Well, I ……………………………………. (get up) early and ………………………………… (make) breakfast. It was my
mom´s birthday. We all …………………………………….. (go) out to lunch. After we …………………………….. (come) home,
I ……………………………………….. (read) all afternoon. You know, that really good book I (tell) you about!
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Laura: What did you do on the weekend?
Patrícia: Well, I went to the shopping mall with my boyfriend. We bought some CDs and then we went to the movies. After that, we ate hamburgers and drank cokes. How about you? What did you do?
Laura: Well, Eric and I went to a great show. The band sang all our favorite songs and we danced a lot. I got home really late and my dad argued with me.
Patrícia: What did you do on Sunday?
Laura: Well, I was very tired so I slept until late. When I woke up, I had a big breakfast and I studied all afternoon. What about you?
Patrícia: Well, I got up early and made breakfast. It was my mom’s birthday. We all went out to lunch. After we came home, I read * all afternoon. You know, that really good book I told you about!
*read: o passado de read (ler) se escreve da mesma maneira, a diferença está na pronúncia!