• Complete the text. Use the past simple or continuous form
of the verbs in brackets.
One afternoon at the races, riders and their horses __(get) ready for a race. The conditions were terrible – the sun___(not shine) and there was thick fog. A few metres
after the start, one of the riders suddenly ___ (ride)
across the middle of the track to the finish line. Why__(he/do) this? It wasn't a mistake: he knew exactly what he___(do)! However, the other riders___(see) him
cheating and his prize was a ten-year ban!
