Put the verbs from the list into the story in the past simple, past perfect, or past continous. 1) compete, 2) wait, 3) notice, 4) begin, 5) win, 6) beat, 7) say, 8) last, 9) take,10) take, 11) give, 12) discover. in the seoul olympics in 1988, the canadian runner ben johnson was running in the 100 metres final. people called it the race of the century because johnson 1 against his greatest rival - the american sprinter, carl lewis. when the runners 2 to starts the race, some people 3 that johnson's eyes were yellow. the race 4 and moments later johnson was the olympic champion. his time of 9.72 seconds was a new world record. johnson was euphoric, because he 5 the gold medal and 6 his american rival, carl lewis. after the race. johnson 7 : "my name is benjamin sinclair johnson jnr and this world record will last 50 years, maybe 100 years". but he was wrong. his world record 8 only a few hours. that evening, drug tests showed that johnson 9 steroids before the race. the olympic committe 10 away his gold medal and 11 it to carl lewis. johnson was also banned from athletic for two years. but fifteen years later people 12 some amazing news about carl

1) competed 2) were waiting 3) noticed, 4) began, 5) won, 6) beat, 7) said, 8) lasted, 9) had taken,10) took, 11) gave, 12) discovered.

William the conqueror william i[a]  (c.  1028[1]  – 9  september 1087), usually known as  william the conqueror  and sometimes  william the bastard,[2][b]  was the first  norman  king of england, reigning from 1066 until his death in 1087. a descendant of  rollo, he was  duke of normandy  (as duke william ii) from 1035 onward. after a long struggle to establish his power, by 1060 his hold on  normandy  was secure, and he launched the  norman conquest of england  six years later. the rest of his life was marked by struggles to consolidate his hold over england and his continental lands and by difficulties with his eldest son. king of englandreign25  december 1066  – 9  september 1087coronation25  december 1066predecessoredgar the ætheling(uncrowned) harold godwinson(crowned)successorwilliam iiduke of normandyreign3  july 1035  – 9  september 1087predecessorrobert the magnificentsuccessorrobert curthose bornabout 1028[1] falaise,  normandydied9 september 1087 (aged about 59) priory of saint gervase,  rouen,  normandyburialsaint-étienne de caen,  normandyspousematilda of flandersissue detailrobert curthose richard william ii of england matilda cecilia henry i of england adeliza constance adela, countess of blois agatha (existence doubtful)housenormandyfatherrobert the magnificentmotherherleva  of falaise william was the son of the unmarried  robert i, duke of normandy, by robert's mistress  herleva. his  illegitimate  status and his youth caused some difficulties for him after he succeeded his father, as did the anarchy that plagued the first years of his rule. during his childhood and adolescence, members of the norman aristocracy battled each other, both for control of the child  duke  and for their own ends. in 1047 william was able to quash a rebellion and begin to establish his authority over the duchy, a process that was not complete until about 1060. his marriage in the 1050s to  matilda of flanders  provided him with a powerful ally in the neighbouring  county of flanders. by the time of his marriage, william was able to arrange the appointments of his supporters as bishops and abbots in the norman church. his consolidation of power allowed him to expand his horizons, and by 1062 william was able to secure control of the neighbouring county of  maine. in the 1050s and early 1060s william became a contender for the throne of england, then held by the childless  edward the confessor, his  first cousin once removed. there were other potential claimants, including the powerful english earl  harold godwinson, who was named the next king by edward on the latter's deathbed in january 1066. william argued that edward had previously promised the throne to him, and that harold had sworn to support william's claim. william built a large fleet and invaded england in september 1066, decisively defeating and killing harold at the  battle of hastings  on 14 october 1066. after further military efforts william was crowned king on christmas day 1066, in london. he made arrangements for the governance of england in early 1067 before returning to normandy. several unsuccessful rebellions followed, but by 1075 william's hold on england was mostly secure, allowing him to spend the majority of the rest of his reign on the continent. william's final years were marked by difficulties in his continental domains, troubles with his eldest son, and threatened invasions of england by the  danes. in 1086 william ordered the compilation of the  domesday book, a survey listing all the landholdings in england along with their pre-conquest and current holders. william died in september 1087 while leading a campaign in northern france, and was buried in  caen. his reign in england was marked by the construction of castles, the settling of a new norman nobility on the land, and change in the composition of the english clergy. he did not try to integrate his various domains into one empire, but instead continued to administer each part separately. william's lands were divided after his death: normandy went to his eldest son,  robert curthose, and his second surviving son,  william rufus, received england.