9. Read the text and choose the correct tense.

P RESS PACKER CAITLIN LOVES FOOTBALL AND HAS BEEN PLAYING SINCE SHE WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD

I first started liking football after my dad took me to see West Ham. It looked/looks (1) like such a fun and interesting game.

1. play/had played (2) for Tatchbrook Youth Club and played/ have been playing (3) with them since I was 10 years old.

At first I had/have (4) to play with the boys’ team because there wasn’t/isn’t (5) a girls’ team that I can/could (6) play in. They didn't like /don't like (7) that very much and once I has taken / took (8) one of the boy’s positions as winger, which he didn’t like / doesn’t like (9) at all. I told/am telling (10) them they could come and play in the girls’ team if they had wanted/ wanted (11)!

1. have decided/ decided (12) to start a girls’ team two years ago. At first no one was interested/is interested (13), but now we had/have (14) seven players (we play five-a-side) and have been doing/are doing (15) quite well.

1. really like helping the younger players in our club and hope to become a coach of girls’ football when I’m older.

Caitlin Sweeney, 14, London

10. Match the words in the box to the words in italics that are close in meaning.

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1. My boss often taunts me for something unfairly

2. If you want to lose weight you should give up eating so much chocolate

3. I’m afraid I’m addicted to eating sweets all the time

4. Why is he always wearing clothes that are loose?

5. I think she looks unhappy because she is worried about her diet

Lessons 5-6 A perfect body

11. Fill in the gaps in the sentences with suitable prepositions.

1. Bullies always pick those who are smaller and weaker than them.

2. I was away from home for two months so now I try to spend as much time as I can with my family to compensate the lost time.

3. I am afraid I am putting weight as my skirt seems to be too tight for me.

4. I am the tallest in the class and I used to be worried about that but now I have come terms the way I look and feel quite happy.

5. He always looks scruffy but never bothers this.

6. My friend is putting a lot of effort training. She looks like a model now.

7. I can’t go on a diet as I am addicted eating chocolate. I am afraid

the situation can get control and I will never be able to be fit.

12. Fill in the word-building table.

Verb	Noun	Adjective	Adverb
	weight
		envious, enviable
compensate			—
	sacrifice		—
lose			—
	refusal		—
		happy