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    Rafa Nadal has been a strong tennis competitor since 2004. He has won four French Open titles and an Olympic gold medal. Nadal became the second Spanish man to win Wimbledon in 2008. He has played Roger Federer in seven Grand Slam finals, winning five of them. Nadal was ranked World No. 2 behind Federer for a record 160 weeks and was the first in the rankings for 46 weeks. Nadal has played Davis Cup with the Spanish team four times so far, and they have won the trophy in 2004 and 2008, although he did not play in the final in 2008 due to a knee injury.

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    Rafa Nadal has been a strong tennis competitor since 2004. He has won four French Open titles and an Olympic gold medal. Nadal became the second Spanish man to win Wimbledon in 2008. He has played Roger Federer in seven Grand Slam finals, winning five of them. Nadal was ranked World No. 2 behind Federer for a record 160 weeks and was the first in the rankings for 46 weeks. Nadal has played Davis Cup with the Spanish team four times so far, and they have won the trophy in 2004 and 2008, although he did not play in the final in 2008 due to a knee injury.

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    Rafa Nadal has been a strong tennis competitor since 2004. He has won four French Open titles and an Olympic gold medal. Nadal became the second Spanish man to win Wimbledon in 2008. He has played Roger Federer in seven Grand Slam finals, winning five of them. Nadal was ranked World No. 2 behind Federer for a record 160 weeks and was the first in the rankings for 46 weeks. Nadal has played Davis Cup with the Spanish team four times so far, and they have won the trophy in 2004 and 2008, although he did not play in the final in 2008 due to a knee injury.

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    Present perfect & Past simple

    A. Read and complete the sentences with either the present perfect or the
    simple past of the verbs in brackets

    1. He (wait)

    2. (he/find)

    3. Richard (buy)

    4. He still (have)

    for the lift for over 10 minutes.

    any gold yet? - Yes, he has.

    the tickets for "Avatar" yesterday.

    a shower.

    5. My football team (win)

    6. The alarm clock (ring)

    7. Kevin (catch)

    8. I (already/finish)

    9. (you/take)

    10. He (be)

    the cup twice so far.

    at 7 a.m.

    the school bus last Monday.

    my paperwork.

    a lot of pictures when you visited Paris?

    United's best football player in 2008.

    11. I (not go)

    12. Paul (just/start)

    to school last week because I (be) sick.

    reading a new book.

    13. He (never/eat)

    such delicious cookies.

    14. Michael (drink)

    too much last night.

    15. (you/ever/be)

    late for school?

    16. I (already/do)

    17. (they/wash)

    18. I (arrive)

    the laundry. Now I need to do some ironing.

    their father's car on Sunday?

    from Italy yesterday morning.

    19. Linda's husband only (leave)


    misses him.

    20. Sarah (work)

    5 minutes ago and she already

    in this company since she was very young.

    B. Read the text and put the verb into the correct tense
    RAFAEL NADAL
    Rafa Nadal (has been / was) born in Manacor in 1986. He (won / has won) four
    French Open titles and an Olympic gold medal. In 2008, Nadal (has become /
    became) the second Spanish man to win Wimbledon.
    Since 2004, Nadal (has been / was) a
    strong competitor to Roger Federer.
    They (have played / played) against each
    other in seven Grand Slam finals. Nadal
    (has been / was) five of them. Nadal
    (ranked / has ranked) World No. 2 behind
    Federer

    for

    record

    160

    weeks.

    He (was / has been) the first in the rank for 46 weeks.


    Rafa (played / has played) the Davis Cup with the Spanish team four times so far.
    They (won / have won) the trophy in 2004 and 2008, although he (didnt play /
    has play) on the final due to a knee injury.

    Some trivia about him:

    He (begin) playing tennis when he (be) five.

    In 2002, he (win) his first ATP match at Majorca at the age of 15.

    He (always/ play) with his left hand although he is right-handed.

    He (create) the Fundacin Rafa Nadal, which promotes sport as an


    integration tool for those who need it the most, such as handicapped,
    immigrant and socially excluded people.

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