Past simple affirmative 1 Complete the text. Use the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. The Football World Cup The Football World Cup (1) (start) in 1930. The President of FIFA, Jules Rimet, (2) (want) to start a new tournament, so he (3) (invite) teams from around the world to Uruguay. In the final, Uruguay (4) (play) Argentina. Uruguay were the winners, but the best player of the tournament was Argentinian: Guillermo Stabilo (5) (score) eight goals. Brazil were winners in more world cups than any other country. Their most famous player was Pelé. He (6) (play) in three (stop) world cups, but he (7) playing for Brazil in 1971. Then, he (8) (join) a team in the USA. 2 Read the text again. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? 3 1 Argentina and Brazil played in the first World Cup final. 2 Argentina were winners in the first world cup. Guillermo Stábilo scored eight goals in Uruguay in 1930. 4 Pelé stopped playing in 1971. T/F T/F T/F T/F​