Ex.9 Complete the text about Barcelona Football Club with the correct form of the verbs...

Question

Ex.9 Complete the text about Barcelona Football Club with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.

Mes que un club is the motto of Barcelona FC:

'More than a club'. It has above all, however,

been a symbol of Catalan pride.

FC Barcelona(play)played (1) its first ever match

on 8 December 1899. They (lose) ………… (2) 0-1 to a team of British citizens who (live)………….. (3) inBarcelonaat the time. The club (move) ………….. (4) several times but (not / move)………………..(5) to its present stadium until 1957. The club (need) …………… (6) a new stadium because the old one (not be) ………… (7) large enough for the number of supporters going to see matches every week. The new stadium (take) …………… (8) three and a half years to build. On 24 September 1957, FC Barcelona (have) ……………….(9) their first match againstWarsaw. Soon, theBarcelonafans (give) ……….. (10) the stadium its popular Catalan nickname, Nou Camp. On the same day, 27 years later, the club's museum (open) …………….(11). For the first time, all the club's trophies (be) …………..(12) in one place. Today, Nou Camp is the largest stadium inEurope, with room for 98,000 fans.

Answer 1

'More than a club'. It has above all, however,been a symbol of Catalan pride.FC Barcelona(play)played (1) its first ever match on 8 December 1899. They lost.... (2) 0-1 to a team of British citizens who (lived………….. (3) in Barcelona at the time. The club moved ………….. (4) several times but (did not / move)………………..(5) to its present stadium until 1957. The club needed …………… (6) a new stadium because the old one was not  ………… (7) large enough for the number of supporters going to see matches every week. The new stadium took ……… (8) three and a half years to build. On 24 September 1957, FC Barcelona had ……………….(9) their first match against  Warsaw. Soon, the Barcelonafans gave…….. (10) the stadium its popular Catalan nickname, Nou Camp. On the same day, 27 years later, the club's museum was opened …….(11). For the first time, all the club's trophies were………..(12) in one place. Today, Nou Camp is the largest stadium in Europe, with room for 98,000 fans