Rahul wins National Spelling Bee For the past five years the Hathwar family have travelled to Washington DC to watch their children in the top US spelling competition, the National Spelling Bee. Their elder daughter, Gayathri, (take) 0 has taken part since she was nine years old, and her younger brother Rahul (has just won) the first prize of $40,000 at his first attempt. Rahul and Gayathri (had been studying) hard to reach the final, which was shown on television all over the US. Mr.Hathwar helped his children beforehand by making lists of words and checking their meaning. He was confident they (would do) well. Rahul even (stopped) playing computer games and doing his other hobbies to concentrate on learning spellings. “I (don't regret) it,” he says. “The Spelling Bee (has taught) me to work hard. I (didn't expect) to come first so I was amazed at the result. I was so anxious when I arrived at the Television Centre I (couldn't) stop shaking.” Gayathri admitted she was a little disappointed that she (has never become или еще модет быть had never become) a winner. But now she (is) very proud of her brother’s success.
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