3 Write a word or phrase from the box in each gap. agree • by mistake • certain • competition • discover o eventually • give up a right
My dad is always telling me to do my best. If I am in a (1)
at school, he tells me to keep trying to do better. I know he's (2)
I practise for hours after school and at the weekend. I get tired, but my dad tells me not to
(3)
even when I'm tired. Then I (4)
before. I can run very fast, even when I'm tired! He tells me to practise every day, and
(5)
I will be a very fast runner. I have a race in two weeks, and I'm
(6)
that I can win. My friends (7)
watch me and they see how fast I can run. I'm sure that if someone else wins this race, it
will be (8)
things that I didn't know
with me, because they
