Cricket News: Big Games and New Stars
Introduction
It is the third day of the County Championship. Some teams are winning and one young player did something very special.
Main Body
Tom Norton is 18 years old. He played his first big game for Glamorgan. He took three wickets in three balls. This is a hat-trick. This did not happen for a new player for a very long time. Derbyshire played very well against Northamptonshire. They scored 604 runs. This is one of the best scores in the history of their club. Other teams had different days. Surrey played well at Trent Bridge. Yorkshire lost many players quickly at Edgbaston. James Anderson played for Lancashire and got a wicket.
Conclusion
Many games are not finished. We must wait to see who wins.
Learning
⏱️ The 'Past' Power-Up
In this story, we see how to talk about things that already happened. To do this, we usually just add -ed to the end of the action word.
Look at these changes:
- Play → Played
- Score → Scored
- Happen → Happened
⚠️ The Rule-Breakers
Some words are 'rebels.' They don't use -ed. They change their whole shape. This is very common in A2 English.
The Switch:
- Take → Took
- Do → Did
- Get → Got
Example from text: "He took three wickets" (Not: He taked).
💡 Quick Tip: The Negative
When we want to say "No" in the past, we use did not + the original word. We don't need the -ed here because "did" already tells us it is the past.
Pattern:
Did not → Happen
(Correct: This did not happen Incorrect: This did not happened)