Question

Completeaza cu forma corecta a verbului din paranteza :
Ex: 1-...(vb. Conjugat corect)...

It 1... first ... (play) in England in the early 1800s. In the begginning, the rules 2...(change) many times, but in 1863 the Footbal association 3... (form) to agree a set of rules.
In 1904 the federation internationale de fortball assotiation (FIFA) 4...(form). The first World cup competition 5...(organise) by FIFA in 1930. It 6...(play) in Uruguay. Since then it has been played every four years, except during world war 2 when it 7... (suspend).
Probably the greatest player in the history of football was Pelé, from Brazil. When Pelé was just 15 he 8...( choose) by the football club Santos. A year later, at 16, he 9...(select) for the national team and in 1958 he played in the world cup. Brazil won the cup, by defeating Sweden 5-2. Two of Brazil.s goals 10...(score) by Pelé. Brazil won the world cup again in 1962 but they 11...(defeat) in 1966. In 1970, Brazil won the cup again, with Pelé on the team.
Pelé was the only professional footballer to score more than 1000 goals(1281 goals in 1363 games). He retired in 1974 but in 1975 he 12...(pay) $4 milion to play for a New York team . He retired again in 1977. Today he is still a national hero in Brazil.

Answer 1

1. was first played (? in cazul in care chiar avem de completat si inainte si dupa "first")

2. have changed

3. formed

4. was formed

5. was organised

6. was played

7. was suspended

8. was chosen

9. was selected

10. were scored

11. were defeated

12. was paid

Hope this helps! I can only assume that this is an exercise for you to understand when Past tense simple is being used (sports commentary and whenever you have a precise time given in the sentence).

Good luck!