h gap. agree • by mistake • certain • competition • discover • eventually give up • right such as a race My dad is always telling me to do my best. If I am in a (1). too. 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 things that I didn't know (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 I will be a very fast runner. I have a race in two weeks, and I'm with me, because they (5) (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). !