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C. Identify verbs in the news report. Then, Action Verbs should be

underlined once, State Verbs should be underlined twice and Auxiliary
Verbs should be circled once.

MESSI Wins Ballon d’Or for Fifth Time

REUTERS
ZURICH, JAN 11, 2016

Lionel Messi reclaimed the FIFA
Ballon d’Or Award for the word
player of the year on Monday from
his great rival Christiano Ronaldo
who had walked off with the award
for the previous two years. FifaBallon
d’Or Award is globally popular. The
Barcelona and Argentine forward
took 41.33 percent of the votes
followed by the Portuguese and
Read Madrid forward (27. 76 percent), with Brazil and Barcelona
forward Neymar third (7.86 per cent).

“It is a very special moment for me to be back here on this
stage, winning again another Ballon d’Or after being there in the
audience watching Christiano win,” said Messi as he accepted
the award at the end of a drawn-out 90-minute ceremony.
Messi, as all football lovers know appears best player in the
soccer history. Initially started as the FIFA World Player of the
Year Award in 1991, it became as the Ballon d’Or after merging
with France Football’s European footballer of the year award
in 2010.

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