I met a man with seven wives,

Each wife had seven bags (мешок),

Each bag had seven cats,

Each cat had seven kittens:

Kittens, cats, bags and wives –

How many were going to St. Ives?

by S. Fursenko

See answer p.120

Look at the riddle. Can you translate the verbs in italics?

2.Complete the table with these words: meet, met, was, were.

Past Simple		Past Continuous
Affirmative	I …. a man with 7 wives.	Affirmative	I/he/she was going to st. Ives. You/we/they were going to St. Ives.
Question	Did each cat have 7 kittens?	Question	……I/he/she going to st. Ives? ……. you/we/they going to st. Ives?
Negative	He didn’t ……….a man with 7 wives.	Negative	I/he/she……..not going to st. Ives. You/we/they…… not going to st. Ives.

See Grammar Summary, p113,114

3. Add names of the tenses from the table to the timeline.

A longer activity ………………tense.

A past event …………… …… tense .

4. Write the Past Simple of the following regular verbs. Mind your spelling.

Translate and learn the new words if there are any.

1. clean………..

2. stop…………

3. prefer………

4. arrive………

5. climb…………

6. look………….

7. start………….

8. slip…………..

9. rub………….

10. tidy………..

11. call………..

12. open……….

5. Fill in the blanks. Translate and learn the new words if there are any.

Present	Past	Present	Past
be spend go tell swing	was/were came took caught gave won	eat read write see hang	met swam sat got broke

6. Complete the story with the right form of the verbs in brackets.

Let’s take a look at three of the greatest losers in the history of the Olympic Games.

The first one ……(is/was/were) Shinzo Kanaguri from Japan. He ……(ran/was running) the marathon in the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm. It (is/are/was) an extremely hot day. As Shinzo …………(ran/was running) along under the blazing sun, he ……. (saw/was seeing) a family sitting at the side of the road having a picnic. They ……. (invited/was inviting) him to join them for their meal. After eating he …… (realized/was realizing) that there……. (was/were/is) little point in continuing with the race.

Number two – Eric Moussambani, also known as Eric the Eel. At the Sydney Olympics Eric …….. (set/was setting) a new Olympic record in the 100 metres freestyle. He ……..(won/was winning) his race in the record slow time of 1minute 52.72 seconds. There ……….(are/were) 2 other swimmers in the race, but both of them …….. (are/were) disqualified for false starts. Eric ……….(is/was) just happy to finish his race – it ………(is/was) his first time in 50-metre pool and he had taken up swimming a few months ago.

Number three is Eddie Edwards – Eddie the Eagle. He ……..(is/was) the only member of British ski-jumping team, and he was entered for both 70 and 90 meter jumps. While he ………..(prepared/was preparing) for the Olympics he ……….. (broke/was braking) his jaw and a number of teeth. But at Calgary, he was ready and ……….(came/was coming) last at the 70 metre event. Eddie ……….. (took/was taking) the last place – forty-seven metres behind the winner. «The Eagle doesn’t jump – he drops like a stone», ……….(said/was saying) one Olympic official. At least he ………. (had/was having) a good excuse. Eddie was very short-sighted and ………(wore/was wearing) thick glasses. In the cold mountain air his glasses ………… (misted/was misting) up and he couldn’t see a thing (14).

Reading

1. What risky sports do you know? Make the list of risky sports. Compare your list with others.

2. Skim through the first paragraph and say what the text is about then read the text and check your guesses.