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1 Warm up
Part A: Label the photos. Can you guess what all the things in the photos have in common?

a bracelet (Pandora) a camera (Olympus) a chocolate bar (Mars)

an online shop (Amazon) a spacecraft (Apollo) sports shoes (Nike)

1. 2. 3.

4. 5. 6.

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Part B: All the names come from ancient Greece. Do you know anything about them?

Amazon - Apollo - Mars - Nike - Olympus - Pandora

Part C: These names used today also come from ancient times. What are they?

Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Mercury, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto

2 Greek mythology
Part A: Complete the definition with the words below.

goddesses gods myth mythology

A is a made-up story about , goddesses and the beginnings of the world.

A collection of such stories is called . Gods and have power over nature
and people.

Now listen to a podcast about Greek mythology and tick the names you hear.

Arlena Zeus

Poseidon Mercury

Hades Cerberus

Athena Ares

Centaurs Cyclops

Pegasus Phoenix

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Part B: Listen to the recording again and complete the sentences with the correct names.

Ares Athena Centaurs Cerberus Cyclops

Hades Pegasus Phoenixes Poseidon Zeus

1. → created thunder and lightning.

2. → created earthquakes with his trident, which was a spear with three points.

3. → ruled the underworld.

4. → was a three-headed dog.

5. → was the goddess of wisdom.

6. → carried a shield and a sword.

7. → were half-man and half-horse.

8. → were giants with one eye.

9. → gave artists inspiration.

10. → set fire to their nest and burnt in it, but a new bird was born from the ashes.

Part C: Answer the questions with full answers using the words highlighted in bold, from the text.

1. When does the earth shake?

2. What did kings use to do?

3. What do we call the ideas that make artists create?

4. What do we call the understanding of life that old people have?

5. Where do birds lay their eggs?

6. What is left when you have burnt wood in a fire?

7. What do we call very tall people?

8. What do you hear and see during a storm?

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3 An old story

Part A: Complete the text with the past simple forms of the verbs.

came lasted opened pretended

sent told took won

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Homer’s Iliad tells the story of the Trojan war. The Greek army to the city of Troy to
set Helen free. She was the wife of a Greek king, but the Trojan prince, Paris had kept her in Troy. The
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war for many years. Finally, Odysseus the Greeks to build a huge
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wooden horse and to hide a group of the best soldiers inside it. Then, the Greeks the
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horse as a gift for the Trojan, and the rest of the Greek army to leave. The Trojans
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the horse inside the city walls. At night, the Greek soldiers came out of the structure
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and the gates of the city. The Greeks the war thanks to Odysseus’s
great idea. Homer’s other work, Odyssey describes Odysseus’s adventures on his way home.

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Part B: Read about one of Odysseus’s adventures and put the verb forms in the gaps. Then listen to
check your answers.

ate fell asleep found had brought had disappeared had eaten had found
had left opened was sitting were sailing were sleeping were trying woke up

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Odysseus and his men back home. They their country, Ithaka many
years before. They had had many adventures and they were tired. When the sailors saw an island,
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they decided to land on it. They needed fresh water and food. They a large cave, and
they went inside. There was food and drink inside the cave, so they ate and drank, and soon they fell
asleep. They didn’t know that the Cyclops lived in the cave. Cyclops were giants with one eye in the
middle of their foreheads. A lot of them lived on the island.

Soon, the Cyclops, Polyphemus came into the cave with his sheep. He covered the entrance with a big
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rock for the night, and he started a fire. In the light of the fire, he saw that his food . Then,
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he saw the men. They to hide behind rocks. Polyphemus knew they
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his food. He grabbed one man with each hand and both of them in one bite. After
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that, he fell asleep. During the night, when the Cyclops , Odysseus made a plan.

In the morning, the Cyclops woke up and had two more men for breakfast. He left the cave with his
sheep and closed the entrance with the rock again. When Polyphemus came back, Odysseus offered
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him some wine that his men from the ship. The Cyclops drank it. The wine was very
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strong, so he soon . When he was sleeping, Odysseus’s men brought the long piece of
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wood they in the cave. They put the sharp end of the stick into the fire. They pushed
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it into Polyphemus’s only eye when the end was red hot. The Cyclops screaming
with pain. He waved his huge arms around, but he was blind and he couldn’t hurt the men. Soon, he
got tired and fell asleep. In the morning, the men tied themselves under the sheep’s bellies and waited
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for Polyphemus to wake up. When the Cyclops the cave, the sheep started to leave.
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He counted them and touched their backs to make sure nobody there, but he didn’t
check under their bellies. Odysseus and all his men left the cave. They were safe.

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4 Language point: narrative tenses

Part A: Look at the list of verbs taken from 3B. Underline the past continuous forms, circle the past
perfect forms, and leave the past simple forms unmarked.

Part B: Match the tenses (1-3) to their uses (a-e).

1) Past Simple a. an action that happened before another

past action

2) Past Continuous b. a completed action

c. an incomplete action

3) Past Perfect d. a permanent situation

e. a series of complete actions

Now, find examples for each use in the text.

a. Example: His food had disappeared.

b.

c.

d.

e.

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5 King Midas and the golden touch

Part A: Watch the video and answer the questions.

1. What is the golden touch?

2. Was King Midas happy when he got the golden touch? Why/why not?

Part B: There are eight wrong words in the text of the recording. Find them and replace them with
one of the words below. Then, watch the video again and check your answers.

food - greedy - meal - sad - smiled - touched - wash - wish

King Midas and the Golden Touch

1. Once there lived a funny king. His name was Midas. He had a visitor one day, Silenus.
‘Stay with us,’ Midas said.
2. Silenus’s friend was the god Dionysus. ‘You were kind to my friend,’ he said. ‘I want to
give you a gift. What do you wish?’ ‘I want gold,’ Midas said. ‘Give me the golden touch.’
3. Midas ate a stone. It turned to gold. He touched his roses. They turned to gold. Midas
cried.
4. Then he tried to eat, but his foot turned to gold. He tried to drink. His drink turned to
gold. Midas was happy. ‘Oh, why did I wish for gold?’ he said. He was mad, too.
5. ‘The roses are hard,’ Midas’s daughter cried. ‘They do not smell good.’ ‘Don’t worry,’ he
said. He gave her a hug. She turned to gold. ‘What have I done?’ Midas cried.
6. He ran to Dionysus. ‘Please, change my fish,’ Midas asked. ‘Go to the river,’ Dionysus
said. ‘Cook things in the river. They will change back.’
7. Midas brought his daughter to the river. She changed back. He was so happy he ate a
small rose with his daughter. He learned to be happy with less.

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Part C: Put the verbs in brackets in the correct past tense.

1. King Midas (collect) a lot of gold, but he always (want) more.

2. When his daughter (come) to his room in the morning, he (count)

his gold.

3. Midas (ask) Dionysus for the golden touch.

4. When king Midas (touch) food or drink, it (turn) into gold.

5. He (be) hungry, thirsty, and unhappy.

6. He (understand) that he (have) everything he needed before he

got the golden touch.

6 What’s your wish?

Imagine you meet an ancient god who can give you everything you want. Write down your wish on
a piece of paper. Fold the paper.

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7 Homework

Part A: Match two activities from the list and use them in a sentence. Use the past simple and past
continuous tense.

Examples: He fell when he was climbing a tree. They were wearing warm clothes because it was cold.

be cold, be windy, not call, cut his finger, climb a tree, cook, fall, fly on a plane, not hear, hide,
leaves fall, pick some flowers, not see, sleep, walk in the park, wear warm clothes

Part B: What had happened before? Complete the sentences with your ideas. Use verbs in past
perfect.

Example: 1. He was tired because he had walked all the way to school.

1. He was tired because

2. The girl was hot because

3. The teacher was angry because

4. The woman was happy because

5. They didn’t have any money because

6. The dog was sad because

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