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1) Read the myth of Pandora and choose the correct option. 1 Who created Pandora? Zeus Hephaestus Athena 2 Who was Zeus angry with? Pandora Epimetheus Prometheus 3 How many versions of the Myth are there? at least two only one only two 4 Who wanted to open the box Pandora Epimetheus Pandora and Epimetheus 5 How many times was the box opened? once twice three times 6 Who probably put Hope in the box? Pandora Elpis Zeus 2) Match the tenses and their usages Past Simple Actions that happened in some definite time in the past Past Continuous Actions that were going on for some time in the past Past Perfect Simple Actions that finished before some other past actions started Past Perfect Continuous Actions that were going on for some time and finished before another past action even started 3) Write down verb forms under the right heading! Click on the verb and choose the right tense. Past Simple worked went were stopped Past Continuous was working were going was playing were watching Past Perfect Simple had been had worked had finished had seen Past Perfect Continuous had been watching had been studying had been working 4) Complete the urban legend with the right words. Did you hear the story about the publishing company employee who died at his desk while he was working and remained there forfive days until anyone noticed something was wrong? His name was George Turklebaum and he had been working for the company since the 1990's. After he had died, the other 23 office workers had continued working around him without realizing what had happened. The alarm wasn't raised until the following weekend when a cleaner found him. He had just turned 51 and he had died of a heart attack. 5) Complete the ghost story with the verbs in the box. Jen: Have I ever told you about my friend Paul?Tom: No, I don't think so. What happened?Jen: Well, at the time of "the incident", he was living in a house outside a small village. He was walking home one night when he saw someone outside his house. The man was wearing strange old-fashioned clothes. He said he had been in an accident and needed help.Tom: What had happened to him?Jen: He was staying at a house on the hill and woke up to discover that the house was on fire. By the time he managed to get out, the house had been almost completely destroyed.Tom: How did Paul react?Jen: He took out his phone to call for help but when he looked up, the man had gone. Apparently, there was no house on the hill. The house that was there had burned down a hundred years ago. 6 ) What are the ingredients of a good urban legend or ghost story? 7) Use the correct past tense form of the verbs in brackets! It was raining (rain) outside when Sam got out (get out) of bed and looked out (look out) of the window. He picked up (pick up) his phone and sent (send) a text to his friend James: 'No football today. How about going to the cinema?' While he was waiting (wait)for a reply, Sam brushed his teeth, had a shower and got dressed. After he had finished (finish) getting ready, he checked(check) his phone and saw(see) that James had replied. James said he wanted to play football anyway and hedidn't care(not care - contracted negative form) about the rain. While he was walking (walk) to the park, James met two of his other friends and invited them along. While they were playing (play) football, it stopped(stop) raining anyway and Sam was really happy he hadn't gone(not go - contracted negative form) to the cinema. After the game, on the way, he stopped at a shop to buy something for his lunch. He was about to pay when he realised he had forgotten (forget) to take his wallet when he had left the house. He apologised and left the shop. While he was walking(walk) home, thinking about the goals he had scored that day, when he saw (see) his mum drive past. She saw him and stopped the car to give him a ride home. She had been working (work) all morning, but she was in a good mood. Sam sat back in his seat and looked forward to having his lunch. He was having a great day. When they arrived, Sam cooked lunch for the whole family. Used to and would 8) Match the sentences. Printing books used to take a long time with Gutenberg's printing process. Sometimes the typesetters would need a whole day to create a page. That's because the text would be assembled letter by letter. Luckily, the letters wouldn't be thrown away after printing. They used to be used again to make the text for another page. 9) Complete the QA with the correct form of used to. Q: How did people use to read (people/ read) books before printing was invented?A: Johannes Gutenberg invented his famous printing press in 1448. Before that, ordinary people didn't use to read (not read) a lot. In medieval times, people called scribes used to copy (copy) books by hand in monasteries. Curiously, before the ninth century, they didn't use to leave(not leave) any spaces between words sothetextwouldlookabitlikethis!The scribe didn't use to add(not add) titles or capital letters either. Someone called a rubricator used to do(do) this. 10) Write a story using narrative tenses. (Write between 80 and 120 words)