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l{ Read the Aesop's fabte and choose the moral (a-c) which you & Complete the fable with the correct form of the verbs in
thinl< best fits the story. brackets. Sometimes two answers are possible. Justify your
a Don't try to achieve the impossible. choices. Then in pairs, write a mora[ for the fabte.
b lt is easy to despise what you cannot have.
c Don't underestimate the difficutty of a task. 71te Hare and the Tortoise
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One day a hare (run) along a path when he
Zhe Fox andthe Grapes (come) across a tortoise. The hare 3- (fol1ow) the same
route every day and 1- (never come) across a tortoise
There lvas once a fox that used 6-
to wander far and wide to find before.The tortoise (walk) slowly and the hare
(begin) to laugh dt her. Irritated by the hare, the tortoise 7
food. He would sometimes B
(challenge) him to a race.The hare (never have) any
walk for days in order find a
doubt that he was the fastest animal around, so he e
nice meal. One day, he came r0
(accept) the challenge. After the hare (run) for a whi1e,
across a vine branch lrom 1i-'(leave)
which were hanging bunches he reilised that he the tortoise far behind, and
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of ripe, black grapes which no (sit) down under a tr"ee to relar For a while. lt wasn't
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one had yet picked.The fox long before he (fa11) asleep. Although the torloise
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had been searching.for food (not hurry), she overtook the hare. When the hare
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for many days andwas almost "- (wake up), he (realise) that the tortoise
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dying of hunger. He.stood on (beat) him to the finishing llne. The hare 18- -. - '-
tip-loe andistretched as high (remember) this experience for the rest of his 1iG.
as he could. but he couldn't
reach the ,grapes. He tried jumping but stil1 withoutsuC-lqsc, fhe
Use the notes below to write the fable The boy who cried
fox had thought that it would be easy to reach the grapes; arrd to
wolf . Use a variety of narrative tenses and make any
hide'his digappointment he said to himself,'What a lool I aml
The grapes,are sour. I was going to eat them, but I've changed my necessary changes to the text. Begin There was once ... .
mind.'And with that, he walked off.
Tlte Boy Who CriedWolf
Find examples of verb forms 7-7 in the fable in exercise 1. A shepherd boy lived in a vi1lage. His family llved there for many
When do we use them? ye ars. He looked after a flock of sheep. Every day he went to the
1 past simple 5 would hillside above the vil1age. He was bored. He left his sheep. He ran
2 past continuous 6 used to to the vi11age. He shouted,'Wolf! Wolfl'The villagers heard his
3 past perfect 7 future in the past cries. They ran to help him. They wasted their time. He laughed at
them. He did this rwo or three times. A wolf really did come. He
4 past perfect continuous
shouted 'Wolf! Wolfl'The villagers ignored him. The wolf ki11ed
the whole flock of sheep. The boy didnt cry wolf again.
Explain the difference in meaning in these sentences.
1 a When Joe arrived, I'd made some coffee.
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b When Joe arrived, I made some coffee. Complete these sentences in your own words. Use as many
c When Joe arrived, I was making some coffee. verb forms as you can from exercise 2.
d When Joe arrived, I'd been making some coffee. 1 ... because it had been raining.
2 a He spoke Japanese because he'd lived in Japan for two 2 l'd had a terribte day at school ...
years. 3 When I last spoke to you ...
4 I hadn't been feeting wet[ ...
b He spoke Japanese because he'd been Iiving in Japan
for two years. 5 l'd never thought ...
5 As I was walking through the parl<, ...
3 a What was that bool< you read on hotiday?
7 I was to have ...
b What was that book you were reading on holiday?
4 a George used to smol(e in the office. ffiffi#ffi Worl< in pairs or smallgroups. lnvent a fabte to
b George would smoke in the office. iltustrate one ofthese sayings. Tett it to the class.
5 a Kim and Ben met in 2010 and were to get married in Mal<e hay while the sun shines. Lool< before you leap.
201.2. Don't f udge a book by its cover. A stitch in time saves nine.
b Kim and Ben met in 2010 and were to have got married
in 201.2.
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