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Olympic Games Verb Tenses Exercise

The original Olympic Games began around 800 BC in Ancient Greece and continued until being abolished by the Roman Emperor Theodosius in AD 393. The first modern Olympics took place in Athens in 1896 and since then, more than a dozen countries have staged the Summer Olympics. Many of the greatest athletes in the world have taken part in the Olympic Games, seeing both tragedies and triumphs over the years as the Games have grown to include over 140 countries participating.

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Olympic Games Verb Tenses Exercise

The original Olympic Games began around 800 BC in Ancient Greece and continued until being abolished by the Roman Emperor Theodosius in AD 393. The first modern Olympics took place in Athens in 1896 and since then, more than a dozen countries have staged the Summer Olympics. Many of the greatest athletes in the world have taken part in the Olympic Games, seeing both tragedies and triumphs over the years as the Games have grown to include over 140 countries participating.

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Complete the passage below using the correct form of the

verb in brackets (present perfect or simple past)

The Olympic Games

The original Olympic Games (1.begin) ___________________ around 800 BC in

Ancient Greece, and (2. continue) ___________________until they (3be)

___________________abolished by the Roman Emperor Theodosius in AD 393. The

first modern Olympics (4.take place) ___________________in Athens in 1896, and

since then, more than a dozen different countries (5.stage)

___________________the Summer Olympics. The cities of Athens, Paris, London,

Berlin and Los Angeles (6.stage) ___________________the Olympics twice.

In 1956, Australia (7. become) ___________________the first country outside

Europe and

America to stage the Olympics, while Mexico (8.be) ___________________the first

Latin American country to stage the Olympics, in 1968.

Many of the greatest athletes in the world (9. take part) ___________________in

the Olympic Games, but no one (10. equal) ___________________the achievements

of the great Finnish athlete, Paavo Nurmi, who between 1920 and 1928 (11.win)

___________________nine gold and three silver medals.

The Olympic Games (12.see) ___________________many tragedies and triumphs.

For example, in the marathon of 1908, the little Italian, Dorando Pietri

(13collapse) ___________________five times in the last part of the race, but

(14.come) ___________________first - only to be disqualified because spectators

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(15. help) ___________________him over the finishing line. And in 1936, the

famous black American

athlete Jesse Owens (16. break) ___________________six world records

in a single day!

From the first modern Olympics in Athens, when only fourteen

countries (17participate) _______________, the Olympics (18grow)

___________________to include over 140 countries. Gold, silver and bronze

medals (19go) ___________________to over 8,000 men and women.

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