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20. Read the events listed below.

Events session 6
Number At the time we’re talking about, Fin was a worried giant.

1 This Cuhullin was said to have beaten every giant in Ireland except Fin.

challenge him to a fight to find out which of them was the strongest.
2 He’d been told that another giant, called Cuhullin, was looking for him to

You can still see the first stretch of the road called the Giant’s
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4 Causeway. It’s a group of great rocks that all fit together.
The thought of meeting Cuhullin face to face made Fin shake in

5 his boots.
This story happened when Fin was building his road.

Many years ago, in the north of Ireland, there lived a giant named
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7 Fin MacCool. Verb tenses: present (simple, progressive and perfect), past
beat (v.):
vencer
challenge (v.):
retar

• Put the events in order. Look at the example.

Past Present

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Remember • To help you identify the tense, look at the following information from
The Giant’s Wife.
Verb tenses allow • Analize the verbs so you can easier recognize the order of the events.
us to understand
when something
happens. If a
sentence is in
present tense, we 1. Oona is Fin’s wife. - simple present
witness the 2. Fin is building a road. - present progressive
situation, 3. Oona has cooked dinner. - present perfect witness
the action is 4. Cuhullin walked to Fin’s house. - simple past Glossary on
happening at the page 182
moment; when
someone tells us
what occurred, • Read your play and determine the order of events. Ask your
they use the verbs teacher for help, if necessary.
in the past tense.

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