The first marathon | LearnEnglish Kids

The marathon is a 42km race! It was first run 2,500 years ago. What is the history of this race? Watch and find out!

Instructions

Do the preparation task first. Then watch the story and do the activities.

Preparation

Story developed by Cambridge English Online

Game

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Print the story.286.26 KB

Print an activity for the story.573.19 KB

Print the answers.441.18 KB

Discussion

The marathon is a very long race. Do you like running? Tell us about it!

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I can run a marathon.

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in this story there was sparta so do you guys know that sparta wars fought against troy,sparta won

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hello, i am win I like running

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hello ı like run . ı can run

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I like running. I would like to run a maraton, because it could be funny!

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so much Kilometers .. Good story but I HATE running.

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so much Kilometers

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Good story but I HATE running.

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its real

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