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The Marathon Man

The Marathon Man is a printable reading worksheet for English language learners at CEFR level B1. It covers Present Perfect Continuous: Ongoing Actions, with 5 exercises and an answer key.

Marco Vitali is not a professional athlete. He is a 41-year-old secondary school teacher from Turin, and for the past five months he has been doing something extraordinary: training for the Rome Marathon. Since January, he has been running 70 kilometres a week — before school, after school, and on long weekend mornings when the streets are still quiet.

What's in this worksheet

  1. Reading for Gist
  2. Reading for Detail
  3. True, False, or Not Given
  4. Vocabulary in Context
  5. Grammar in Context