4b Read and choose the correct word. e.g. This is a story about the king who liked/did not like new clothes very much. 1) The two tailors could not sew but they said that they could/could not make a beautiful suit.
Sportsmen have run marathons for more than a hundred years. In March 1981, the first London Marathon started. 7,747 people competed in it. People have run/have been running the London Marathon since 1981. It is the distance from Windsor Castle to the While City Stadium in London. It is 42,195 kilometres long. Women didn’t run marathons till 1984. Since the 1990s marathon running has been a very popular sport. People run marathons in their spare time. The record for the London Marathon was 2 hours 8 minutes and 16 second in 1985. The London Marathon is an international competition and street festival, all in one.
