The Distance Learner Edition 77 June 2021 The Tokyo Olympics to win a second gold in the 1932 games. The Olympic Games which were cancelled in 2020 Wicklow born Ronnie Delaney won a gold in due to Covid will at last take place this year. They will the 1,500 metres race be held in Tokyo in Japan where for the last five in 1956 at the years preparations have been ongoing to host the Melbourne Olympics. At games including 86 he is still the only building an Irish runner to have enormous Olympic won a gold Olympic village to cater for medal. Ronnie Delaney wins gold in the fifteen 1956 Cork woman Sonia thousand athletes O’Sullivan who is regarded as one of Ireland’s who will be attending along with their coaches and greatest runners represented Ireland in three medical teams. Olympic Games and won a silver in 2000. The largest sporting event in the world is held every four years. It will take place this year from July 24 to Michelle Smith holds the Irish record for August 9 with athletes from two hundred nations winning the most Olympic medals when she taking part in three hundred and thirty-nine medal won three gold medals and a bronze in events in thirty-three different sports. Only the swimming at the 1996 games which were held world’s top athletes can qualify to take part. Although in America. all of them will have been training and working hard over the previous four years to make the Olympic Boxing has been the sport in which Ireland has team many of them will only find out if they qualify had the most success winning sixteen medals within a few weeks of the games starting. in total including two gold. In 1992, Dublin man Michael Carruth won a gold in Barcelona The first Olympic Games took place as far back as while Katie Taylor won gold in 2012 at the 2,800 years ago in Olympia in Greece where the London Olympics. 2012 was the first year that games were held to worship the ancient gods. A large women’s boxing was included as an Olympic fire was lit on the hillside as a mark of respect to the sport. gods. The tradition of the fire has remained in modern times. A few months before the Olympics Ireland is sending their biggest team of begin, a torch is lit from a fire in Olympia in Greece sportspeople yet to the Tokyo Olympics. Ninety and is carried through many countries by different athletes who will be taking part in more than sports people until it reaches the city hosting the thirty different sports will travel to the games. games that year. It is lit at the opening ceremony of Strict Covid measures will apply including daily the games and remains lighting until the games end. Covid testing of all athletes. They will not be It is seen as a great honour for an athlete to be allowed to travel anywhere outside of the asked to carry the torch. Olympic village and the games venues. Ireland have been sending a team to the Olympic Spectators from overseas cannot attend so Games since 1924 and in that time have won nine sadly none of their families will be present to gold medals, ten silver and twelve bronze. Cork man cheer them on. We wish them all the very best Pat O’Callaghan was Ireland’s first gold medallist in of luck. 1928 in the hammer throwing event, he went on Words ending in tion which sounds like shun action education invitation question operation (ac tion) (ed u ca tion) (in vit a tion) (ques tion) (op er a tion) attention information destination direction station (at ten tion) (in form a tion) (des tin a tion) (di rec tion) (sta tion ) application competition situation lotion description (app lic a tion) (com pet i tion) (sit u a tion) (lo tion) (des crip tion) Fill in the blanks with words from the list above. Match the words in part A with the ending from part B to make a word (the first one is done for you). 1. We need to take _________ before it’s too part A part B late. 2. The flowers in my garden need care and enjoy ful enjoyment _______________. care ment ________ 3. I filled in a passport ___________ form. use ish ________ 4. We have a difficult __________ to sort out. child able ________ 5. I received a wedding __________ in the post. understand less ________ 6. It will be late by the time we reach our sad ship ________ ________________. member ary _______ 7. Can you give me a _____________ of the ordin ness _______ person you saw? men dom ________ 8. Please answer my __________. commun tion _________ 9. Which ____________ did he go, left or right? free age _________ 10. She is going to hospital to have a small short ity _________ ________________. 11.Mary entered a swimming ___________ and Unscramble these to find the she won first place. names of different sports. 12.The railway ____________ is down the road. oglf _____ askbte abll ________ 13.The minister for ___________ opened a new ocscer ______mmswiign _______ school in our town this year. inguhrl ________ owring _______ 14.I rub _________ on my skin to protect it. tnnesi _________ yclcing ______ Crossword: The answers are all words from the list of words ending in tion. ACROSS DOWN 2. Where you get on the train. (7) 1. Ask this to get an answer. (8) 3. You go to school to get this. (9) 4. To get the job, fill this in. 5. She gave the guard a good ____________ of (11) the thief. (11) 6. I won the prize in a singing 7. The place you are going to. (11) ___________. (11) 8. Don’t forget to put on sun tan ________. (6) 10. Can you point me in the 9. A procedure done in hospital. (9) right _________. (9) 12. I need to find out more ___________ on 11. A card asking you to come that before I decide. (11) to a party. (10) Maths 2. 1.Find the missing number in each of these When a number is squared it means that number is multiplied by it self a. 5 x = 15 Example: 4² means 4 x 4 and the b. 21 = = 7 answer is 16. c. 6 + 7 + = 19 Find the answer to these: d. 48 4 = a. 3² = e. 25 = 5 b. 5² = f. 8 x = 56 c. 2² = g. ( 3 x 4) + ( 6 x 2) = d. 6² = h. 10 + 15 + 25 = e. 10² = i. 32 4 = f. 8² = j. 12 + 8 + 10 = 3. There are 60 minutes in 1 hour 4. Sudoku How many hours are there in: The numbers 1 2 3 4 must be placed in each row across and down in any order. a. 180 minutes = Be careful it’s not as easy as it looks. b. 90 minutes = c. 30 minutes = d. 210 minutes = e. 75 minutes = f. Ann leaves home at 9.30 am. answers She drives the 20-minute journey to am 11.15 f min 15 hr 1 e ½ 3 d ½ c ½ b1 town, spends 45 minutes shopping, 20 a3 3. 64 f 100 e 36 d 4 c 25 b 9 a 2. j30 minutes at the bank and drives home i8 50 h g24 f7 e5 d12 c.6 b3 again. What time does she arrive 3 a 1 home? .