SUMMING-UP ACTIVITIES WORKING ON THE TEXT 1 Fill in the summary with the past simple of the verbs below. fall become think nd out attend pass ght go get lose spend feed take fancy try 1860, Baltimore: the Buttons baby looked like a seventy-year-old man. Mr Button a. ..................................................... about a nasty joke, but it was all true. He called his baby Benjamin, and b. ..................................................... to raise him normally, but nothing worked: the ancient baby liked only cigars, learning new things, and military stuff. In 1880, on his rst night out, Benjamin c. ..................................................... to a ball: he was twenty, yet he looked very old.That night, he d. ..................................................... in love with the beautiful daughter of General Moncrief, who e. ..................................................... older men. They f. ..................................................... married six months later and had a child, Roscoe. Benjamin was successful in his hardware business, but after some time he took part in the Civil War and g. ..................................................... as colonel. Back in Baltimore, he h. ..................................................... that he was growing younger and more energetic, whereas his wife Hildegarde was doing the opposite. It was the happiest time of his life: he went to every party and had fun until dawn, but he didn t get on well with his wife.They nally i. ..................................................... separate ways. Back in Harvard as a student, he j. ..................................................... a football star. 1920: after his graduation, he was growing so young that he went back to live with Roscoe and k. .....................................................kindergarten again! He l. ..................................................... the last days of his life with the sweet nurse Nana, who m. ..................................................... him meals. In the end, Benjamin n. ..................................................... all his memories and abilities, until one day everything turned dark and he o. ..................................................... away in his sleep. 73