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VIDEO Files 7&8 Edinburgh Castle Level 1

BEFORE WATCHING a b
1 Work with a partner. Match places 1–4 with pictures a–d.
1 Edinburgh’s Old Town
2 Edinburgh Castle
3 St Mary’s chapel
4 The Great Hall

2 Complete the paragraph below with words from the box.

c d
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A castle is a historic building. Many 1 ______________ cities have a castle or

a palace. It was a place where the 2 ______________ and other members of
the royal family lived. Many castles were built high up on a 3 _____________ .
This is because a castle needs good 4 _________________ of the area around
it. When there were 5 _______________ between di erent towns or countries,
the castle was a strong, safe place.

WHILE WATCHING

3 VIDEO Look at the list below. Watch the video. Check (✓) the things in the list which are mentioned.
The population of Edinburgh The Royal Mile The names of kings of Scotland
The number of tourists who visit Edinburgh Other cities in Scotland The names of kings of England
Edinburgh festival The history of Edinburgh Castle

4 VIDEO Watch the first part of the video. Underline the correct option to complete each sentence.
1 About 400,000 / 40,000 people live in the city.
2 Every year in October / August there is a festival with a lot of theatre, music, dance and comedy.
3 The Royal Mile is a square / street in Edinburgh’s Old Town.
4 It is about 1.6 / 10.6 kilometres long.
5 The Royal Mile starts / nishes at Edinburgh Castle.

5 VIDEO Watch the second part of the video. Write the number of each event 1–5 below the time reference on the timeline.
_____________ in 1130 ______________ in 1511 ______________ in the 16th century ______________ in the 18th century ______________ in 1745

_______ _______ _______ _______ _______

1 Bonnie Prince Charlie tried to capture the castle. 4 King David built the rst castle on the rock.
2 James the Fourth built the Great Hall. 5 James the Sixth added extra defenses to the castle entrance.
3 Scotland became part of the United Kingdom.

AFTER WATCHING

Work with a partner. Discuss the questions.

1 What do you like about Edinburgh?
2 Would you like to visit Edinburgh Castle? Why/why not?

RESEARCH
Find information on the internet about a castle or historic building. Write 10 sentences about the building and bring them to share with the class. Include
images of the building if you wish. Don’t forget to include information about events in the history of the building.

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