 FIND OUT ABOUT HOMES IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF BRITISH HISTORY.

COMPLETE THE
SENTENCES WITH THE PAST OF TO BE.

T h e C e lt s ______________ in E n gla n d f r o m 70 0BC . T h e t ypic a l C e lt ic h o u se

_____________
were was
(n o t ) b ig. It _____________ sma ll a n d r o u n d , wit h o u t a n y win d o ws.

Wasn´t
T h e Ro ma n h o u se s ________________ (n o t ) like C e lt ic h o u se s. C e lt ic h o u se s
were
_________________ ve r y simple , but Ro ma n h o u se s were
________________ ve r y
were
b e a u t if u l. T h e f lo o r o f a Ro ma n h o u se __________________ o f t e n a mo sa ic .

were
Vikin g h o u se s _______________ were
lo n g b u ild in gs. A n ima ls a n d pe o ple ______________
t o ge t h e r in t h e sa me b u ild in g, so t h e h o u se ________________
Weren´t (n o t ) ve r y c le a n .

was
H e n r y VIII ________________ kin g d u r in g T u d o r p e r io d in E n gla n d .
T u d o r h o me s _________________
were o f t e n b la c k a n d wh it e .

was
Q u e e n Vic t o r ia _____________ q u e e n d u r in g t h e Vic t o r ia n pe r io d . Vic t o r ia n
h o u se s _______________
was ve r y a t t r a c t ive a n d t h e win d o ws o f t e n c o lo u r f u l.
Bu t t h e h o u se s ________________
were ve r y c lo se t o ge t h e r .

 COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE CORRECT PAST FORM OF TO BE.

How 1 ________________ your last school trip? 2 _______________ it

were
interesting or surprising? Write to us and tell us all about it!
was

Our School Trip to Windsor Castle

_________ ____________________________________________________________ _________________________________ _____________

by Samantha Black
_________ ______________ _____________ _________________________________ ___________________________ ____________________

Our last school trip 3 _____________

were to Windsor Castle. Windsor Castle is one of the
Queen’s homes, but she only stays there at weekends. We 4 ____________
were there on
5 6
a Monday, so the Queen and her family ____________
were there. They ____________
were
at Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s home in London.
There 7 _____________
were many beautiful chairs and carpets in Windsor Castle, but my
8
favourite thing _____________
was Queen Mary’s doll’s house. It 9 _____________
was a
gift from the people of England to the Queen May, the wife of George V, in the
1920s. Most doll’s houses are toys for children, but Queen Mary 10 ______________
was
a child at the time. She 11 _______________
was an adult. The doll’s house and the items
in it 12 _______________
was miniature copies of Windsor Castle and the real things in it
– furniture, curtains, lamps, bottles of wines and even toilet paper! The miniatures
13
______________
was amazing. I guess doll’s houses aren’t only for children.