Name: .................................................

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READING
Competences:
• Linguistic Communication
• Cultural Awareness and Expression

Read the text.

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THE ROMANS
About 2,000 years ago, the Romans arrived in Britain. It wasn’t a short
visit. In fact, they stayed for nearly 400 years. When they finally left, Britain
was a very different place. The Romans changed many things related to everyday life in Britain.
We can still see a large number of these changes today. For example:
Towns: The Romans built many towns in Architecture: There aren’t many examples of
Britain and there are still towns in most of the complete Roman buildings in Britain today,
same places today. Roman towns were very but more modern buildings often have Roman
organised, with a town centre and houses in influences such as pillars and arches. For
straight lines. Modern cities, like London and example, the Royal Exchange – a shopping
Canterbury, grew from these Roman centre in the City of London – is from the 19th
beginnings. century, but looks like a Roman temple.

Roads: The Romans probably built about Language: The Romans spoke Latin – the
16,000 kilometres of roads in Britain. It was parent language of French, Spanish, Catalan,
important for soldiers to move quickly from one Italian and other languages. English doesn’t
part of the country to another, so the roads come from Latin, but many English words do.
were usually long straight lines. Many British For example, actor, animal, stadium, picture
roads today still follow the same straight lines. and also … language!

Tick (✓) the sentences T (true) or F (false). Then correct the false sentences.
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1 The Romans were in Britain for 2,000 years.
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2 Many things in Britain changed because of the Romans.
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3 People lived in the area of London in Roman times.
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4 Roman soldiers usually stayed in one place.
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5 The Romans built the Royal Exchange.
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6 Latin is the parent language of English.
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Answer the questions.

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1 What did Roman towns look like? 3 How did Roman roads influence modern
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2 Why does the writer mention Canterbury? ............................................................................................

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Royal Exchange?

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5 Why does the word stadium appear in the
text?

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WRITING
Competences:
• Linguistic Communication
• Learning to Learn

Look at the list of other Roman contributions to Western civilisation. Then write a paragraph
about the Romans.
• First to use cement in buildings
• Built strong bridges
• Built aqueducts (system for carrying water from rivers to towns)
• Famous for their public baths
• Introduced a system of law (basis of modern civil law)

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LISTENING
Competences:
• Linguistic Communication
• Learning to Learn
• Sense of Initiative and Entrepreneurship

Listen and choose the correct answer.

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1 Elaine is calling Harry from … .
a her house
b Ancient Rome
c Rome
2 3D Rewind Rome is a tour of … .
a Ancient Rome
b 310 AD
c the Colosseum
3 The tour starts … .
a in the gladiators’ room
b at an archeological excavation
c in a tunnel
4 The gladiators’ room is … the Colosseum.
a under
b next to
c behind
5 Sapientus is … .
a a gladiator
b an avatar
c an Italian tour guide
6 Harry … .
a was never in Rome
b was in Rome in the past
c is going to Rome soon

Listen again and tick (✓) the sentences T (true) or F (false).

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T F
1 Elaine went on the virtual tour last week.
2 At first, the gladiators’ room was an archeological excavation.
3 On the tour, Elaine saw homes and other buildings.
4 Elaine’s favourite part of the tour was seeing all the people.
5 Elaine saw gladiators on the virtual tour.

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SPEAKING
Competences:
• Linguistic Communication
• Social and Civic Competence
• Sense of Initiative and Entrepreneurship

Student A
Michael did six things on his trip to Rome last year. Look at Michael’s photographs of the trip
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and answer your partner’s questions.

At the Colosseum On a bus tour Listening to street musicians

Eating Italian ice cream Riding a bike At a cooking lesson

Tania did six things on her trip to London last year. Ask your partner questions to find out what
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she did and complete the chart.
Visited (famous place):
Type of tour:
Watched:
Ate:
Rode:
Learned:

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SPEAKING
Competences:
• Linguistic Communication
• Social and Civic Competence
• Sense of Initiative and Entrepreneurship

Student B
Michael did six things on his trip to Rome last year. Ask your partner questions to find out what
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he did and complete the chart.
Visited (famous place):
Type of tour:
Watched:
Ate:
Rode:
Learned:

Tania did six things on her trip to London last year. Look at Tania’s photographs of the trip and
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answer your partner’s questions.

At the Tower of London On a boat tour Watching a street show

Eating fish and chips Riding a horse At a painting lesson

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