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Roman Britdin Ihe Vikvg Aqe The hdustrial
(43- 41o) {793 ta66) aa66 - 1154) (1485- 1603) Revoluiior (1780- 184C

1o/2 J I Mqtch the pictures with the timeline. Put in the right tefters (A-F).

roir . Z Check the focts ond find the mistqkes.


Therek one mistoke in eoch sentence. Undertine it ond write the correct word on the riohl.

L Everybody knows why people bullt Stonehenge o lonq time ogo. ,lake /1"1"4,
2. The Romons built Hodrion's WolI in the north of Scotlond to

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protect their emplre.
The Vikings frorn the northern countries storted their ottocks
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ot the end of the 7rh century. J,,[r+ ilL
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Th€ Leoder of the NoTmors become queen of Englond ofter o
bottle neor Hostlngs.
TheTudors were kings ond queens of Englond;
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one of them wos Henry Vl1l, the son of Elizobeth 1-
folu Jo//,r.
6. During the Industrio( Revolution cities become cleoner
becouse of the new steom engines, *le Jdo"
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o) your book on pog€s 10 12.

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b) Write o foct cord obout Stonehenge, o Viking long ship or forts rrode of wood in your exercise book.

Write o short text of obout 30 words with the informotion from one of your foct cords.

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o) Whot ore the verbs for these nouns? Wrlte thern on the lines.

1- protection + 'foiec' 4. invosion + ,, /.


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2. worker an lJ(. LK s. destroyer -
3. founder 6. klrer - 'to klll
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Find the Germon meonings of the nouns in the dictionory ond wriie them on the lines or n your
exercise book.

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Around 5,000 BC Britoin becqme on islond

becouse the ice melted.

The people bock then olreody LyAAU tools


outot rnetolond lJCfked with them
3. the cefts Arf i yfu!- in Britoin oround 650 BC.

Ihey 1/t: l_ l rhe first people in Europe


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to weot ttotsets.They Jant2Ae . it eosier to ride o horse.
5. When the Romons e Abzd to Britoin,the Celts

f raall- oqoinstthem.But thp Romans urh


6. A fomous Celtic teoder V4, Boudico. She wos o womon. A stotLre of Boudico in London

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4 ,_"^*, Moke q puzzte: Regutor triqngte A - irregulor verbs.


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1. Drow o regulor triongLe ond cut it into three ports. (picture 1) You can find lhe inequlor
2. Write the three forms of on irregulor verb in the ihree ports. (picture 2)
verbs on poges 2OO-2O2
3. Cut out the ports ond turn thern oround. Drow the sorne svmbol (o sun /
o smil€y/ ...) on ihls side of the ports (picture
3)_ Turn them oround ogoin.
Moke four puzzLes oltogether
5. Mix oll the ports of the four puzzles ond give thern to your portner.
You qet his/ her puzzles.
Look ot the words ond solve your portner's puzztes. Turn the ports
oround to check if you ore right.

,.lu !l 5 Whot come first? Underline the event thot hoppened first.

,/ O The first Briüsh people hod leorned o [ot oboutthe sun, so they built Stonehenge.
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'!. The lnglo-soxons hod buitt mony ships before they soiled to Britoin.
2 ' 3. The Celts left Englond ofter they hod lived Lhere o long time.

? @ the first ottock hod been o success, so more Vikings storted to invode the lslond.

1415, 6 Why did they do it? Use the given words to complete the sentences.

1. The Anglo Soxons come to Britoin becouse ... (CeLts osk for help)

A long time ogo people crossed the North Seo becolse ... (seo turn into jce)
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3. TheVikings disoppeored ogoln ofter... (destroy church of Lindisforne)

ru 4. Moreond rnoreof them stoyed ofter... (they ottock Britoin foro long tirne)

5. T_p Rono-' bLirt Fod-ion c Wolt becoLsF.. (Cetr. aorr the nortn oLloLN rnernl

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\sßF) 7 Ask questions obout British history in the pqst perfect. use the given words.

1. The Normons orrived in Britoin in 1066.

i il,l, . rl",t- pf €l L $hete/be) someone else there before?


2. The Anglo-Soxons stoyed in Englond.

(they/live) in whot is todoy Gernrony or Denmork before?

3. Wittiom become king of Englond.

ik i l.,r ke^ (he/be)king of Fronce before he beconre king of Englond?


Horold wos no tonger king of Englond.

How it AL- -{ LLi.. -


(he/die)? In o bottle?

1€! 8 ( trsrrrrre ) Listen to Vetlibio totking obout her doy in Both.


$t7a o) Vetlibio con'twrite. Moke o diory entry for her. Put the events in the right order. Write the numbers
1to 6 in the boxes.

You can siill see rome Pafis


of the Roman boths in Bath
(= Aqüa€ Sulis) todoy'
a Ve arrived in lhe cily-

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a o.o",or[iiil",r dl'
tr We walla,ed aver o bridqe.

tr Ve v')siled Ihe bolhs.

tr -Ddd sold lv/o rabbits ot lhe market.

a b) How doyou thinkVeltibio feltwhen she Lost herfother?

*t9 Comptete the word bqnk with bottle words. You con drqw pictures too.
vl"A Thjnk ofthese ospects: Who is in o bottle? Whot do they do?Whot do they weor? How do they fight?

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2. o ploce where mony people work


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3- o ploce where people look for cool r-l

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the woy ln which peop[e work
It helps you cleon up ofter dinner.
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Cors need this to move Jorword.
You con putyour breod into it.
mony cors, bikes, buses. troins, . -.
You need it to moke o mochine work.
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relr.l Z / Who invented whot? Motch the inventions with their inventors.
o) Look ot the four inventions-on the right. Do you know whot they ore? Write the nomes on the lines.
b) Now reod the four texts ond drow linesfrom edch text to the invention.Who invented it?

I rrode o mochine which


4hrcile"
everybody could use to get Cuu-*it'9
from one town to onotheL
It is colled'loromotion'-
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With my invention
)cres
people who ore for owoy
con tolk to eoch other.

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The invention which Imode chonqed
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the woy people worked. Mony things
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become eosier for them.

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My invention is something
which mony peopLe oLlover
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rhe world use every doy. It
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1eßA 3 Whichis the right relqtive pronoun? put in gibg or
WEis!.
The 18th century is full of people .!1.1 invented new things. Mochines a..tatl,_
mode life eosier ond more corrfortoble were very popLlor Sometirnes
two people
hod the some ideo worked on the some invention, but they
didn,t know it. So it,s sornetimes
not possible to soy k/l1o invented something-There ore inventions i.,,tlr
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their inventors rich, but mony stoyed poor

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exercise 2 on poge 6. Use ghg or
WE§!.
... isthe mon who ... . -. is on invention which ...
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2. fhe tetephone l'5

The steom engine


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a b) Think of on inventor or on invention
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from our time ond write two more seitences. o
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,o/7'.1 , Use E!9, gbjg!, g!g;g or !g!9gg ond moke one sentence out of two.
1. Jomes Wott wos on inventor He invented the modem steom engine.

James Wdtt was lhe inventor who invenled the modern steam engine.
2. There hod been other steorn enqines. They were rot os qood os his enoine.
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3. Wott wos o Scot. His fother wos o Moths teocher. 4r htt Bn.t"

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4. Greenock is o city in Scotlond.lomes Wott wos born in Greenock.

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5. He wos on inventor, He become very rich.

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2o1n 6 ( sprnxrre ) Find the right person ond mqke relotive clouses.
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o) Reod the description on eoch cord.Then wotk oround the clossroom ond osk questions to find someone
who motches the description. Write five different nomes on the lines.

This person This person's This person knows


likes history. shoes ore smotler the nome of on
This person's socks thon size 38. inventor
ore blue. This person
nome:
ploys o musicol
instrument.

b) Moke relotive clouses with the informotion thotvou hove found.

1. is the person who likes hiJlorv.


2. u$eperson
3. is lhe person

4. ll lhe Derson
5. rs the person

zorcf;7lick,ltherightrelotivepronoun.lfyoucqnleqveitout,putthetickinbrqckets({).

1. In 1829 the Liverpool& Monchester Roilwoy wos looking for


someone ... could build o troin. ü nfl t_l
2. Robert Stephenson wos the mon ... locomotive wos colled "Rocket". tr ü L] L-t
3. ltwosthe locomotive..- the roilwoycomponychose intheend. n Edr l
4. ThotswhyStephenson iso mon... ü TL] I
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we still remember.

5- London is the ploce... he died. tr MI

,,rcf, 8 Which word is the odd one out? Circle it.


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f. invenl inventor inüite. invention .!
2. cool steom engine foctory fort
3. iIine " troin . cor " bike
a. [' pr"sident. qreen . prince
5. dishwosher " tooster . energy " microscope

The Rocket, one ofthe firsttroins

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AT THE HISTORIC DOCKYARD IN PORTSMOUTH


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THE MARY(ROSE fhe Marv Rose was a ship which belonged "., to 3ä
lle'r'1'\1ll
Ilenly ln 15,45
or lnel..nd. In
VIII ofEngland. roo.(p.Irrn..b.,rrl(s:rl
she took part in a batllc wilh
15,+5rh( ff
French ships near Poftsmoüth. Shc sanl(, probably becausc
. thcre was a Lot ofwind and toouch wäter got ir the little
_ holes for- the cärDons. Henry
sa$, his ship sink because he
was watchiDg the battle fiolD the co3st. Il1 1971 experts wel1t
do\y[ i[to the sea itnd lör.lfld the ship. ln 1982 it was brought
up lvith a cr.lne. IL tool( many years to .;lry the wood. Tod:ry
you cän visit the remaining irerts ofthe ship in the Mary Ros€
Museüm in Portsmoüth.
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HMS VICTORY Anolher shlp which foughr againsr rhe I rench
was HMS Vidory. The mo(r liripdrranr brrtle was in 1805.
At that time B taifl was at war with France and its fdäoüs
leader Napoleon. Admiral Netsor was the
le?gfi f,{;*rl..i.h
shiDs ard he \\on rhe bälr'e-ol1-dfrlgrr UnloffündieTj he
died dudng the battle. Eowever. the Frellch lost 22 ships and
the Il tish didD t lose anl,. Ma,vbe yoLr have heard olTlafalgiu Sqr.rare in Londofll Thele is n
.rJr re o \dr r'rd \e-rolr rn L-te rrndd-e oirt.
HMS WARRIoR fhe Mary
Rose and HMS Victory were sailing
ships, but HMS Warrior hud s{rmcthing Dcw- lt was a t},l)ical
.hiD Ilonr Re\olL.io r l'ree'tplt eers
ll-' rimeoIrhp ]rdu,riJl
,..\c ir el'gi'reä,rd \u'lt ld_eer\dIl\ol 'he.hiport or
J.,Jr
n]ct . But it coulJalso sail ilthere ;as no morc col1. lt was
127 metres long and 705 men worked on it. lt was vcry dn§
and noisy on HMS Walriorl

1. W;sholb qinq die Mory Rose wohrscheinlich unter?

Lecau,c
Lecat rc .0,
4Lone .os
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2. Worum konn mon die Mory Rose heure onseh l.,t^#{{n*nkt!§/ 1''7i"
rt" tro,lr',r(lrt{gongkt!.t to r),o
"n,oi*on
Leccqß il ."s :/s.,Lew obl od y'l.r L,,le r'
3. Worum hotte die Schlocht von Tro{olgor für die Briten etwos Positives und etwos

4. Wo wird noch heute on dle Schtocht von Trofolgor erinnert?

5. Welche beiden Detoits mochen die HMS Worrior zu einem typischen Schiff der Industriolisierung?

5. Wie hot sie sich fortbewegt,wenn es keine Kohle mehr 90b?

e§ 10 ( srrnxrnc ) Tolktoo portner: Which ofthethreeshipswoutd you tiketovisit?


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The Tudors
HenryVlll 1509
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lleDryVlI was the llrsr Tüdor king, büt his son Hcnry VIll \,!.as the
most fanoüs hing fion this fänily. Hc rv:rs a clever. child. When he
was tcr years old, he could play diffelert instlrmeDts and speal<
foür larguages. He also liked fighting. \Mren he became ldng in
1509. he was oDly 18 and nlany people wele \.ery happy. In Lhe
sarre year he l]raflied Catherine oifuagon. the dalrShLer ofthe
l<il)g alrd quee[ of Spilin. lA] Cathe ne and Henry had six childrer,
but five ol lhem dicd xnd only his darghtcr Marl, survived . What
Henrv rcirlly necde.l was a solr, so he wärted to nrary alrother
womrn, Anne llolel,r- llut he couldn'r divor.er Cirtherine hc..rnsc
-Eawora W 1547
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thc Crtholic Church was agaiDst it. Th.t's why he tbünded his ow.n
cirurch. the Chllrch ofEngland, and lnaflied Annc. Hcnry:rnd Anne
had a daughter called Elizabeth. but that was not what hc had
r.a[ted, so he had Anne ki]lcd and m:fiicd again. His third wife
L5 was called Jilnc Sevmour- ilnd they h:r.l a sor. His name was Ed\r.ar-d
and Henq/ r.anted hinl to be khg ore day. JBI FoI dill-elent reilsofls
Hcnry narried three moIe tirnes betbre he died in 1547.

The years after IIeDry died were difäc It. His son Edu.ard was orly
rine year-s o1d wheD he becilme Liflg in 1547. Hc fought battles with
the king ofScotland, brll didn't win thcm. Edward becaDre very ill
alrd died in 1553 when hc r.as only 15 yetrr-s old. At the end ol his Mory 1553-1558
lilt he dccidc.l that his half-sisters Mary and Elizabeth should rot
bccomc qüeer oflngland. [Cl B t NIary invadcd london with her
army a few days after Edward had died and bc.ane Queen Mary ol
25 llnfiland. She ü,anted lo chingc m:lny tlillgs her fadrer, Trenry, and
her half-brother, Ed\\rard, had dccidc.l. lhrt is why she was not verv
popLrlar. She died in 1558.

Elizilbeth. thc claulihter ofHenry \ilII s secoltd wiib Annc Bolcyn,


ot" was thc only oD€ ofhis children u,ho hadn'l dicd. It lvas not äh.ays
. Ä, easy for her-because her f.rther had senl her kr pdson after they
L,t had killed her lnother, irnd her hal|brother lrdward hadD t realty
liked her. But she learned :r ]ot. She .oul.[ speak six ]aDgLrages
äDd r-ead rnany books- Alicr shc hrd becoDe queen in 1558, she
hebed lvritcrs, I'or cxanlple Williarr Shakespeare, and thcy wr-ote
' lamoüs phys alld built thearres like the Globe Thcrtre. Llizabeth
also askcd Sir flaDcis Dral(e and Sir Walter Raleigh to sajl to tär
au.ay couDtr-ies. lDl The Spmish peoplc, who wer-e the g,.eitesr sea
pou,er at that time, didn't lil(e Drakc sailing ar-ound the lvorld. So
the Spanish ldng, Philip, sert nlary ships to iD\?de Britain, bnl
the English i{on the first battle aDd the SpaDish lost lots ol ships
in a terrible srorln. EliTabeth \yas very häppv about that: LnglaDd
u,as safe igain. {El She died in 1603, iiicr nlost 50 years as queer,
and tlre Scottish ldng,Jancs, bcrllnc king ofLrglaDd. Scotland
and heland.

1 Lo suvive = to livc (and not dicl 2 1(, divorce


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1. But he otso soid thot I\,4ory or ELizobeih coutd become queen of Enqlond. L
2. He wonted his cousin lone to be queen. _L
3. Droke wos ihe first Enqlishmon who soiled oround the world. l')
4. She hod been the wife of Henry's otder brother, Arthur, but Arthur hod dled. L E
5. She rever morried ond didn t hove ony children.

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Underline the sentences in the text thot onswer the questions. Then write the onswers to the questions
on the lines.

1. W-hy did Henry wontto end his morrioge with Cotherine ofArogonT
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2. Which three English kings orqueens were sons ordoughters of HenryVIII?


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3- Why did Elizobeth hove o hord time when she wos o chitdT Give one reoson.

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4. Whot were Henry ond his doughter Elizobeth both very good ot?
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tußq 4 Think of heodings for the three porogrophs of the text.

* 5 Imogine you could osk Henry vlll or Elizobeth I two questions. Whot woutd you osk?
t'ßf; o) Write down yoürquestions.

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QQ b) Now your portner is Henry di Elizobeth. Ask him or her your questions ond he or she hos to think
of on onswer. Then your portner osks you his or her questions ond you hove to onswer them. o

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Answer the questions- You don't hove to write complete sentences.

1. Whot is Stonehenoe? '


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2. Whot did theVikings do when they come to Englond?

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4- Whot were cities tike in the Industriol Revotution?

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Complete the sentences obout British history.

You could only go to the l,riltl" Isles before 6000 :L becouse there wos

!,, * mode of ice.Then there wos o lot ofchonge between 650 BC


( e Hc .the Romons.the Ahc,lo l c,/on \
ond 1056 AD. The
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the Vikings ond the Nor""q-l come to Britoin.ln 1485 the people of

,t . T" ).,r fomily begon to be kings ond queens of Britoin.

3 I con understond o text qbout o historicol event.

Atler the Normans had conlc to lnglard and Wales, aher- moved on to Irel:tnd in 1169.
Diarnait Milc Murchad:r, thc king ofl-eiDSter (}.hich is in Ireland), hiLd asked them to come.
Atier Dillnlait's ncighbours had in\.aded I eins.er, he nccdcd hclp to gct his conntiy back.
Thc \ornans came, but as vou can il1ragine, they di.ln't go b:rck to Lrgland, just as the
Anglo Saxons hadD t gone back ro Getmany oI Denlnark before. Orle ofthe most popü] r
l sh sumames, Walsh, comes liom Lhc NorDäDs r.ho r.e[t fiom \Vale s to Irehnd dur ing
that tillle.

Complete the sentences obout the text:

1. The Normons went to Irelond becoul

ll.-c,v .ft ccn,c


2. The reoson why he did thot wos thot €,ha
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3. The problem wos thot the Normons ^.4
1!- lrish surnomes like Wolsh

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IJse the informotion from the tobte to write o short text obout lomes Wott.

the modern steom


(1735 1819) englne

Inue,/or lio t)t( d,or"e icollo^ 1.


t /?a u..

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o/ bee^ ii r.€^ 'y'c].
Hove you heord of Robin Hood and
5 I cqn understqnd o story from the pqst.
$en? Ihey foughl for lhe poot
people- They slole r oney from lhe
rich people and gave it lo lhe poor.
How Robin Hood soved WiLl Stutly

One d.ly an old lDaD calre to RobiD Hood and to]d hiln, Th€ SLle ff of
Nottiflgham caught one ofyoul rren - \vi]l Stutly. He is in p].ison no\\,.
They süy that he killed nro ofthe Sherifl s soldieI§ and they r.ant to
hang him lomollow on a tree oulside the casr]e.'
Robin c:rllcd for his mcn rncl sri(i, 'lhe ShcriII has car.tght \\riil and
warts to haDg hilnl Go and get gre€n clothcs and wcar thcln tonrorr.olv."
His men did so änd the next day thel, all hid in the tbr-est ar-ound rhe
tree wher-e the Sherill wanted to hang \vil]. Soon rhe Sherif came out
ol lne..r. ,. s',rh \^ ill'rnd m..n\ .old..r\ h'.lJ h...'.. rop, ..ror.r I n .
hands. \\-hefl they arrived at thc trec, thc Sheriffind his so]diers coul.l
nut.., Rub:n..n.l h. rLnb'1-.r.' ul \,i !l .1n,lurh,..\'..i,i,r1.
thcl, c:Inre out ofthe forest and Robir took out his sr.ord. Hc cut
thlough the rope around will s hands ard took hiln with hiln. täst
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as they had corne out ofrhe foresr, thev$,ere back irl again. The Shefff
r?s very angry i1nd shouted. "Catch thelDl ' The soldiels rall into the
forest. but their armorlr was so heavy lhat they didn't hale a chince.
AI1 they coüld hcar lvas thc chcc ng ol Robin ind his mcn. ä *Ä

Reod the text ond tlck the correct endingl

L The oLd mon ... 3. Robin ond his men wore green ctoth-os

hod bod news for Robin. B becouse...

cought Will Stutly. tr the old mon hod told them to do so. tr
didn't know where the Sheriff
then the Sheriff couldnt see them. tr
hod token Wltl. tr Will liked the co(our tr
2. The Sheriff... 4. Robin ond his men -..

wonted to k€ep Wilt in prison. n couLdn t sove Will. tr


wonied to killWilt. N hod o Lonq fight with the Sheriff's soldiers. x
sent the old rron to Robin. n were very hoppy. x
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OI I con understqnd historicolfocts obout Britoin.


There has been a stone circle in the south ofEngland for
over 4,000 years. We don't lotow who built it or \yhy. This
rnakes it so interestiDg that more than a million tourists
vis;r Sronelenge e\ ery yeär.
Lat€r different people invaded Englalrd. The Romans .]'
r r n e Fr'51. rhen rhere $ ere lhe qnglo-\axons who camc
and stayed. The Vildngs iDvaded cities like York in 866.
I111066 the Nomans came across the sea fiom Flance,
fhe Ifldustrial Revolution was from 1780 to 1840. There
were lots offactories and the cities wer.e often di y. Today
there is less indNtry and the cities ar.e rDuch nicer. A Normon costle in Woles

Is the informotion riqht, wrong or not in the text? Tick the right box.

true folse not in the te

1. Stonehenge wos bullt in 4,000 BC.

2. The Vikings irvoded the islond of Lindisforne.

3. The Normons come from IreLond.


Around 1800 the foctories rrode the cities very dirty.

a) 2 I c(.n present historicol informotion.


When wos it? Write the nomes ond the focts in the riqht box.
t Lt VIII
I
I lond bridoe of ice
Elizobeth I

4,000 yeors ogo

6dria,ntl
Romon Britoin
y'req {,u,^Jet Lon ion
Viking Age
th:F!

Normon Britoin

The Tudors

Industriol Revolution

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o3 I con understqnd o text obout o historicol event.
Reod the text on poge 12 ofyourworkbook ogoin.Where con you find which informotion ? Write the line.

1. Somebody osked the Norrnons to go to Irelond. l-ru e


2. Leinster is o port of Irelond. {tae
3. Mony Norrnons stoyed in lrelond.

4. Mony Irish peopte stil{ hove surnomes frorr this time.

o4 I con describe inventors ond their inventions.


Choose on invention from poge 6 ofthis book ond write three sentences obout it.

F I _ri'tL_
.i l-iiaü're "
+i'L!l+

o5 I con understond o story from the post.

the Sherifi of

one of Robin's men

I hope thot Robin will conre ond sove me.

2_ The next person lwont to cotch is Robin Hood. { k t L,,,r{ oe l'/o{it? Äata

3. I hope thot my pLqn wiltwork. Por n- ,loo)


I hove to tell Robin Hood oboutthis. He con help.

5. This ormouris very heovy.lt's so hord to move. 6 olo (r _


6. Robin's;deo is qreot.Ihey cont see us. a, r .{ ,)" - ,-*.

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-'

DICTIONARY SKILLS

Lost in trqnslqtionl There ore some words in this text lr- r'
you might not know. Don't look the- :
-
in o dictiorory, but try to understonc
\\rhen you tr-a\.el to other coüntrics, you
text without them first.
olten see funny English sentcnces. You caD
find them in hotels, rcstauartr and shops
arouDd the worki $,hen people want to give language into another, but thc results can be
Ilorln.rrion.r ln!,1i. r. r.ur dor"r lt\e rhr rerlble loo.
right words. for exxmple, a progran that tr-aDslates
lor urirmple. r slgn in .r NilrrobirLstrulrnt Enelish into RüssiaD pr.oduced this wonderfu
\irJ\. Cu\tomers \vho find urtl u/äitr'ess rltde rcsült: Ir trauslated the sentcrcc The rpirit
--,,F' should see the manager." A hotel for-example was $,illiDg, but the Ilcsh was weak" ärst
pul up this sign: "The js"b,.:jlg fxed. We're into Russian ard then beck into English. The
Äift
tr( sorrythat you wjll be uDbeaEble-;OÄarother sentence ended üp as "Ihe voalka was good.
one where they say "The liIt is disabled." but the meat was bad." mgi:§&&XW5gI
{'
Such examples sborv what can happcn \\rhen Once morc, this l,Lllrtsrl D()
you trarslate word by word oI ifyou doD t use shows that language is NO',I' ülIDTl'
a dictionary careftrlly. more rhan just words
Yoult D0a;
IIBIIII
So caD techlologv hc]p? Ther-e ar-e colnpllrcr and thäl conrext is
programs which car change a text liom one il-,iaii"r,.ool i-*alt
I tlaDslation = Uberserzu,g

)e r . I Try to understond the text.


First reod the text without o dictionory. Expioin in your own words whot the probtem is_
Then look up ony words you don't know.

zgnfi 2 Use o dictionory to exploin how the wrong trqnstotions hoppened. Whot do the words
meon?

-/-,.' :t{ *t€br4 disobled


to fix sth \cbr/ Lt;r:) spirit(s)

unbeoroble flesh

,gtrÄ 3 How do you tronslqte these expresslons with lqbglg?


'L
to hove o boby

2. to hove some more coffee

3. to hove to go

4. to hove a both l,^ )tn


5. to hove lunch

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Here you coh learn how to find
lhe ght word in a dicliorary. €, Lösuf,gen online
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2epn 4 Use o dictionory qnd tronslote these Germon phroses correctly.

1. ouf dem Loufenden sein (+ "to be on the run')

2. unter vier Augen mit jem. sprechen (+ "to speok to sb under four eyes")

3. Dos worfür die Kotz. (+'Thotwos forthe cot.')

2el2.! 5 Hove q took ot this dictionory entry.

talk [brk] I.n .:l [dßcusslan) Ce talk ba(k fi eine lreche AnLwo[ ge
sptech nt; lcanveßatianl Unterhal ben Don't forgel, lhere is
tmg /, to have a - with sb mit jdm talk out /r i dr'sar7J's rftorol€ll]rr alro o liltle diciiondry
r€den; heart-to-heart - offene Aus- to - out 1l sth etr,v arLSdiskutieren ol lhe end ol yaur
sptache :ii lecture) ValrJag m ,1[for löe perJuas el to - one's way out book stariihg on
mal discusslansJ -s p1 Gespräche pN of sth siah aus etw drf heraLLsreden
Pose 2O3.
peace 's Friedensverhandlungen p1 /corflnaa nrtb.rto - sb out ofsth
ll.lli [speak) sprechen, r€den laiout idm etw ausreden
über,/tolwith mitl; to ' to sb on the talk ov€r rl d.rrchsprechen
phone mil jdn] telefonieren; to - to
oneself Selbstgespräche ütuen III. vl
üän: discussJ to - bl]siness über Ge.
schäfte sprechen to - ltorse[se
lpel, Unsinn rcden If you need more help, look ot p. 29
in your book ogoin.

Hove o look ot ihe dictlonory entry ond onswer these questions.

1. Whot is the root word?


2. Why does it hove two entrles. I ond II7
3. How mony meonings does the noLrn 'tolk' hove?
4. Whot does the word 'speok' tellyou?

The entry of'tolk' is quite Long becouse yoLl con olso use the word with other words. Con you fnd out
the rneoninq of these verbs? Write dowr whot they meor.

1. to tolk bock

2. to tolk over

3. tolk one's woy out of sth

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Revision

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Word order
:ris !l 1 Find the mistoke.
Reod the sentences. Some o, them hove got o word thot should not be there. Write iton the line
or put o tickr/ if there is no mistoke

1. The istonds whose the Vikings invoded were the British Istes.
2. There hod to been mo.y bottles between the Cetts ond the Anglo_Soxors

3. The Celts were one of the most eorllest peopLe in Britoin.

4. The Normons bullt mony costles.

,vs!1 2 Moke questions. Ask for the g!4S4!E§lports of the sentences.

1. londs Fox is try.elvsJg:i old.


tS
,l
2. rt is his job gsp.eJgQ,q!il-Ibgu!-4s-+
l,t,r - ri/'
3. He sits in the dork.

4. Mineas hod conories in their tunnels becouse they smell gos sooner thon o mon.

u 'Ae o.ihe;! ,a r 'C! i^ a La

5- lonos ron through lhe tunnel os fost os he could

r,rsfr J ( spraxnre ) Moke o history timeline ond tolk qbout it.


o) Look ot these events ond find the rightorder.Whot hoppened fir§t, whot come next? Numberthem.

aa h) Tolk obout the events wlth o portner Moke q sentence thot Iinks the first two events. Use the post tense:
ond one of the linking words. If your sentence is riqht, your portner chooses ihe third event- He or she h:
to connect it with the second event ond use o tinking word. Then it is your turn ogoin

ccril!ilrtil
Ar After the lond brldge between Britoin ond the rest of Europe hod rrelted ..

\,n"',I*"andL.nX* Durrdll
l*IY,,,,,, rhe Aormans ,"nln,^,",
nenrv v't\ote\
diesonhisrhip.
betweert Dtitoin
of . i
'"''"'
the Iower at the aqe af 55

/'"" o\ -
i wiiriom sha["rP€are ii 'rhe
d trl-l-nl
J writes his famous ^ . arrive i xexander erohan iI
ii _, celtr _,-
The fir§t "--,"-,-.
".-^, factories
I
I prays. i! and build forts i ffi;;;;,.-;-
'
' "
;;;;;
)e ePhat?
open rn Briiain
ot ioaa.
r-nT
, nod"

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Revision |
- -
3r+ : 4 Put in the right linking word: gIIsI, COd, bgsgggg, !gl9l9, E! or g!!!g.
1. The Celts hod to go to Woles ond Cornwoll the Anglo Soxons stoyed in EngLond.

2 The Normons ottocked Enolond loter they moved on to lrelond.

3. the Normons hqd invoded Iretond, mony people used French words there.

4. Elizobeth wos queen of EngLond Wi{Liom Shokespeore wos writing his ploys.

5. Admirol Nelson died on HMS Victory, the British won the bdtrl-" ofTrofoloor

6. Most people hod worked on forms the Industriol Revoluiion storted.

3V5rl 5 Whereconyou put the signql word? Tick the right box.

1, Gwen ond herfotherwent toomuseum obout the Normons in WoLes

2. They hove been to three costles too.

3. They hove not been to Cordiff


4. They will go there
5. They ore visitinq Swonseo.

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Rewrite the text. Moke it better - Use linking words ond retotive pronouns,
The Aiglo-Saxom didn't invade wales. They
stayed iu the aleit thit is now c:rllcd Lnglard
( I and of the Anglcs"l. the Anglo Saxon kil]g Oftä
bL1ilt a $,a11. It w calLed offa's Dyke. The wall
protccted thcn fr-on] the Welsh. The lvelsh leadet
Llywcllyn ap crurydd died. The Er)glish king Did th€ Anglo-Saxons
td$,:rrd I invaded \,\rales. Tlre Welsh didn'L like
thät. They fought back. The English built many
castles. Thev wanted to protcct their Lrrights fiorr
tire l,Velsh. Owain Clvndn r was a $tlsh leader.
He iolrghl iLgainst the Lrglish. He \\ron many
baft]es. ln thc crd. he lost.

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