because it was very smelly, and they probably didn’t want people falling in (…hehehe
…) now there’s just grass where the water used to be.
Task 3 (5 min)
Read the text quickly and try to find answers to your questions.
Task 4. (5 min)
Below there are some True/False questions. Read them first and then read the
text in order to answer them.
a. The Tower was built in 1066…………………………………………………
b. The Tower was not a safe place for those who lived in……………………...
c. There was water all around the Tower……………………………………….
d. Everybody could get into the Tower………………………………………....
e. There is grass now round the Tower………………………………………….
Task 5 (5 min)
Find words in the text that mean the following:
a. Some people we are not friends and fight with:
b. We need to have this to get into a military camp:
c. Things we throw away when we do not need them…………………………...
d. This helps us walk over a river………………………………………………..
e. The outer covering of potatoes………………………………………………..
Task 6 (4 min)
Can you find on the plan of the Tower the following?
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
The moat
The drawbridge
The smaller towers
The river Thames
The walls
Task 7 (5 min)
Try to find where the words in bold refer to:
Paragraph 1
a. It was built a long time ago…
b. After he died other kings …
Paragraph 2
a. Later on King Richard dug a big ditch around it and filled it…
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