York

 

The guide’s description of York

      I.            Translate the words

1.     look for

2.     from the past

3.     used to be

4.     capital

5.     trading post

6.     settle

7.     disappear

8.     bury

   II.            Find the words in the text and read the sentences.

1.     archaeologist

2.     York

3.     Viking

4.     Britain

5.     wood

6.     ancient

7.     treasure

8.     rich

III.            Continue the sentences.

1.     Archaeologists look…

2.     York used to be one…

3.     In the 10th century…

4.     It was a famous…

5.     Vikings came from…

6.     Viking York…

7.     When Vikings died…

8.     Most of the city’s buildings…

IV.            True or false?

1.     Archaeologists are like teachers.

2.     York is one of the largest, richest and most famous cities in Britain now.

3.     People could come to York to buy and sell things.

4.     Vikings came from Norway and Denmark and settled in Britain in the years after 800 BC.

5.     Archaeologists have found some old buildings deep below the streets and buildings of the modern city.

6.     Archaeologists have found some graves in York.

7.     When Vikings died, all their treasures were given to their sons.

8.     In this grave archaeologists found a skeleton of a rich man.

   V.            Answer the questions.

1.     What do archaeologists do?

2.     What do the archaeologists want to see?

3.     What city was one of the richest in Britain in the 10^th century?

4.     Where did Vikings come from to Britain?

5.     What happened when Vikings died?

6.     What did archaeologist find?

VI.            Use these words to make a sentence.

1.       the 10^th century

2.       skeleton

3.       Viking

4.       Norway

5.       trading post

6.       archaeologists

7.       treasure

8.       buried