Listening Comprehension Activities. The Origin of Towns.
Before you listen, study the following vocabulary. Match the words with their definitions and guess their meaning.
a) soft wet ground
b) self-governing area
c) feel that you should do something for
the person because that person has done something for you
d) the beginning; the start of something
e) a large piece of land in the country that one person or family owns.
f) one of the parts of Great Britain
g) the facts that are true when something happens
h) the power to change what somebody believes or does
i) of the years between about 1100 and
1500 in Europe
1) origin
2) circumstances
3) influence
4) owe
5) county
6) estate
7) medieval
8) swamp
9) borough
2. Listen and say where the suffix —caster has come from.
Listen again and complete the sentences with the most suitable phrase.
1) When the Romans came to Britain, they saw...
a) how beautiful it was.
b) it was a land of swamps and forests.
c) large medieval castles all over the country.
2) The Romans built roads in Britain in order to...
a) build fortresses.
b) start the war.
c) move their troops about rapidly.
3) The Romans constructed camps for soldiers...
a) at road junctions.
b) near the big cities.
c) in small agricultural villages.
4) When the English became Christians,
a) they had to fight the Anglo-Saxons.
b) they had to build churches.
c) they built abbeys in different parts of the country.
5) In 410 В. С. the Romans...
a) left England.
b) destroyed the English towns.
c) built the city of Bath.
Q 6) The Normans built castles...
a) around the large medieval castles.
b) inside old boroughs.
c) near the ports.
Answer the questions.
1) What did Britain look like when the Romans landed on the island?
2) Where were the centers of trade situated?
3) What did the word "castra" in Latin mean?
4) Who destroyed almost all the civilization after the Romans had left?
5) Where did the Anglo-Saxons use to live?
6) Where did the English use to build their towns?
7) Where were the first ports built?
8) Where was the city of Bath built?
9) Who and what influenced the development of Great Britain?
10) Can you tell now what new facts from the history of Great Britain you have learnt while listening to the text?
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Complete the sentences.
1) After the Romans' departure, the English destroyed____________________________ .
2) The Anglo-Saxons didn't like living__________________________________________.
3) The Anglo-Saxons lived in_________________________________________________.
4) Their houses were built of_________________________________________________.
5) When the English became Christians, ______________ were built all over Britain.
6) Around the large medieval estates,__________ ________ began to develop.
7) On the South Coast______________ were established.
8) Towns appeared round the Norman _______________ .
Used to
/. In this exercise you have to complete sentences with used to...
Example. The baby doesn't cry so much now but she used to cry every night.
1. We live in Nottingham now but we_____________in London.
2. When I was a child I_______ice-cream but now I don't like it now.
3. She___________my best friend but we aren't friends any longer.
4. Now Tom has a car. He _________ a motor-cycle.
//. You have to write some sentences about the present Remember that there is no present tense of used to.
Example: Steve used to study hard but now he doesn't study very hard.
1. Tom used to play tennis a lot but now......
2. Ann never used to drink coffee but now...
3. Jack didn't use to be fat but now
4. Jill didn't used to go out much but now....
III. Say what the Britons used to do.
Example: Make everything of wood. - The Britons used to make everything of wood.
Eat simple food;
Wrap themselves in the skin;
Eat acorns and berries instead of bread;
Have the primitive way of life;
Build their towns on the tops of high hills;
Build high fences round their houses.
IV. Match pairs of words to get word-combination.
The Celtic
The primitive
In the middle
On the tops
Wooden
Simple
Before
Instead of
Wild
way of life
of the woods
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language
bowls
animals
era
food
of high hills
bread
V. For poor pupils:
Fill in the gaps with suitable words.
About 2,000 years ago________was known, as_________, and the people who lived there
were called the________. They belong to the_______and spoke the_______language. Their
way of life was very________. Their towns were in the middle of the woods or on the
______of the high hills. There were high _______round their houses to keep wild animals from
coming in the yard.
The Britons made everything of_________: wooden_______to sit on, wooden benches for
beds, wooden cups to drink out of. They used to wrap themselves in the skins of the wild animals
which they killed with their_______and_______. Their food was simple too. Most of the people
ate______and berries instead of bread. They drank milk. They could make cheese.
VI. Find irregular verbs and give me three forms.( to be, to speak, to make, to keep, to hold, to eat)
Combine pairs of antonyms:
Wild unwrap
Primitive after
Wrap in complicated
A top low
High a bottom
Before domestic
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