Stonehenge
Complete the exercise to re-create the passage.
1. [Match]
Match the halves to get the information!
Answers for Quiz [1].
- 1. from the old English word `henge’ . (correct)
- 2. so it literally means `the hanging stones’. (correct)
- 3. a World Heritage Site in 1986. (correct)
- 4. at this amazing feat of engineering. (correct)
- 5. most sophisticated stone circle in the world. (correct)
- 6. of the original monument. (correct)
- 7. been carried away or eroded. (correct)
- 8. thousands of people gather around the stone circle to watch the sun rise. (correct)
- 9. the reason for the existence of Stonehenge is still uncertain. (correct)
2. [Match]
Now for some history!
Answers for Quiz [2].
- 1. between 3,000BC and 1,500BC. (correct)
- 2. the monument. (correct)
- 3. were spent on it altogether. (correct)
- 4. was built around 5,050 years ago. (correct)
- 5. surrounded by a deep ditch and bank. (correct)
- 6. using animal bones and deer antlers. (correct)
- 7. this time using bluestones. (correct)
3. [Match]
Amazing, when you think about it ……
Answers for Quiz [3].
- 1. in Pembroke, South Wales. (correct)
- 2. by sea and on land. (correct)
- 3. each bluestone weighs about five tons. (correct)
- 4. was first created. (correct)
- 5. even bigger stones called Sarsen stones. (correct)
- 6. weigh around 45 tons. (correct)
- 7. using balls of stone. (correct)
- 8. linked on the top by the lintels. (correct)
- 9. how they managed to get the stones to stand upright. (correct)