Activities
Exercise One :Read the text and answer the following :
I- Say true or false
1- The Roman invasion took place because the Celts of Britain were working with the Celts of Gaul.
2- The first Roman general to invade Britain was Julius Caesar
3- The Romans brought the skills of reading and writing to Britain
4- the Celtic tribes fought among themselves,this helped much the Romans to conquer Britain.
5- The Romans underminded the Celts’madness for war .
6-The Romans could not spread their culture throughout Britain because of Celtic resistance.
Exercise Two: Match statements from column A with statements in column B
1- "Pretani "was
| a- bHalted the Romans invasion of Britain
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2- The Celts of Britain | b- The name given by Romans to the inhabitants of Britain
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3- Hadrian's wall
| c- Turned Britain to big food producer and exporter
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4- Britain’s mild climate | d- Kept out raiders from the North
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5- Boadicea's revolt | e- sheltered the Celts of Gaul from the Romans’attacks |
Exercise Three: Find definitions for the following words
1- peasantry 2- dwellers 3- war-mad 4- overstretched 5- raiders
Word | Definition |
1- peasantry |
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2- dwellers |
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3- war-mad |
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4- overstretched |
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5- raiders |
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Homework
Using the information in previous activities to summarise the text in no more than 15 lines.