The Reading / Listening - Stonehenge - Level 0

Scientists have found more about who built Stonehenge 5,000 years ago. This has been a mystery for thousands of years. Scientists say Stonehenge's builders lived 160 kilometres away in the mountains in Wales. The oldest human remains they found date back over 5,000 years.

Stonehenge is a ring of giant stones in southwest England. Each stone is four metres high and weighs 25 tons. Scientists are not sure how people moved the giant stones to Stonehenge. They think the people buried at Stonehenge were from people who helped transport the stones.

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Sources
  • https://www.npr.org/2018/08/03/635363118/builders-of-stonehenge-may-have-been-from-wales-more-than-100-miles-away
  • https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/who-built-stonehenge-ancient-druids-britons-pre-roman-a8474381.html
  • https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/02/revealed-stonehenge-buried-welsh


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Phrase Matching

Paragraph 1

  1. more about who
  2. This has been
  3. thousands
  4. Stonehenge's
  5. lived 160 kilometres
  6. the mountains
  7. The oldest human
  8. date back
  1. in Wales
  2. built Stonehenge
  3. remains
  4. a mystery
  5. over 5,000 years
  6. builders
  7. away
  8. of years

Paragraph 2

  1. Stonehenge is a
  2. giant stones in southwest
  3. Each stone is four metres
  4. Scientists are not
  5. how people
  6. the people buried at
  7. people who
  8. transport the
  1. Stonehenge
  2. high
  3. stones
  4. moved the giant stones
  5. helped
  6. England
  7. sure
  8. ring

Listening — Listen and fill in the gaps

Scientists (1) ___________________ about who built Stonehenge (2) ___________________. This has been a mystery (3) ___________________ years. Scientists say Stonehenge's (4) ___________________ kilometres away in the mountains in Wales. (5) ___________________ remains they found (6) ___________________ 5,000 years.

Stonehenge (7) ___________________ of giant stones in southwest England. Each (8) ___________________ metres high and weighs 25 tons. Scientists (9) ___________________ how people moved the (10) ___________________ Stonehenge. They think (11) ___________________ at Stonehenge were from people who helped (12) ___________________.

Put a slash (/) where the spaces are

ScientistshavefoundmoreaboutwhobuiltStonehenge5,000yearsago
.Thishasbeenamysteryforthousandsofyears.ScientistssayStonehen
ge'sbuilderslived160kilometresawayinthemountainsinWales.Theol
desthumanremainstheyfounddatebackover5,000years.Stoneheng
eisaringofgiantstonesinsouthwestEngland.Eachstoneisfourmetresh
ighandweighs25tons.Scientistsarenotsurehowpeoplemovedthegian
tstonestoStonehenge.TheythinkthepeopleburiedatStonehengewer
efrompeoplewhohelpedtransportthestones.

Student survey

Write five GOOD questions about this topic in the table. Do this in pairs. Each student must write the questions on his / her own paper. When you have finished, interview other students. Write down their answers.

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Discussion — Write your own questions

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Free writing

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