Unit: Place

Topic: Interesting place in community

What did you see on the video? What is she talking about?

ancient adj: belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past. Very old having existed for a very long time.

buried

v : to put someone who has died in grave. to put something under the ground, often in order to hide it.

pyramid n: a large stone building with four triangular three-side walls that slope in to a point at the top, especially in Egypt and Central America.

tomb

n:. a stone structure above or below the ground where a dead person is buried.

Egypt

n : a country in northeast Africa, next to Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea.

desertn : a large area of land where it is always very dry, and there is lot of sand. or A place where there is no activity or where nothing interesting happens.

Pharaoh

n: a ruler of ancient Egypt.

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Egypt

dessert

pharaoh

Past Simple Tense : passive

(S + was, were + v2)

Example: Carol : What was it used for ? Kevin : It was a tomb.

Pharaoh Khufu was buried there. It was called “Khufu Belongs to the horizon” by the ancient Egyptians.

ANCIENT EGYPT Carol: What are you reading? Kevin: A book about Egypt. Look, this is

the great pyramid of Khufue at Giza. It’s one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

Carol: When was it built? Kevin: More than 4,500 years ago.

Carol: What was it used for? Kevin: It was a tomb. Pharaoh Khufu

was buried there. It was called “Khufu belongs to the Horizon” by the ancient Egyptians

Carol: How big was it? Kevin: When it was built, it measured

about 150 meters.

_________1.The great pyramid of Khufue at Giza is one of the Seven Wonders of the World.

_________2.The great pyramid of Khufue was built more than 300 years ago.

_________3.The great pyramid of Khufue was a tomb.

_________4. The great pyramid of Khufue was big, it measured about 200 meters.

_________ 5. Pharaoh Khufu was buried in the great pyramid. It was called “Khufu belongs to the Horizon”

Pyramids This was a pyramid of Khufu at Giza. There was a secret hide inside…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….....

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Pharaoh

Desert

Egypt

Fact Opinion

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