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40 Slides • 30 Questions

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Historic Monuments

Which historic monuments can you name?

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Multiple Select

Which one is a TEMPLE?

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2
3

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Multiple Select

Which one shows an emperor?

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2
3

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Multiple Select

Which one shows pyramids?

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2
3

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This is the Coliseum in Rome.

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Multiple Choice

The Coliseum was a _______.

1

stadium

2

castle

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This is the Pharos of Alexandria in Egypt.

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Multiple Choice

The Pharos of Alexandria was a __________________.

1

temple

2

lighthouse

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This is Machu Picchu in Peru.

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Multiple Choice

Machu Picchu was an ancient _______________.

1

wall

2

city

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This is the Taj Mahal in India.

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Multiple Choice

Emperor Shah Jahan of India decided to build the Taj Mahal when his ________________ died in 1631.

1

wife

2

father

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This is the Tower of London in the UK.

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Multiple Choice

The Tower of London was a ______________.

1

statue

2

prison

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This is in China.

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Multiple Choice

The Chinese wanted to protect their country, so they decided to build the ________________.

1

Great Wall

2

Great Castle

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These are the Pyramids.

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Multiple Choice

The Egyptians created the Pyramids. They were tombs for the __________________.

1

Egyptian kings

2

Egyptian people

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This is the Temple of Artemis.

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Multiple Choice

The Temple of Artemis, one of Seven Wonders of the ancient world, was in the ancient city of __________________.

1

Troy

2

Ephesus

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READING

Ancient Wonder-World

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The Pyramids of Giza are some of the most famous monuments in the world.

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The Egyptians built the Pyramids about 4,000 years ago. 100,000 people worked for 30 years to build them.

(build                built / ago)

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The Pyramids were tombs for the ancient Egyptian kings, the Pharaohs.

(am, is are                was, were)

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Tutankhamun was a Pharaoh, king.

(1332-1323 B.C.)

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The biggest pyramid is the Pyramid of Cheops.

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Giza, with its pyramids, is one of the most popular cities with tourists from all over the world.

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Multiple Choice

How many people worked to build the Pyramids of Giza?

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100,000 people

2

1000 people

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Multiple Choice

Which is the biggest pyramid?

1

The Pyramid of Cheops

2

The Pyramid of Maccu Picchu

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The Colossus of Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the ancient world, too.

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It was a huge statue of the god of the Sun, at the port of the Greek island of Rhodes.

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Scientists say that it was as big as the Statue of Liberty in New York. 

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The people of Rhodes built this statue to thank the god of the Sun because he helped them save their island from their enemies in the 4th century BC. However, the statue fell down after an earthquake, in 226.

(build / built        help / helped          fall / fell)


(B.C.   Before Christ)

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Multiple Choice

What was the Colossus of Rhodes?

1

It was a port

2

It was a huge statue

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Another wonder of the ancient world was the Lighthouse or Pharos of Alexandria. It was a tower  in the city of Alexandria, in Egypt.

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In the 3rd century BC, King Ptolemy decided to build the lighthouse on the small island of Pharos, near the port of Alexandria.

(decide / decided)

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So, the building took its name from the name of the island. It was 140 metres tall and one of the tallest buildings in the world at that time.

(take / took)

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The lighthouse fell down after three earthquakes between 956 and 1323 AD.

(fall down / fell down)


(A.D.      Anno Domini (After the birth of Christ))

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Multiple Choice

How tall was the Lighthouse of Alexandria?

1

140 metres tall

2

956 metres tall

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Multiple Choice

Today, tourists can only visit _______________.

1

the Pyramids of Giza

2

the Colossus of Rhodes

3

the Lighthouse of Alexandria

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true?

1

The Pyramids of Giza were tombs for Cheops.

2

The Colossus of Rhodes was bigger than the Statue of Liberty

3

The Lighthouse of Alexandria is also called Pharos.

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Multiple Choice

According to the blog, the oldest of the three wonders is _________________.

1

the Pyramids of Giza

2

the Colossus of Rhodes

3

the Lighthouse of Alexandria

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Past Simple

am, is are              was, were

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Today is Tuesday.
Yesterday was Monday.

yesterday        it is / it was     he was / she was / I was

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I am in Çay now.
I was in Bursa last month.

last month, last week, last year

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There was "fez" for men many years ago.

There is hat for men now.

Many years ago Now

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We were at school last year.

We are at home now.

are      were         last year        we were / you were / they were

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I _______________ at the cinema yesterday.

A) was B) were

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May classmates and I ______________ at school last March.

​A) was B) were

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They ______________ in İzmir last month

​A) was B) were

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work-worked
dance-danced
stop-stopped
cry-cried
listen-listened
watch-watched
travel-travelled

..............

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We studied English yesterday.

We didn't study English yesterday.

studied / didn't study

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build-built
write-wrote
sell-sold
fall-fell
buy-bought
break-broke
speak-spoke
know-knew

....

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Some aliens built the Pyramids thousands of years ago.

Some aliens didn't build the Pyramids thousands of years ago.

build-built.             built-didn't build

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Elon Musk sent satellites to space last month.

He didn't send satellites to space last month.

send-sent             sent/didn't send

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Mary Curie won a Nobel Price once.


Mary didn't win a Nobel Price once.

She won a Nobel Prize twice.

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Did Alp Er Tunga die?

Yes, he did.
No, he didn't.

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Did Reşat Nuri Güntekin write Çalıkuşu?

Yes, he did.

No, he didn't.

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Multiple Choice

Tim Berners-Lee invented Facebook.

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

Who invented Facebook?

1

Marco Polo

2

Mark Zuckerberg

3

Steve Jobs

4

Bill Gates

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Multiple Choice

Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon in _____________.

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1939

2

1969

3

1999

4

1975

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Multiple Choice

Franz Kafka _______________ Metamorphosis many years ago.

1

write

2

wrote

3

written

4

writes

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Multiple Choice

America dropped two nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in_____________.

1

1918

2

1945

3

1950

4

1971

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Multiple Choice

Our teacher_______________ face shields on 3D printer last April and May.

1

produces

2

produced

3

producing

4

produce

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Multiple Choice

Miss Kiper ______________ a 3D printer to produce face shields 4 months ago.

1

bought

2

buyed

3

buys

4

buy

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Multiple Choice

We ______________ a comet Neowise last July.

1

see

2

saw

3

seed

4

seeing

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Multiple Choice

Aziz Sancar __________ a Nobel in 2015.

1

won

2

winned

3

wins

4

winning

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Multiple Choice

Guglielmo Marconi _____________ the Radio in 1898.

1

invented

2

invents

3

invent

4

inventing

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Multiple Choice

In 1955, the bus driver said: "Stand up, now!" But Rosa Parks didn't________________ and the police ___________ her.

1

stood up / arrested

2

standing up / arrests

3

stand / arrest

4

stand up / arrested

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Multiple Choice

Who invented Facebook?

1

Marco Polo

2

Mark Zuckerberg

3

Steve Jobs

4

Bill Gates

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