Adult - Stonehenge

Which word in the first paragraph means 'announced'?

• ancient

• declared

• located

• monumenr

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Which word in the second pararaph means 'a few'?

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CCSS.RI.4.4

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

Where did the stones, that were used in the second phase of Stonehenge, come from?

• Southern England

• Wiltshire

• Salisbury Plain

• South Wales

Which of these words could be synonyms for 'tremendous'?

• massive

• terrible

• confusing

• amazing

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

What is a temple mainly used for?

• observing the sun and stars

• praying to a religious diety

• healing sick people

• burying the dead

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CCSS.RI.5.2

CCSS.RI.6.2

CCSS.RL.4.2

CCSS.RL.5.2

CCSS.RL.6.2

What is a planetarium mainly used for?

• Praying to a religious diety

• observing the sun and stars

• burying the dead

• healing sick people

The UN ​ (a)   Stonehenge a World Heritage Site in 1986.

The stones were ​ (b)   overland to Salisbury Plain.

The bluestones were ​ (c)   on rafts down the coast.

During phase 3, the stones were ​ (d)   again, into a large circle.

• declared
• dragged
• floated
• rearranged

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CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

Stonehenge was a tremendous engineering ​ (a)   for the ​ (b)   people who built it. We don't know the ​ (c)   why it was built; it may have been a ​ (d)   , a planetarium or a burial site. Today, only about half of the ​ (e)   monument still exists,

• achievement
• prehistoric
• reason
• temple
• original

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CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.6.4

Match the words and their definitions

• mound

• to break a small piece off something

• worship

• to pray to a diety

• chip

• an adjective for the first of its kind

• bury

• to place a body in the ground

• original

• a small hill of soil and earth

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Match the words to the words and phrases with a similar meaning:

• pulled behind

• heavy

• weighing a lot

• declared

• very old

• logs

• stated

• ancient

• long pieces of wood

• dragged

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.4

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RL.4.4

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.5.4