English Exercises: Talking About The Past. Ancient Civilization. The Phoenicians (Author-Bouabdellah)

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Third Year Pupils - Literature & Foreign Language

Unit 01:Talking About the Past

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Ancient Civilizations

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PART ONE�: Reading.

� Read the following text carefully then do the activities� below.(click "pause" then on each thumbnail to read the pages one by one)

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A � Comprehension�:

I-Choose the best completion to the sentence.

�1-First, the Phoenicians �

�� a-were sailors and traders.��

�� b-were nomads living in the desert.

�� c-used to live along the eastern shore of the�Mediterranean.�

��2-Later after their arrival to Phoenicia, they�

�� a-continued wandering endlessly in the desert.

�� b-established in fixed locations.

��c-not only traveled over the desert but over the�seas too.

A typical

Phoenician

ship

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Phoenician

Sculpture

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Phoenician engraving

near Hippo

(Algeria)

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Phoenician

hieroglyphs

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Symbol of

beautiful woman

from Icosium (Algiers)

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�A street in ancient

Icosium (Algiers), Algeria.

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Another �street

in ancient

Icosium

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�Ruins from ancient

Hippo (Annaba), Algeria

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II-Say whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE.

�� 1-Unlike the Ancient Greek the Phoenicians were well-known

�� as traders and seamen.

�� 2-The Phoenicians travelled over vast areas over the world to do

�� business only. �

III-Answer the following questions according to the text.

��1-Where did the Phoenicians sail the farthest?

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��2-Who were the first to adapt the Phoenician alphabet and who were the last?

IV-Choose the best title for the text.

�� 1-The Phoenicians� Alphabet.��

�� 2-The Phoenicians Nomads, Seamen and Inventors.

3-The Phoenicians and the Other Civilization.

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B-Text Exploration:

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I-Find in the text words or expressions whose definitions are the following.

��1- People who purchase and maintain an inventory of

�� goods to be sold:

��2- Exchanging goods with goods without involving

�� money:

��3- Unique or specific to a person or thing or

�� category:

II-Rewrite the following sentence starting as shown.

��1-Originally, the Phoenicians were nomads. However, they managed to become seamen.

�� Though

��2-The human civilization developed because, among other factors, the Phoenicians invented the alphabet.

�� If,

III-Ask questions for which the underlined words/phrases in the text are the answers.

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IV-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final �s� or �es� in the table below. (NB: 1 box=1 word, 1 box=2 words separated by "-"�and 1 box=0 word)

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a- Greeks�� b- Cities�� c- Phoenicians

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PART TWO: Writing.

� Write a composition on the following situation. (06 pts)

Watch�this video retracing the Aztecs civilization�s rise and fall,�and write a coposition to summerize the information it contains. Remember to use a good paragraph structure with a topic sentence, supporting sentences, transitions and a conclusion.

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Now that you are done think about your present world. Remember that we have only one.

So get involved to make it better, because everyone can make a difference.

Visit this site and participate to�realize this�change.

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