| NEW WORD/EXPRESSION | EXAMPLE |
| evidence: one or more reasons for believing that something is or is not true | The police have found no evidence of a terrorist link with the murder |
| fact: something that is known to have happened or to exist, especially something for which proof exists, or about which there is information: | No decision will be made until we know all the facts. |
| gadgets: a small device or machine with a particular purpose | Have you seen this handy little gadget – it’s for separating egg yolks from whites. |
| tools: a piece of equipment that you use with your hands to make or repair something | The tool matters a great deal to him. |
| history: (the study of or a record of) past events considered together, especially events of a particular period, country, or subject: | I studied modern European history at college. |
| story: a description, either true or imagined, of a connected series of events: | Martha chose her favourite book of bedtime stories? |
| ancestors: a person related to you who lived a long time ago | There were portraits of his ancestors on the walls of the room. |
| NOUN | history | prehistory | archaeology | evidence | politics | presidency |
| NOUN (PERSON) | historian | – | archaeologist | – | politician | president |
| ADJECTIVE | historical; historic | prehistoric | archaeological | evident | political | presidential |
| VERB | populate | civilise | invade | reside | believe | survive |
| NOUN | population | civilisation | invasion | residence | belief | survival |
| NOUN PERSON | – | civilian | invader | resident | believer | survivor |
| Historic means important (or likely to be important):
A historic building/event/day Historical means connected with the study or representation of things in the past: a historical novel/ historical documents |
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Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs from the box. Some verbs can be used more than one time. Good luck!
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Several years have since I saw my friend Jenna.
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Driving lessons usually for about an hour.
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I last weekend camping with my friends.
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Food longer if you keep it in the fridge.
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If I travel during the rush hour, it me an hour to get to the city centre.
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I three hours writing the report for today’s meeting.
Choose the correct option. The word in bold means:
The party started at 8 and we arrived on time.
We have lived here for some time.
I am just getting off the bus so I will be there in no time.
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I have no time for Lisa- she is so rude and negative!
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I will try to make time for sports at least three times a week
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I killed time playing on the computer until you for here
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Take your time deciding which course you want to study
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We have archaeological _________ that people were living in Brittany, in north- western France about 12,000 years ago.
They made _______out of iron and this period is known as the Iron Age.
The people of this time had quite sophisticated _________ and strong tradition of telling stories orally but they left no trace of written language behind.
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The first people of Britain
The time from the arrival of the first modern humans to the beginning of the recorded history was a ________ of about 100 centuries or 4000 generations.
We know little about what ______ then because these ancient people left no written records.
Throughout prehistoric times there were many different ______ living in the British Islands.
These groups were often in ______with their neighbours and frequently attracted each other.
However, they also had contact with people in other parts of Europe and ______with them regularly.
The first written accounts of Britan ______ from the time when Julius Ceasar and his army invaded over 2000 years ago.
Interestingly, the Romans did not increase the number of people in Britain to any great extent. To a population of three million, Ceasar’s army and administration ______ only about 150,000.
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