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Pre-Celtic Britain
Read the following sentences and say whether they are true or false.
A: Britain was already inhabited six thousand years ago.
B: The early inhabitants of Britain cut down the forests in order to build places to live in.
C: They created spaces both for ceremonies and defence.
D: Stonehenge is in the northwest of England.
E: During the Bronze Age the inhabitants of Britain started metalworking and manufacturing leather.
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The Middle Ages: key dates
Complete the sentences with the correct year in which the events took place.

1. Hadrian's wall was built in ________.
2. The Romans withdrew from Britain in ________.
3. Augustine was sent to Britain in ________.
4. Venerable Bede completed The Ecclesiastical History of the English People in ________.
5. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle was commissioned in ________.
6. William I was crowned in ________.
7. The Domesday Book was completed by ________.
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The Celts
Complete the text with the correct information.

From the 8th century the Celts began to arrive from ________ and the signs of their ________ in Britain can still be found today in languages such as Welsh and ________. They were ________, hunters, fishermen and ________ workers and they introduced new tools, which made it easier to cultivate the soil and to find shelter in times of war. There were no differences between ________ and there was even a ________, Boadicea, who rebelled against the ________. When we speak about the Celts, we immediately think of their priests, the ________, who had a major role in religion, justice, education and medicine. ________ was fundamental for the Celts: most of all, ________ was important as it was considered the origin of life, and symbolised immortality and reincarnation.
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The Romans
Read the following sentences and say whether they are true or false.
A: The Romans invaded Britain in the first century BC.
B: They were not interested in settling in Britain.
C: Britain was considered an excellent military base in case of war.
D: Many Roman constructions have survived.
E: The names of many current British cities come from Roman bridges.
F: The name of the British capital means 'the lowest bridgeable point' on the river that flows through it.
G: The Romans were chased away by the Barbarian raiders.
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The Anglo-Saxons
Complete the text with the words below.

The Anglo-Saxons were peoples coming from Northern ________ and they settled South of Hadrian's Wall because they preferred the ________ rather than the higher parts of the country. The basis of their society was the ________, and they used to meet in a ________. The name of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms was ________. They brought Britain back to ________, and that is why Pope Gregory I sent ________ to England to try to reintroduce ________.
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Christianisation
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Canterbury Cathedral was founded in 602 and Augustine became the first Bishop of Canterbury, the most important role within the Church of Rome. As a consequence of Christianisation, England joined Europe's ecclesiastical culture. The monasteries became important political centres where illuminated books were produced and where people were educated. The scholar Venerable Bede, 'the father of English literature', wrote his famous work in one of these places; he was the first person to use the word 'Angle-land'.
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The Vikings and Alfred the Great
Read the following sentences and say whether they are true or false.
A: The Danes occupied England and developed their culture there.
B: They helped maintain the culture they had found on the island.
C: Alfred the Great gave an important impulse to culture.
D: Alfred the Great was the first to introduce a legal system in the country.
E: The collapse of Saxon England was due to another Viking attack.
F: The Saxons succeeded in defeating the Normans.
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The Normans
Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.

1. William ruled the ________ of Normandy.
2. He gave ________ to his barons in return for military service.
3. In the spring of 1066 William ________ his barons to claim the English crown.
4. There were 8,000 ________ in the Norman army.
5. The ________ soldiers formed an impenetrable shell with their shields.
6. The Anglo-Saxon king, Harold, was ________ by an arrow in his eye.
7. William was crowned in Westminster Abbey, in London, on ________, 1066.
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William the Conqueror
Tick the word or phrase which is not related to William the Conqueror.
A: Domesday Book.
B: Battle of Hastings.
C: Cavalry.
D: Castles.
E: Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
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The development of English
Read the sentences and choose the correct alternative to complete them.

1. The history of the English language began with the settlement of the ________.
2. The existence of a number of dialects was due to ________.
3. The periods into which the history of the English language can be divided are ________.
4. After the Norman Conquest the languages spoken in England were ________.
5. The presence of many synonyms in English is due to ________.
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