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Was King Arthur only a Legend? Before you read XKHE L D I C S J Y FM OTULWCEOHLJRC Page 6 Exercise 1 Page 9 Exercise 1 PADVENTUROUSN Open answer. a. 5 b. 3 c. 4 d. 1 e. 2 SEGRABHROYCPG Page 6 Exercise 2 GRPLOYEATAUH I a. Tintagel b. Winchester c. Dozmary AML V K E U G P L B C B CHAPTER ONE SWORD BATTLE–AXE Pool d. Cadbury Castle e. Glastonbury BDJAFR I ENDLYA Page 13 Exercise 1 SCKXOSKOVHROS 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. A 6. C NZVKPAJUXVAUH CHAPTER FOUR Before Arthur’s Time PQAJMI FSOYF I T Page 32 Exercise 1 Page 8 Exercise 1 ZIFBUNDBFMYRX Before you read 1. B 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. B SXOFGJZVRAO 8. A 9. B 10. A Page 14 Exercise 1 DSHADRIANGH 1. B 2. A 3. C 4. A 5. B 6. C B Page 32 Exercise 2 BSRQYPED IHZ a. friendly b. courageous a. with b. during c. of, in d. out RZEJCAESARL e. with CHAPTER TWO c. loyal IOXRLVRGQKW d. adventurous TRGDAMTHMEO Page 25 Exercise 3 ABL I UGVS I JD Page 18 Exercise 1 CHAPTER FIVE a. doesn’t like eating NPCNDSUOWLX 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. B 5. A 6. A 7. B 8. A b. liked fighting Page 36 Exercise 1 NVJB IWFAGPJ c. liked causing trouble IOHFUQPFBVC Page 18 Exercise 2 d. didn’t like riding 1. B 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. C AUK I SEOPERK a. 10 b. 6 c. 8 d. 7 e. 2 f. 9 g. 3 e. likes reading Page 37 Exercise 2 h. 4 i. 5 j. 1 f. didn’t like living b. King Leodegrance was thankful to Open answers. Page 25 Exercise 4 him. Open answer. c. Arthur met her at the banquet.

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d. Merlin wasn’t happy with Arthur’s CHAPTER SEVEN Old Castles of Great Interest CHAPTER NINE choice, but he accepted his Page 56 Exercise 1 decision. Page 48 Exercise 1 Page 70 Exercise 1 e. King Leodegrance said, ‘Thank you a. Dover Castle 1. D 2. B 3. A 4. D 5. C 6. A 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. A 5. B 6. A 7. A for protecting us.’ b. Bamburgh Castle 8. B 9. A 10. B f. Arthur called them to sit at the Page 49 Exercise 2 c. Edinburgh Castle Round Table. A d. Carlisle Castle Page 70 Exercise 2 Open answer. Page 38 Exercise 3 Merlin: counsellor, wise, magician 1. A 2. B 3. A 4. C Arthur: king, friendly, courageous, loyal, Page 72 Exercise 3 2 adventurous, knight PROJECT ON THE WEB C 3 Lancelot: generous, kind, knight a. Arthur’s life was long. b. King Arthur’s going to France. 1 T A B L E G 4 Guinevere: wife, beautiful, queen Page 57 Galahad: courageous, loyal, knight c. Mordred’s army was in Dover. 1 M U A You can use any of the search engines, d. Sir Bedivere’s taken Excalibur to the B 2 E X C A L I B U R B eg. ‘Google’, ‘Yahoo’ etc. or you can use Lake. R L N M a. magician / wise www.aboutbritain.com and then type in e. is the names of the places. 3 S A X O N S E 4 Y E S b. king / courageous, adventurous, f. is g. has V T V loyal and friendly h. genitive E 5 U T H E R c. knight / generous and kind Before you read d. queen / beautiful R Page 73 Exercise 4 e. knight / loyal and courageous Page 57 Exercise 1 6 M E R L I N the year, king, magician, Archbishop, Page 50 Exercise 3 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. A 5. A 6. B noblemen, great church, Christmas Day, a. Do not enter b. Give money c. Take stone, sword, written, pulls, true, me d. Don’t open e. Tell me f. Stop Arthur, new, good, Merlin, Excalibur, Before you read CHAPTER EIGHT married, Round Table, Holy Grail, disappeared, Galahad, Bors, Percival, Page 61 Exercise 1 Page 39 Exercise 1 Castles Mordred, return, Mordred, army, died, 1. A 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. B 7. D Avalon. 1. C 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. A 6. B Page 52 Exercise 1 8. A 9. C 10. C Page 62 Exercise 2 6 CHAPTER SIX The Round Table F 8 Where is the Holy Grail now? I J Page 62 Exercise 3 Page 75 Exercise 1 Page 43 Exercise 1 E 7 2 E N E M Y Open answer. 1. e 2. l 3. i 4. f 5. h 6. a 7. j 8. b 1. A 2. A 3. B 4. B 5. B 6. B 7. A 1 N O B L E M E N S 9. g 10. k 11. d 12. c 8. A 9. B Page 63 Exercise 4 D O T 1. at the end 2. is dangerous 3. likes Page 43 Exercise 2 D U N G E O N 3 4. over 5. weighed a. beautiful b. king c. strong N R 9 Where was King Arthur Buried? Page 63 Exercise 5 d. protect e. forest f. queen T F Page 77 Exercise 1 g. dangerous A E Open answers. 1. grave 2. monks 3. 12th 4. peasant Page 44 Exercise 3 4 M U S I C I A N S 5. house 6. apple 7. church 8. dying a. her b. my c. our d. his e. your N C Before you read 9. island 10. near f. their 5 H U T S E Page 64 Exercise 1 Page 44 Exercise 4 1. knights 2. rule 3. killed 4. furious Open answers. 5. battle 6. Mordred

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1 Circle the correct answer. 3 Put the verbs into the Past Simple tense.

a. King Arthur fought against the Romans / Saxons from the year 513 to The Knight (be) 1...... an important figure in the feudal system of 537. the Middle Ages. He (defend) 2...... his king, his country and his b. The first inhabitants of Britain were the Romans / Celts. church. Knights usually (come) 3...... from rich and noble families. They c. King Arthur was a Celtic / Roman leader. (begin) 4...... their training when they (be) 5...... very d. King Arthur’s castle was in Winchester / Camelot. young as pages. They then (become) 6...... squires and finally e. His round table is in the old castle / church in Winchester. knights. Knights (wear) 7...... fine clothes and heavy armour. They (fight) 8...... with a shield, a lance and a long sword. Each knight (carry) COMPREHENSION 9...... a shield with a particular colour and design on it. 2 Are the following sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences. 4 Fill in the gaps with one of the following prepositions.

TF for near on in (x 2) of (x 2) around a. Young Arthur pulled the sword out of the stone and he became King of Britain. b. Arthur didn’t like adventures. The first castles were made 1...... wood. They were built 2...... hills. There was a high fence all 3...... them. People c. Arthur lost his sword during a fight with Sir Pellinore. lived 4...... the field below, 5...... huts. d. Arthur went to the lake and found Excalibur. Later castles were made 6...... big stones. Every castle had a e. Princess Guinevere was King Leodegrance’s sister. dungeon. It was a cold, dark place 7...... prisoners. Castles were 8 f. King Arthur married Guinevere. built ...... rivers and seas. g. The Round Table was a gift from King Leodegrance. FJLNCQVWBPY h. Lancelot’s son was Sir Galahad. 5 WORD PUZZLE PGALAHADSEC i. Many knights went to the Holy Land and looked for Can you remember the names the Holy Sword. OMNATHU THL U of five of the knights of the AECDBPSRKLG j. The Lady of the Lake took the dying King to Avalon. Round Table? Circle their names. RIECTORZUIL

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6 Write your own sentences about King Arthur. 1. a. Saxons b. Celts c. Celtic d. Camelot e. castle 2. a. T b. F – He was very adventurous. King Arthur was ...... c. F – His sword broke during a fight with Sir Pellinore...... d. T e. F – She was his daughter...... f. T ...... g. T h. T ...... i. F – They went to look for the Holy Grail...... j. T 3. 1. was 2. defended 3. came 4. began 5. were 6. became 7. wore 8. fought ...... 9. carried 4. 1. of 2. on 3. around 4. in 5. in 6. of 7. for 8. near 5. 7 What was your favourite part of the story? FJLNCQVWBPY

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