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1 EXTENSION Name: .........................................................

1 The words below appear in the text in Exercise 2. Write the words in your own language.
You can use a dictionary.
1 wealthy ............................................... 3 benches ...............................................
2 carriage ............................................... 4 seats ...............................................

2 Read the text about a museum exhibit.

ANDY’S BLOG
I visited the history museum last week with my friend We learned that many Romans travelled in a raeda, a
Jane, and we had a wonderful time. First, we went to carriage with four noisy wheels and wooden benches
see the exhibit about life in Ancient Rome. It’s an inside for the passengers. Raedas were like today’s
interactive exhibit, with 3D models and virtual reality buses, but because they made so much noise, they
trips through Ancient Rome with a virtual guide. couldn’t enter cities during the day. Rich Romans had a
form of transport called a carpentum. It was pulled by
On these trips, you feel like you’re walking down
horses and it had comfortable seats. Romans used to
ancient Roman streets. It was fun and interesting to
build rest stops every 25 to 30 kilometres on the roads.
see what people were wearing and to learn what used
Eating and drinking were very important to them, so
to be fashionable at that time. According to our virtual
they probably didn’t mind stopping every time they
guide, wealthy Romans used to travel quite a lot. The
reached a rest stop.
Roman Empire set up a network of incredible roads –
from northern England all the way to southern Egypt. The museum prohibits cameras, so I couldn’t take any
At one point, there were 85,000 kilometres of roads in pictures to show you. But you can go onto the
the Roman Empire. Of course, travel used to be much museum’s website and see some of the exhibits online.
slower than it is today. Today it takes almost two-and-a-
half hours to go from Rome to Naples. But it used to
take six days!

3 Write questions with the words below. Then answer the questions according to the text.
Use the Past Simple.
1 what exhibit / Andy and Jane / see / first

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2 what / the interactive exhibit / include

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3 how / Andy and Jane / learn / about fashion in Ancient Rome

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4 where / the Romans / set up / a network of roads

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5 what form of transport / rich Romans / use

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4 Complete the sentences with the affirmative or negative form of used to according
to the text.
1 It .................................................................. take nearly a week to travel from Rome to Naples.
2 Most Romans .................................................................. travel comfortably.
3 Romans .................................................................. stop frequently while travelling.

5 What do the following numbers refer to?

1 85,000 ..............................................................................................................................................................
2 two-and-a-half ................................................................................................................................................
3 6 .........................................................................................................................................................................
4 25 to 30 ............................................................................................................................................................

6 Write a blog post about a place that you visited. Include the following information:
• where you went
• who you were with
• what you did there
• your opinion of the place

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