ACTIVITY 1
Exercise 1 Listen to the video about the Boudicca and fill in the gaps with the correct regular verb.
https://youtu.be/hYwds_rVGyA (última visita 15/04/2022)
BOUDICCA
Have you heard of Boudicca? She was queen of the Iceni, a tribe of people who ___1__ in Eastern England in Britain almost two thousand years ago. Boudicca was tall with very long red hair and wore a gold necklace and a beautiful brooch. She was very intelligent and she had probably been to warrior school so she knew how to fight. By Ad 43, the Romans had conquered southern England.
At first, they allowed Boudicca and her husband to continue to rule. But when Boudicca’s husband __2___ the Romans took all his land and property, they __3___ to rule de Iceni and they treated them very badly, so in ad 60 or 61 Boudicca and the Iceni ___4__ against the Romans together with other tribes who were also treated badly by the Romans. Boudicca and her large army __5___ one Roman army and destroyed the capital of Roman Britain, Colchester. In Colchester, she ___6__ the temple built for Emperor Claudius. They also destroyed two more cities; many people died.
“Now, I am fighting for my freedom, we must win the battles or die. Let the men live as slaves if they want, I will not”
Finally, Boudicca and her army were defeated. The surviving Iceni people ran away or were turned into slaves. Boudicca probably ___7__ herself with poison, her body has never been found. The rebellion was so shocking to Emperor Nero, the ruler of the Roman Empire, that he __8___ to withdraw from Britain.
In the end, the Romans occupied Britain for over 350 years more, but they also __9___ the British people more fairly, and __10___ lower taxes. Boudicca has been an inspiration for other female leaders such as Elisabeth I or Queen Victoria. Her rebellion was one of the most significant against the Roman Empire. Now Boudicca is ___11_____ as one of Britain’s greatest heroines.
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----lived ----treated ----killed ----defeated ----died ----rebelled ----destroyed ----remembered ----decided ----introduced ----wanted
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| Voiceless sounds are pronounced with /t/ | Voice sounds are pronounced with /d/ | Verbs with /t/ or /d/ as a final sound are pronounced as /id/ |
| (p -s -sh -ch f p k -x) | (m r n l b v z y g w) | |
| Ex: cooked = /k0kt/ | Ex: called = /kold/ | Ex: waited = /weitid/ |
| fixed = /fixt/ | closed = /klozd/ | needed = /nidid/ |
Exercise 2. Place the regular verbs from the text in the corresponding column
| -ed as /d/ | -ed as /t/ | -ed as /id/ |
Exercise 3: Answer the following questions about the text:
1. Who was Boudicca?
2. Who were the Iceni?
3. What happened when Boudicca’s husband died?
4. What did Boudicca do?
5. Who won at the end?