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FIND OUT ABOUT HOMES IN DIFFERENT PERIODS OF BRITISH HISTORY. COMPLETE THE SENTENCES WITH THE PAST OF TO BE. The Celts ______________ in England from 700BC. The typical Celtic house _____________ (not) big. It _____________ small and round, without any windows. Was not was

Were not The Roman houses ________________ (not) like Celtic houses. Celtic houses Were _________________

very

simple, but Roman

houses ________________ were

very

beautiful. The floor of a Roman house __________________ often a mosaic. was

were Viking houses _______________ long buildings. Animals and people ______________ were together in the same building, so the house ________________ (not) very clean. Was not

was Henry VIII ________________ king during Tudor period in England. Tudor homes _________________ often black and white.

were

was Queen Victoria _____________ queen during the Victorian period. Victorian houses _______________ very attractive and the windows often colourful. were But the houses ________________ very close together.

were

 COMPLETE THE TEXT WITH THE CORRECT PAST FORM OF TO BE. was How 1 ________________ your last school trip? 2 _______________ it was interesting or surprising? Write to us and tell us all about it!

Our School Trip to Windsor Castle _________ _______ _______ ______ _______ _______ ______ _______ _______ ______ _______ ______ _______ _______ ______ _______ ______

by Samantha Black _________ _______ _______ ______ _______ _______ ______ _______ _______ ______ _______ ______ _______ _______ ______ _______ _______

was Our last school trip 3 _____________ to Windsor Castle. Windsor Castle is one of the were Queen’s homes, but she only stays there at weekends. We 4 ____________ there on 5 6 a Monday, so the Queen and her family ____________ Were not there. They ____________ were at Buckingham Palace, the Queen’s home in London. were There 7 _____________ many beautiful chairs and carpets in Windsor Castle, but my 8 was favourite thing _____________ Queen Mary’s doll’s house. It 9 _____________ a was gift from the people of England to the Queen May, the wife of George V, in the Was not 1920s. Most doll’s houses are toys for children, but Queen Mary 10 ______________ 11 was a child at the time. She _______________ an adult. The doll’s house and the items were in it 12 _______________ miniature copies of Windsor Castle and the real things in it – furniture, curtains, lamps, bottles of wines and even toilet paper! The miniatures 13 ______________ amazing. I guess doll’s houses aren’t only for children.