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IV. Make up 10 questions to the text
V. Read the following sentences and decide if they are true or false. Use the phrases:
1. The Romans came from today's Italy in AD 55.
2. The Angles, Saxons and Jutes came from today's Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands in the 5-th century.
3. The Vikings arrived from Germany throughout the 9-th century.
4. In 1066 the Normans headed by Alfred the Great invaded from France.
5. The English are the descendants of all the invaders.
6. King Henry VIII united England and Wales under one Parliament in 1536.
7. The King of Scotland inherited the crown of England and Wales in 1703.
8. In 1707 England and Scotland were joined by Act of Union.
9. The British rules the seas, and are greatest traders now.
10. Since 1066 no enemy has crossed the channel and invaded the country.
VI. Change the following sentences into the passive form:
1. 1162, King Henry II made Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury.
2. The powerful men in England disliked Backet because he was not a nobleman. 3. Henry's knights entered Canterbury Cathedral and murdered the Archbishop on the steps of the altar. 4. In the 16lh century King Henry VIII established the Church of England. 5. Geoffrey Chaucer wrote his book "The Canterbury Tales" in the 14th century. 6. Travelling merchants brought the workers raw wool and cotton. 7. The flying shuttle reduced the time needed to wave by half. 8. James Watt perfected the steam engine. 9. Steam soon replaced water as the major source of power. 10. The Industrial Revolution caused changes in society.
11. Higher wages and better working conditions could produce good profits.
12. It's an old machine, so we often have to repair it.
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