Стр.78 Рабочая тетрадь Модуль 6 ГДЗ Starlight Баранова 9 класс
Vocabulary
a) Fill in: pavement, limestone, manhole, hidden, human, winding.
b) Complete the sentences using some of the phrases from Ex. 1a).
- It’s nice to sit outside at a ______.
- There are many ______ to the catacombs that few people know about.
- We descended a ______ into a dimly lit room.
- ______ on the streets lead to the city’s underground drainage system.
Complete the text with: sinister, bustling, decomposing, transformed, inscriptions, dungeons.
A dark place in history
In the 1) ______ city of Wakefield, Yorkshire lies a castle with a dark and 2) ______ past. The castle Pontefract dates back to the 11th century and is famous for its intricate network of 3) ______ where thousands of prisoners were kept over the years, including King Richard II. The 4) ______ on the walls tell of prisoners’ names and dates. Built on a cemetery, the castle’s underground chambers smell of 5) ______ bodies and death. During the English Civil War, supporters of the king 6) ______ the prison cells into a storage for military equipment.
Fill in: conjured, creeping, stacked, caved, carved, infested, emerged, strolling.
- The underground room was ______ with rats.
- Thinking about the catacombs ______ up images of skulls and death.
- As we ______ into the daylight, I felt relieved to leave the cave behind.
- We were ______ along the dark passageway, afraid of what was ahead.
- The theatre’s seats were ______ out of marble.
- Large rocks were neatly ______ to form the walls of the room.
- We often go ______ alongside the river on a Sunday morning.
- The roof ______ in and destroyed the inside of the house.
Grammar
Rewrite the sentences beginning with the words given.
- Parisians don’t go very often into the catacombs.
Rarely … - Maria didn’t know she would spend her first day in Paris visiting the city’s underground tunnels.
Little … - She toured the catacombs and she also saw a film in a cinema there.
Not only … - We had never seen such a scary place.
Never before … - If I had known about the catacombs, I would have gone.
Had … - She will never visit the catacombs due to her claustrophobia.
Under no circumstances … - They had just entered the dark cave when their torch burnt out.
No sooner … - She hasn’t visited Paris since she was a young girl.
Not since …
- Parisians don’t go very often into the catacombs.
1a)
1. human skulls
2. hidden entrances
3. manhole covers
4. pavement cafes
5. winding staircase
6. limestone quarries
1b)
1. It’s nice to sit outside at a pavement cafe.
2. There are many hidden entrances to the catacombs that few people know about.
3. We descended a winding staircase into a dimly lit room.
4. Manhole covers on the streets lead to the city’s underground drainage system.
2
1. bustling
2. sinister
3. dungeons
4. inscriptions
5. decomposing
6. transformed
3
1. The underground room was infested with rats.
2. Thinking about the catacombs conjured up images of skulls and death.
3. As we emerged into the daylight, I felt relieved to leave the cave behind.
4. We were creeping along the dark passageway, afraid of what was ahead.
5. The theatre’s seats were carved out of marble.
6. Large rocks were neatly stacked to form the walls of the room.
7. We often go strolling alongside the river on a Sunday morning.
8. The roof caved in and destroyed the inside of the house.
Grammar
4
1. Rarely do Parisians go into the catacombs.
2. Little did Maria know that she would spend her first day in Paris visiting the city’s underground tunnels.
3. Not only did she tour the catacombs but she also saw a film in a cinema there.
4. Never before had we seen such a scary place.
5. Had I known about the catacombs, I would have gone.
6. Under no circumstances will she ever visit the catacombs due to her claustrophobia.
7. No sooner had they entered the dark cave than their torch burnt out.
8. Not since she was a young girl has she visited Paris.
