TERRANOVA SCHOOL

ENGLISH QUIZ

NAME:___________________________ DATE:____/_________________/_______

GRADE: 6 grade SCORE:_____

MARK:______
1. TRUE ( T) OR FALSE (F).

What do you do in your free time? Lots of people watch

TV or use the internet. Most people in the world watch at least one TV show a day.
Websites like Facebook have millions of people using them every day. But what do you
think people in ancient times did when there was no TV and no internet? What did they
do in their free time?
1._____ People usually prefer to watch TV and use the internet.

2. ____ People usually watch TV twice a week

3.____ Websites like Facebook have millions of people using them every day.

4. ____ People in ancient time had TV and internet to communicate between them.

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People in ancient Rome loved going to the baths. There were usually cold, hot and warm
baths. There were public swimming pools too. They were big rooms and were usually full of
people. This is where Romans went to relax and talk with their friends.

1. _____ People in ancient Rome hated going to the baths.

2. _____ People in ancient Rome loved meeting with their friends to talk and relax in
the baths.
3. _____ There weren`t public swimming pools in that time.
4. _____ In Rome there weren`t big rooms to have a bath. _____/ 4
Romans also liked to watch chariot racing. The chariots had two or four wheels and were
pulled by horses. The races were very exciting because they were very fast and there were
lots of crashes.

One of the Romans favourite activities was watching gladiators fight. They fought in
big stadiums like the Coliseum. Gladiators were usually prisoners or slaves who had to fight.
Good gladiators became really famous but most of them were killed when they were
fighting.

2. Choose the correct alternative.

1. Romans people liked to watch..

a) Chariots racing b) riding horse c) football

2. The chariots had.

a) Five wheels b) two four wheels c) four or seven wheels

3. The chariots were pulled by

a) Rabbits b) pigs c) horses

4. One of the Romans favourite activities was.

a) Watching TV. B) to watch chariot racing c) watching gladiators fight

5. The races were very exciting because .

a) they were very fast and there were lots of crashes. B) many people were killed.
b) Gladiators were usually prisoners or slaves who had to fight

6. Good gladiators became really famous because

a)They fought in big stadiums like the Coliseum. B) they were killed when they were
fighting.

c) Gladiators were usually prisoners or slaves who had to fight.

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In ancient Greece, people used to do a lot of sport. The first Olympic Games were 2800
years ago in Greece. There was only one race and all of the athletes were men. Women
couldnt even go to watch the race because the men didnt wear clothes.

Answer Yes or No. (Write full sentences please.)

1. Did women take part in the first Olympics?

2. Were all gladiators famous? _____________________

3. Did Greek athletes wear clothes?

4. Were there lots of people in the roman baths?

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