22 questions
Pompeii is Italy's most popular tourist destination.
True
False
Over twenty thousand people used to live in Pompeii.
True
False
People used to feel anxious about the volcano Mt Vesuvius.
True
False
There was a huge eruption in 79AD.
True
False
After the eruption, there was a black cloud in the air and it started to rain.
True
False
The volcano erupted for more than 40 hours.
True
False
Pompeii was hidden under a thick layer of rocks and ash.
True
False
When the volcano erupted, Diomedes was at his workplace.
True
False
Diomedes chose to hide in the basement until the eruption had finished.
True
False
Diomedes died because of the ash and rocks falling on the city.
True
False
Diomedes died because of the poisonous gas in the air.
True
False
When Fiorelli started to dig at Pompeii, he found that the city below the ash was very similar to how it used to be.
True
False
Fiorelli found the bodies of the dead Italians under the ash.
True
False
In some of the plaster bodies of the dead Italians, you can see how they felt when they died.
True
False
All of Pompeii is now uncovered.
True
False
Choose the correct word form. The volcano _______ suddenly last night.
erupted (verb)
eruption (noun)
Choose the correct word form. There was a huge _______ in the city last week.
expoded (verb)
explosion (noun)
explosive (adjective)
Choose the correct word form. Don't worry. The tiger is not ______. It is sleeping.
died (verb)
dead (adjective)
death (noun)
Choose the correct word form. A koala _________ for 18 hours every day.
sleep (noun)
sleeps (verb)
asleep (adjective)
Choose the correct word form. Be careful. I think that is a bottle of _________.
poisoned (verb)
poison (noun)
poisonous (adjective)
Choose the correct word form. Jack has a very ________ face.
express (verb)
expressive (adjective)
expression (noun)
Choose the correct word form. We went to a funeral last week and stayed for the ________.
bury (verb)
buried (adjective)
burial (noun)