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Task 4 Read the following text and match the word below with
the definition beside, also find the meaning in the dictionary.
The Stonehenge
Stonehenge is one of the world’s most famous
monuments. It stands on Salisbury Plain, in Wiltshire, and its
giant stones can be seen from miles around.

Stonehenge was built over many hundreds of years.
Work began in the late Neolithic Age, around 3000 BC. It
consists of a ring of standing stones, with each standing stone
around 13 feet (4.0 m) high, seven feet (2.1 m) wide and
weighing around 25 tons. The stones are set within earthworks
in the middle of the most dense complex of Neolithic and
Bronze Age monuments in England, including several hundred
burial mounds. Over the next thousand years, people made

many changes to the monument. The last changes were
made in the early Bronze Age, around 1500 BC.
We may never know exactly why Stonehenge was built,
but people probably gathered there for religious ceremonies.

No. Vocabularies Definitions Translations
1. Stone a. about faith, worship ….
2. Age b. adjustment ….
3. Ring c. funeral ….
4. giant d. masterpiece ….
5. Monument e. rock ….

6. Burial f. circle ….
7. Change g. very big ….
8. Religious h. era ….

Task 5 Answer the following questions based on the text
above!
1. What is Stonehenge?
2. What does it consist?
3. Where is this place?
4. How old is Stonehenge?
5. What do you think about how long it was built?