Complete with: frightening, palace, thick, board, ruled, parcel, chores

Here are the solutions to the exercises on the page: **1. Complete with: frightening, palace, thick, board, ruled, parcel, chores** 1. The Inca emperors lived in a beautiful **palace**. 2. The Cheyenne Indians **ruled** for animals. (Note: The sentence in the image is a bit ambiguous, but 'ruled' fits contextually for 'Inca' type history, though 'hunted' would be more natural. I will use 'ruled'.) 3. Do you help your parents with **chores**? 4. That tree is **thick**. 5. The ancient Egyptians transported **board** on the Nile. (Note: Likely meant 'boats' but 'board' is in the word list provided). 6. Pharoahs **frightening**. 7. We often play **parcel** games. 8. Pompeii was a **frightening** city in Italy. (Or 'ancient') 9. There were **thick** stone walls in Machu Picchu. 10. I don't like horror films. They're **frightening**. **2. Choose the correct word** 1. Merlin **created** a contest. 2. People believed he had **magical** powers. 3. There are a lot of **fascinating** figures in mythology. 4. Fashion **fads** don't last very long. 5. Avengers: Age of Ultron is a **must-see** to watch. **3. Match the words** 1. Running -> D (streets) 2. Narrow -> A (room) 3. Storage -> B (water) - (Likely 'Storage room', but 'room' is available. Actually, 'Storage room' matches. 1-streets, 2-room, 3-storage (wait, word list: running, narrow, storage, floral, national). Let's re-match: 1-Running (water? No, running water), 2-Narrow (streets), 3-Storage (room), 4-Floral (print), 5-National (tournament).) *Corrected Matching:* 1 - B (water) 2 - D (streets) 3 - A (room) 4 - E (print) 5 - C (tournament) **4. Complete the gaps with had, could, was, were** 1. Pompeii **was** a famous ancient city. 2. Where **were** you yesterday? 3. The ancient Greeks **had** a large empire. 4. I **could** swim at the age of six. 5. Ancient Egyptians **had** houses made of mud bricks. **5. Put the verbs in brackets in past simple or past continuous** 1. Nobody knows why the Inca **left** Machu Picchu. 2. The ancient Egyptians **transported** goods by boat. 3. Hiram Bingham **found** towers, temples and even a pyramid in Machu Picchu. 4. Christopher Columbus **sailed** to America. 5. They **were not playing** (or weren't playing) football at 7:00 yesterday afternoon. 6. Arthur **became** a king. 7. When **did he die**? 8. Native Americans **respected** the environment. 9. He **was fixing** his boat when it started raining. 10. She **was reading** a book while he **was fishing**. **6. Match the exchanges** 1 - E 2 - D 3 - B 4 - C 5 - A