Pair words with their definitions. antler Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built mammoth Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built Anthropocene Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built cave art Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built forage Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built industrialisation Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built Neolithic Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built Nomadic Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built Pastoral Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built straw Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built tribe Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built yurt Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. dry stems of plants used to construct roofs, 2. a lifestyle based on moving around and not settling, 3. a large, semi-permanent tent, 4. paintings by early prehistoric people, 5. a wooly elephant-like animal that is now extinct, 6. a period when humans started farming land, 7. connected to raising animals, 8. a thing similar to a bone that grows out of an animal’s head, 9. the era dominated by humans, 10. a small community, 11. to look for food or things you can use, 12. a period when a lot of machines started to be built

Order the elements into a timeline. Elementy do uszeregowania: 1. Implementing smart technology in homes, 2. Using cement to build strong structures such as skyscrapers, 3. Cave dwellings inhabited by first men, 4. Using concrete to build permanent structures, 5. Cities built with mudbrick, 6. Building temporary shelters using leaves and wood, 7. Building the first blocks of flats for factory workers

Drag and drop the correct words into the gaps. There are two words that you don’t need.

1. Archeologists who find 1. skyscrapers, 2. urbanisation, 3. hunter-gatherers, 4. herded, 5. blocks of flats, 6. tents, 7. cave art, 8. concrete, 9. 3d-printed house, 10. subsistence, 11. mudbrick, 12. city walls prove that the caves were inhabited by people.
   
2. The early pastoralists often 1. skyscrapers, 2. urbanisation, 3. hunter-gatherers, 4. herded, 5. blocks of flats, 6. tents, 7. cave art, 8. concrete, 9. 3d-printed house, 10. subsistence, 11. mudbrick, 12. city walls animals in groups and moved them, so they couldn’t build permanent houses.
   
3. The main sources of food for 1. skyscrapers, 2. urbanisation, 3. hunter-gatherers, 4. herded, 5. blocks of flats, 6. tents, 7. cave art, 8. concrete, 9. 3d-printed house, 10. subsistence, 11. mudbrick, 12. city walls were berries and meat. They didn’t know how to farm and hence, couldn’t settle in a dwelling for good.
   
4. Neolithic times occured roughly at the same time as 1. skyscrapers, 2. urbanisation, 3. hunter-gatherers, 4. herded, 5. blocks of flats, 6. tents, 7. cave art, 8. concrete, 9. 3d-printed house, 10. subsistence, 11. mudbrick, 12. city walls processes, which are based on creating cities.
   
5. The first city buildings were built from simple materials such as 1. skyscrapers, 2. urbanisation, 3. hunter-gatherers, 4. herded, 5. blocks of flats, 6. tents, 7. cave art, 8. concrete, 9. 3d-printed house, 10. subsistence, 11. mudbrick, 12. city walls, straw, and wood.
   
6. Ancient Greeks and Romans had known 1. skyscrapers, 2. urbanisation, 3. hunter-gatherers, 4. herded, 5. blocks of flats, 6. tents, 7. cave art, 8. concrete, 9. 3d-printed house, 10. subsistence, 11. mudbrick, 12. city walls a long time before it was reinvented in the medieval times.
   
7. As cities grew throughout the middle ages, 1. skyscrapers, 2. urbanisation, 3. hunter-gatherers, 4. herded, 5. blocks of flats, 6. tents, 7. cave art, 8. concrete, 9. 3d-printed house, 10. subsistence, 11. mudbrick, 12. city walls needed to be built as defensive measures.
   
8. Industrialisation caused an increase in population density. Many people had to live in a small territory, so 1. skyscrapers, 2. urbanisation, 3. hunter-gatherers, 4. herded, 5. blocks of flats, 6. tents, 7. cave art, 8. concrete, 9. 3d-printed house, 10. subsistence, 11. mudbrick, 12. city walls were built to accommodate them.
   
9. The development of technology led to creating very tall office buildings known as 1. skyscrapers, 2. urbanisation, 3. hunter-gatherers, 4. herded, 5. blocks of flats, 6. tents, 7. cave art, 8. concrete, 9. 3d-printed house, 10. subsistence, 11. mudbrick, 12. city walls.
   
10. One of the most recent inventions is the 1. skyscrapers, 2. urbanisation, 3. hunter-gatherers, 4. herded, 5. blocks of flats, 6. tents, 7. cave art, 8. concrete, 9. 3d-printed house, 10. subsistence, 11. mudbrick, 12. city walls, which is created on site using a massive machine.
    

Match the fragments below to create full sentences. We’ ve changed our behaviours and our houses so much over the last few thousand years. You could say that Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. an unprecedented rise in the number of people in cities., 2. we’ve come a long way!, 3. who directs the research on early episodic dwellings., 4. to fire clay and produce hard bricks., 5. prey and lived on a diet of mostly raw meat and fish., 6. the latter is larger and less mobile., 7. we relocate often and live in portable homes. This is the leading archaeologist on the site, Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. an unprecedented rise in the number of people in cities., 2. we’ve come a long way!, 3. who directs the research on early episodic dwellings., 4. to fire clay and produce hard bricks., 5. prey and lived on a diet of mostly raw meat and fish., 6. the latter is larger and less mobile., 7. we relocate often and live in portable homes. Mudbrick was often used before we learned Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. an unprecedented rise in the number of people in cities., 2. we’ve come a long way!, 3. who directs the research on early episodic dwellings., 4. to fire clay and produce hard bricks., 5. prey and lived on a diet of mostly raw meat and fish., 6. the latter is larger and less mobile., 7. we relocate often and live in portable homes. Early humans hunted Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. an unprecedented rise in the number of people in cities., 2. we’ve come a long way!, 3. who directs the research on early episodic dwellings., 4. to fire clay and produce hard bricks., 5. prey and lived on a diet of mostly raw meat and fish., 6. the latter is larger and less mobile., 7. we relocate often and live in portable homes. During the times of industrialisation, we saw Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. an unprecedented rise in the number of people in cities., 2. we’ve come a long way!, 3. who directs the research on early episodic dwellings., 4. to fire clay and produce hard bricks., 5. prey and lived on a diet of mostly raw meat and fish., 6. the latter is larger and less mobile., 7. we relocate often and live in portable homes. The difference between a tent and a a yurt is that Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. an unprecedented rise in the number of people in cities., 2. we’ve come a long way!, 3. who directs the research on early episodic dwellings., 4. to fire clay and produce hard bricks., 5. prey and lived on a diet of mostly raw meat and fish., 6. the latter is larger and less mobile., 7. we relocate often and live in portable homes. We are a nomadic tribe. This means Możliwe odpowiedzi: 1. an unprecedented rise in the number of people in cities., 2. we’ve come a long way!, 3. who directs the research on early episodic dwellings., 4. to fire clay and produce hard bricks., 5. prey and lived on a diet of mostly raw meat and fish., 6. the latter is larger and less mobile., 7. we relocate often and live in portable homes.

Select the correct option. 1. It was Sunday afternoon. I… program on TV when I realised how little I knew about our history.
a) watched
b) had watched
c) was watching

2. I missed the first half of the programme because I … the TV announcement about it.
a) didn’t watch
b) hadn’t watched
c) wasn’t watching

3. The presentation about the new discovery made me realise how much work the archeologists … into that discovery.
a) had put
b) were putting
c) put

4. All historical periods… a groundbreaking moment that defined it.
a) had
b) had had
c) were having

5. It was fascinating to learn that, for example, at the time cement was discovered, people… bicycles.
a) knew
b) had already known
c) were knowing

6. Surprisigly, concrete… more than a thousand years before Christ was born.
a) has been known
b) had been known
c) knew

7. I … to the lecture with excitement and interest and as a result I found a new perspective on things.
a) listened
b) was listening
c) had listened

Complete the gaps in the sentences with the correct past forms of the verbs in brackets. Pay attention to the spelling of the verb forms you type in the gaps. 1) They Tu uzupełnij (meet) while working at the same university. 2) I admit I Tu uzupełnij (not like) history, but now I think it’s alright. 3) He asked me several questions while we Tu uzupełnij(do) the interview. 4) Until I learned about prehistory, I Tu uzupełnij (never have) an interest in archaeology. 5) When we Tu uzupełnij (talk), there Tu uzupełnij (be) a sudden noise. 6) When I Tu uzupełnij (walk) in, the lecturer Tu uzupełnij (argue) with his students. 7) I didn’t know who he was. I Tu uzupełnij (not meet) him before.

Drag and drop verbs in correct gaps in the text. There are two verbs you do not need. Last night, when I     1. 1. had, 2. found, 3. happened, 4. was walking, 5. met, 6. got, 7. had met, 8. had got, 9. I was browsing, 10. had had, 11. had heard, 12. wanted     home from the university, something very pleasant     2. 1. had, 2. found, 3. happened, 4. was walking, 5. met, 6. got, 7. had met, 8. had got, 9. I was browsing, 10. had had, 11. had heard, 12. wanted     to me. It was late afternoon and I     3. 1. had, 2. found, 3. happened, 4. was walking, 5. met, 6. got, 7. had met, 8. had got, 9. I was browsing, 10. had had, 11. had heard, 12. wanted     a very nice and eventful day so far. There was a beautiful breeze as I walked by the beach and everything was quiet. I was not very tired and I     4. 1. had, 2. found, 3. happened, 4. was walking, 5. met, 6. got, 7. had met, 8. had got, 9. I was browsing, 10. had had, 11. had heard, 12. wanted     a few of my friends from my study group. We talked a lot about books, so I decided to stop by the local library and look at books for a while. I    5. 1. had, 2. found, 3. happened, 4. was walking, 5. met, 6. got, 7. had met, 8. had got, 9. I was browsing, 10. had had, 11. had heard, 12. wanted     to the archaeology section and found a very interesting position about the history of human dwellings. It reminded me of something I     6. 1. had, 2. found, 3. happened, 4. was walking, 5. met, 6. got, 7. had met, 8. had got, 9. I was browsing, 10. had had, 11. had heard, 12. wanted     from my friend Donna, who is studying ancient history and wrote a dissertation on early human dwellings. It was a very interesting story about cave art. As     7. 1. had, 2. found, 3. happened, 4. was walking, 5. met, 6. got, 7. had met, 8. had got, 9. I was browsing, 10. had had, 11. had heard, 12. wanted     through its pages, I     8. 1. had, 2. found, 3. happened, 4. was walking, 5. met, 6. got, 7. had met, 8. had got, 9. I was browsing, 10. had had, 11. had heard, 12. wanted     a note. It was actually from Donna, and it said ‘If you’re into cave art as much as I am, ask me out!’ And it     9. 1. had, 2. found, 3. happened, 4. was walking, 5. met, 6. got, 7. had met, 8. had got, 9. I was browsing, 10. had had, 11. had heard, 12. wanted     her telephone number! I think she     10. 1. had, 2. found, 3. happened, 4. was walking, 5. met, 6. got, 7. had met, 8. had got, 9. I was browsing, 10. had had, 11. had heard, 12. wanted     me to invite her on a date!