Page 48 - English 9 | Skills Based Activity Book

FUNCTIONS English 9
• Talking about past events
• Making inquiries Theme 7
• Asking and answering questions in an interview
World Heritage
4. Imagine that you are doing a street interview and your classmates are interviewees on the L1
street. Walk around the class asking the following questions to your friends. Note down some
of the answers. (If you have no idea about the answers, just make a guess.)

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS NOTES
1. Was the Great Pyramid of Giza a house or a tomb?

2. Was it for the public or for the pharaoh?

3. Was its construction at BC or AD times?

4. Was the construction period short or long?

5. Was it made of iron or stone blocks?

6. Was it one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World?

5. Now, in pairs, read the text below to find out the answers to the interview questions in Part 4
and see whether your answers were true or false.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in Giza. Pharaoh Khufu wanted to build a
tomb for himself and the construction began around 2580s BC. Scientists say that thousands of workers worked in the
construction. Some believed that they were slaves, but archaeologists found skeletons in the area and they show that
the workers were probably native Egyptian agricultural laborers. They used huge blocks of stone to build the pyramid. It
took about 20 years to build the Great Pyramid of Giza and it was the tallest human-made structure on Earth for nearly
4000 years. It is still one of the top tourist attractions of the world and is on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

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