Lesson 1

Listening

1. Listen to the telephone conversation. What place is the teacher calling and why?

He is calling the Luxor Museum because he wants to take his class there next week.

2. Listen again and complete the form.

Name of Museum: Luxor Museum.

Opening times: 9 am-2 pm and 5 pm- 9 pm.

Where to buy tickets: at the museum or online.

Ticket price: Adults: 120 pounds .Children/Students: 60 pounds.

Located: (in the) north of Luxor on Comiche El Nil.

Reading

3. Read the text quickly. Which objects did Hamid see at the museum?

He saw statues, rings, necklaces, coins, bowls and tools.

4. Read the text again. Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? Correct the false sentences.

1. Hamid went to the museum with his family. F (He went with his class).

2. The first objects that Hamid saw were the masks. F (He saw the statues first)

3. The jewellery used to belong to rich families. T​​​​​​​

4. Hamid liked the bowls from the fourteenth century. T​​​​​​​

5. There weren't any metal tools in the museum. F (There were some metal and stone tools).

5. Complete the sentences with as + adjective + as or the comparative of the words in the box.

1. The bowls in the museum were newer than the tools.

2. The statues were bigger than the coins.

3. The rings and necklaces were as old as the coins.

4. Hamid liked the bowls better than the tools

5. Tickets for adults are more expensive than tickets for children.

6. The museum is further from his house than Hamid's school.