Lesson 4

Speaking

3. Ask and answer the questions in pairs.

1. Why do we think they might have existed? People think the gardens might have existed because Roman and Greek writers wrote about them because King Nebuchadnezzar wanted to make his wife happy.
2. Where do most people believe the Gardens were? Most people think the gardens were in Babylon.
3. Who might have built the gardens? Some people thought that King Nebuchadnezzar might have built the gardens.
4. How could they have watered the plants? The plants could have been watered by an irrigation system.
5. What might have destroyed the gardens? It might have been destroyed by war or an earthquake.