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Word check. Vocabulary extension.




 

Vocabulary extension.

Ex. 1. Match up the words on the left with the definitions on the right.

1) citizens 2) invaders 3) a senator 4) ephors 5) a soldier 6) spartan 7) helots a) five government leaders elected by the assembly b) a person 60 years of age elected by the citizens c) all made landholders over age 30 d) the only occupation a Spartan man could hold e) state slaves assigned to a particular plot f) a person who enters a country in order to attack g) a simple lifestyle without luxuries

Ex. 2.Use these words in the situations from the text.

1. to brag – to boast of what one has done.

2. to vote down a law – to resect a proposal

3. luxuries – things that please the senses (good food and drink, clothes, comfort, beautiful surroundings, smth. expensive).

4. barracks – large building for soldiers to live.

5. harsh – cruel, severe smth.

6. to forbid – to order not to do smth.

Ex. 3.Complete the sentences, use the words and expressions from the text.

1. Size was about all the two cities had … .

2. Unlike Athens, which … to its Mycenaean culture during the Greek Dark Age, Sparta … by the Dorians around 1100 B.C.

3. During the next few hundred years, the Dorians … the region surrounding the city-state of Sparta.

4. Although people in towns near Sparta remained free, they … to serve in the Spartan army.

5. When Sparta was … of its power, its population consisted of 25,000 citizens.

6. The Spartans … the possibility of uprisings by their slaves.

7. The Spartans … that they needed no walls to protect their city.

8. The two kings became part of … senate.

9. However, Spartan citizens could not … laws.

10. Even if the assembly … a law, the senate and ephors often ignored this vote.

11. The people living in the communities around Sparta … trade and craft items for the city-state.

12. During much of Sparta’s history, the government … Spartans to have luxuries goods.

13. Today we refer to a simple lifestyle without … as “spartan”.

14. Helots received of the crops as wages and … the rest to the owner.

Words for reference: turned over, luxuries, forbade, provided, bragged, were concerned about, at the height, were forced, a 30-man, propose, voted down, had in common, held, was invaded and conquered, took over.

Ex. 4.Fill in the following prepositions: in, on, over, by, at, with, upon, to, from, forward to, for, between.

1. The differences … the two city-states were also reflected … the ways children were treated.

2. The Spartan government had a huge influence … the daily lives of its citizens.

3. … fact, when a Spartan baby was born, a government inspector came to look it … .

4. … that moment …, the government took … their education and controlled their lives.

5. … age 30, a Spartan man completed his military training and gained … full citizenship.

6. … religious festivals they participated … chorus contests, … boys and girl singing traditional songs.

7. … reaching seven years of age, wealthy Athenian boys began school.

8. The reserve force was called … duty … times of war.

9. Girls learned crafts and poetry … their mothers.

10. Athenians looked … seeing new plays … the yearly festival … Dionysus.

11. Ancient Greek thinker admired the Spartans because their military background made … a stable society.


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