HISTORICAL FACT OR FICTION?
If you remember, we’ve done the first part of this activity in class by finding the missing information but I would like you to finish it:
Which six sentences do you think are false?
1. The White House was originally grey before they painted it white.
2. The French revolution started in 1788.
3. The first modern Olympic Games were in Athens in 1796.
4. Concorde started flying in 1969.
5. Christmas became a national holiday in the USA in 1790.
6. Until 1965, people drove on the left of the road in Sweden.
7. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born in 469 AD.
8. Yuri Gagarin was the first man to travel into space.
9. Workers first discovered Neanderthal man in France.
10. Gandhi studied in England when he was a young man.
11. Christopher Columbus first arrived in America in 1392.
12. Mozart grew up in Austria.
5 comments:
Hi Ana!
I think that the false sentences are numbers 1,2,3,7,9 and 11.
The reasons are:
1. This building always has been named "White House"
2. The French revolution started in 1789
3. The first modern Olympic Games were in 1896
7. Muhammad was born in 570 ad.
9. Nenderthal man was discover in Belgium
11. Columbus arrived in America in 1492.
Love, Betty
Hello Ana
I searched in Internet and I think that the false sentences are:1,2,3,6,7,11
The reasons for the sentences 1,2,3,7,11 are like than Betty but the sentence 6 I think that people drove on the left in Sweden until 1965.
Sorry the year is 1967
"I think that people drove on the left in Sweden until 1967"
Hi!!
I think there are seven false senteces: 2,3,5,6,7,9 and 11.
Reasons:
2.The French revolution started in 1789.
3.The first modern Olympic Games were in Athens in 1896.
5.Christmas was declared a national holiday by Ulysses S. Grant in 1870.
6. Until 1967, people drove on the left of the road in Sweden.
7. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born in 570 AD.
9. Workers first discovered Neanderthal man in Engis (Belgium)
11. Christopher Columbus first arrived in America in 1492.
Elena
Hi Ana!
In my opinion the false sentences are seven: 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 9.
The reasons are:
1. The White House was always painted in white.
2. The French Revolution started in 1789.
3. The first modern Olimpic Games were in 1896.
5. Christmas became a national holiday in de USA in 1870.
6. Sweden people drove on the left until 1967.
7. The Islamic prophet Muhammad was born in 570 AD.
9. First Neanderthal man was discovered in Belgium.
Isabel
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