ESL Listening: Ancient Tombs Lesson

This ESL activity helps English students improve their listening and vocabulary skills with a video about ancient Egypt. The video is from National Geographic.

Video: Tombs of Ancient Egypt

The link for this ESL video is here: ESL-video-Egypt.

Vocabulary

civilisation, pharaoh, embalm, life after death, linen, tomb, monument

Comprehension

  1. Where did ancient Egypt start?
  2. When did it start?
  3. How long did kings rule Egypt?
  4. Name four things the ancient Egyptians made or built.
  5. Why did Egyptians preserve dead bodies?
  6. What is a mummy?
  7. What things were put in the tomb?
  8. How many blocks are in the pyramids in Giza?
  9. How much do these blocks weigh?
  10. How long did it take to finish the pyramids?