For Teachers

Use this 8-minute reading lesson to practice simple past facts.

Check the answers together with your class at the end.

For Students

First, read the short text about the cave carefully.

Next, answer the 8 questions below.

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Cave art inside Lascaux, France

On 12 September 1940, four boys found the Lascaux cave on a hill above the town of Montignac in France. It had painted walls. The boys told their teacher, and he went down into the cave on 18 September. Today, the cave is closed to the public because tourism was damaging its painted walls. People can visit copies: Lascaux II, Lascaux III and, since 2016, Lascaux IV.

🔍 cave

a big opening inside a hill or underground.

🎨 painted walls

walls with pictures painted on them.

🚫 closed

not open for people to visit.

🖼️ copies

things made to look exactly like the original.

1

____ True ____ False

2

____ True ____ False

3

____ a. 12 September 1940 ____ b. 18 September 1940 ____ c. In 2016

4

____ a. In the center of Paris ____ b. On a hill above Montignac ____ c. Under a big river

5

____ a. The four boys ____ b. Tourists ____ c. Their teacher

6

____ (Type one word...)

7

____ (Type one word...)

8

____ (Type answer (e.g. IV)...)