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A2 Reading ⏱️ 12 Minutes

Theme Parks: Tivoli Gardens

Read a short travel article about Denmark's famous amusement park and answer the questions.

📋 How to use this lesson

For the Teacher

Give your learners 12 minutes to read the passage and finish the eight questions.

Check answers as a class and ask students to point out the sentence that proves each fact.

For the Student

Read the article once to learn about Tivoli Gardens and its history.

Then answer the questions from easy to hard, using the words in the text to help you.

Useful sentence pattern: "The rollercoaster was exciting, but my sister was too scared to scream."

Travel Article

Visiting Tivoli Gardens

Tivoli Gardens is an amusement park in Copenhagen, in Denmark. It opened on 15 August 1843. Its founder, Georg Carstensen, got royal permission from the king to open it. He built it after he saw amusement parks in other countries.

In 1874, the park built its Pantomime Theatre, and it is the oldest building in the park today. The Japanese Pagoda, a tower from 1900, has 2,800 coloured glass lamps that light it up at night. In 1914, the park opened a roller coaster that is now called the Tivoli Roller Coaster. Tivoli says it is one of the oldest wooden roller coasters that still work in the world.

Hard words in this text

founder a person who starts a business, school, or park

royal permission an official yes from a king or queen

pantomime theatre a place where actors tell stories with movement and music, not words

pagoda a tall Asian tower with several curved roofs

wooden roller coaster a train ride built on a wooden track

Questions (Easy to Hard)

Answer each question using facts from the reading passage.

1 True or False

Tivoli Gardens is located in Copenhagen, Denmark.

____ True ____ False

2 True or False

Tivoli Gardens first opened to visitors on 15 August 1843.

____ True ____ False

3 Multiple Choice

Who founded the park, and who gave him permission to open it?

____ a. Georg Carstensen got permission from the city council. ____ b. A Danish king built it after asking foreign visitors. ____ c. Georg Carstensen got royal permission from the king.

4 Multiple Choice

Why did Georg Carstensen build Tivoli Gardens?

____ a. He wanted to build a quiet garden for the king. ____ b. He built it after he saw amusement parks in other countries. ____ c. He wanted to make money from wooden roller coasters.

5 Matching

Match each year with the attraction built or opened in Tivoli Gardens:

Year

Roller Coaster

Pantomime Theatre

Japanese Pagoda

1874

____ Roller Coaster ____ Pantomime Theatre ____ Japanese Pagoda

1900

____ Roller Coaster ____ Pantomime Theatre ____ Japanese Pagoda

1914

____ Roller Coaster ____ Pantomime Theatre ____ Japanese Pagoda

6 Matching

Match each famous spot in Tivoli with what the text says about it:

Attraction

Working wooden ride

Oldest building

Coloured lamps

Pantomime Theatre

____ Working wooden ride ____ Oldest building ____ Coloured lamps

Japanese Pagoda

____ Working wooden ride ____ Oldest building ____ Coloured lamps

Tivoli Roller Coaster

____ Working wooden ride ____ Oldest building ____ Coloured lamps

7 Short Answer

What does Tivoli say about its 1914 roller coaster?

Complete the sentence: "Tivoli says it is one of the oldest ___ roller coasters that still work in the world."

____ (Type the missing word here...)

8 Short Answer

How many coloured glass lamps light up the Japanese Pagoda at night?

Write the number as it appears in the text.

____ (e.g. 1,000)

Reading: The History of Tivoli Gardens

Theme Parks: Tivoli Gardens

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Hard words in this text

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