Seven Wonders of the World

A. For each Wonder, choose a verb from the box and complete the information. Use Active and Passive verbs in Simple Past Tense.

make be locate build destroy

1. The Temple of Artemis ______ a Greek temple for Goddess Artemis. It around 323 BC and it in Ephesus (near the modern town of Selçuk in present-day Turkey). It _ of marble mostly. It by Goths in 262.

build (2) destroy miss

2. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon in Babil province, Iraq by Nebuchadnezzar II for his wife because she the green hills and valleys of her homeland. They around 600 BC. However, they by an earthquake in the second century.

damage build become be (3)

3. The Lighthouse of Alexandria by the Ptolemaic Kingdom between 280 and 247 BC in Alexandria, Egypt and it between 120 m and 137 m tall. It ______ one of the tallest man-made structures on Earth for many centuries. It _ badly ___ by three earthquakes between 956 and 1323. It then an abandoned ruin.

destroy build construct be (2)

4. The Colossus of Rhodes a statue of the Greek - god of the sun Helios. It _ in the city of Rhodes, on the Greek island of the same name, by Chares of Lindos in 280 BC. It to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of Cyprus. It ____in the earthquake of 226 BC and it one of the tallest statues of the ancient world.

make destruct find be represent put

5. The Statue of Zeus at Olympia a giant seated figure, about 42 ft (13 m) tall. It by the Greek sculptor Phidias around 435 BC in Olympia, Greece, and in the Temple of Zeus there. It the god Zeus sitting on a throne ornamented with precious stones. It during the 5th century.] No copy of the statue _, and details of its form are known only from ancient Greek descriptions and representations on coins.

survive be complete build

6. The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in Egypt and the only wonder that ___. It _ as a tomb in 20 years and around 2560 BC. It is 146.5 metres (481 feet), which is equal to a modern 48-story building. It ______ the tallest man-made structure in the world for over 3,800 years. It is composed of over 2 ½ million blocks of limestone, which weigh from 2 to 70 tons each.

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