The ghost town

Name the opposites Clean – Beautiful – Crowded – Busy - Polluted Ugly Deserted Quiet

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Find 5 sentences in Past Simple

Kolmanskop – the ghost town in Namibia

It _____ (be)a mining town in 1911. was

There _____ schools, hospitals, comfortable houses, saloons and shops. were

People ______ (work) in mines and found brilliants. There _____ more than 1000 people in the town. worked were

A railway station _____ in the town. In 1936 Kolmanskop ____ (be) deserted. was was

In 1956 the hospital ____ (be) closed and nobody _____ (live) in this town. was lived

Read the sentences about Kolmanskop and arrange them in logical order There were more than 1000 people in the town. Kolmanskop was a mining town in 1911. In 1956 the hospital was closed. Nobody lives there today. In 1936 Kolmanskop was deserted.

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Read the sentences and put the verbs in Past Simple People _______ (be) happy and wealthy many years ago. They _______ (work) in mines and _______ (visit) their friends. The town ______ (be) beautiful and crowded. People _______ (move) when the mines _____(be) closed. There ______ (be) nothing to do, the shops _______ (not work). were worked visited was moved were was didn’t work

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Answer the questions Did people work in mines in Kolmanskop? Were they greedy and evil? Did people catch fish in Kolmanskop? Did people have cars and buses long ago? Was the town beautiful in 1911? Was the town crowded and busy? Was the town polluted and ugly? Yes, they did. No, they weren’t No, they didn’t No, they didn’t. Yes, it was. Yes, it was. No, it wasn’t.