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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.