The Vikings’ history Reading: How the Vikings came to Great Britain a) Read about how the Vikings came to Great Britain. b) Find a headline for each paragraph from the green boxes. 1. Where the Vikings came from More than 1000 years ago, the Vikings lived in Scandinavia: modern-day Norway, Denmark and Sweden. They were important from the years 700 to 1000. 2. The British islands are near the Scandinavian coast. So when they wanted to find new land to settle on, the Vikings soon found the British islands. 3. The Vikings wanted to buy and sell things. But they also wanted to rob other villages and towns. However, not all Viking people wanted to make war. Some just wanted to have new land to settle on. 4. The Vikings spoke a language called “Old Norse”. This language mixed with “Old English”. That’s why there are still lots of words that come from Old Norse. c) These English words come from Old Norse. Match the words and their Norse forms. 1. window baggin 2. bag vindauga 3. ugly renna 4. run uggligr 1 Why British people weren’t happy about the Vikings Why the Vikings came to Great Britain How the Vikings brought their language to Great Britain Where the Vikings came from Viking ruins, Scotland 72 Unit seventy-two 14 The Vikings Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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