Reading - The Famous Louvre

Read the text and complete the activities below.

The Louvre Museum is located in Paris, France. It is the biggest and most famous art museum in the world. Thousands of curious people visit it every single day to see incredible art and history.

The museum building is inside a very old palace where French kings lived in the past. Outside the main entrance, there is a large, modern glass pyramid that is famous all over the world.

Inside the Louvre, there are more than 35,000 objects and ancient paintings. The most popular painting is the spectacular Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci. It is a very historical treasure.

The museum is incredibly big! If you walk past every object for only thirty seconds, it will take you one hundred days to see the entire museum! It is truly a spectacular palace of history.

ACTIVITIES

Activity 1: Fill in the Blanks Drag and drop the correct words into the blank spaces based on the text.

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1. The Louvre Museum is located in the European city of

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2. The museum is inside a very ancient and beautiful

of past kings.

3. Outside the entrance, there is a famous modern glass

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4. Inside the museum, there are more than 35,000

and paintings.

5. The most popular painting is the Mona Lisa by Leonardo

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Activity 2: Vocabulary Hunt Find words in the text that match these meanings and type them below.

1. A European country:

2. King's royal home:

3. A shape with triangular sides and a square base:

4. Highly valuable items from the past:

5. The quantity representing 100: