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Stone carving

Learning goal

  • To acquire useful vocabulary in order to be able to describe the process of stone carving and the main materials used in it.

To achieve that goal, you should become familiar with the words in the resource, paying special attention to those included in the exercise. The interactive activity provides feedback so that you can evaluate your performance.

Watch a Masterpiece Emerge from a Solid Block of Stone

Watch the video "Watch a Masterpiece Emerge from a Solid Block of Stone | Short Film Showcase", posted at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2q5IVRkXJtk by National Geographic, and then do the activity below. If you have trouble following the video, activate the automatic English subtitles.

Complete the sentences with words from the drop down menu

Fill in the gaps in the sentences using words from the drop down menu. 

  • Stone are often based on a preliminary model.
  • It is amazing how fast she can turn a simple stone into an expressive human .
  • Be careful when hitting the with the . If you are not precise and delicate you may end up damaging your sculpture.
  • It takes a long time to train to be a stone .

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