Passage (i)
The Egyptians made a tiny hole in the bottom of a stone bowl, which they filled with water. The inside of the bowl was marked to show the hours. As the water ran out through the hole, they could tell the time by looking at the top of the water left in the bowl.
Sand was sometimes used instead of water. The sand ran through a narrow hole from the top glass bulb to the bottom. When the top was empty, the hourglass was turned upside down. The sand ran through again.
Questions:
(1) What is this passage about?
(2) How do we tell the time today?
(3) What two things did the Egyptians use to tell the time?
(4) Write two words from the passage that describe the following:
(a) ________
(b) ________
(5) Write the opposites of:
(a) top
(b) narrow
(1) This passage is about how the Egyptians told the time.
(2) Today we tell the time by clocks or watches.
(3) water and sand
(4)
(a) bulb
(b) bowl
(5)
(a) bottom
(b) wide