A-level French listening: Pourquoi a-t-on fait une réplique de la grotte Chauvet?
This A-level French listening worksheet is based on an online animation from the news site 1jour1actu. It is designed to enable students to improve their listening skills and develop their vocabulary on the topic of France's cultural heritage.
The animated video clip outlines when the cave was discovered, why it was never opened to the public as a tourist attraction, why a replica has now been created and what cave paintings can be seen inside.
The worksheet includes activities in the style of the AQA A-level exam – synonym tasks, comprehension questions, a true / false / not mentioned task and a 90-word summary – along with answers.
The suggested answer to the summary-writing task:
The Pont d'Arc cave is a copy of the Chauvet cave, open to the public so that they can discover this Paleolithic masterpiece. The Chauvet cave was discovered in 1994 and is perfectly preserved. The murals were made by Cro-Magnon man 36,000 years ago and they are among the oldest in the world. They represent animals. Cro-Magnon men perfected their techniques, using the tools and paint they made. They were real artists.
