Welcome to London

WELCOME

TO LONDON

THE LONDON TOURIST INFORMATION OFFICE

QUESTIONS :

• Is a group of Russian students for the first time in London?

• They would like to see famous London sights, wouldn ′t they?

• What tours did the director of the office suggest?

• Which of the tours would Russian students prefer?

The boat trip along the Thames

The Father of London

TRAFALGAR SQUARE

The centre of London

THE HOUSES OF PARLIAMENT

The seat of the British government

BIG BEN

The biggest clock bell in Britain .

THE TOWER OF LONDON

The oldest museum in London

TOWER BRIDGE

One of the famous bridges across the Thames.

THE NATIONAL GALLERY

One of the greatest collections of European painting in the world.

WESTMINSTER ABBEY

The coronation

of all British Kings and Queens takes place there.

The London Eye

The largest

• The largest

observation

wheel in the

world

135 metres (443 ft)

BUCKINGHAM PALACE

The London home of the Queen

MADAME TUSSAUD‘S

A famous museum of wax figures

Match the words and word combinations and point out these places of interest on the map.

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1. Houses of Palace

2. Buckingham Bridge

3. The Tower of Ben

4. Tower Parliament

5. Trafalgar London

6. Big Square

The Clock Tower is 318 feet long (~97m) the minute hand is 14 feet long (~4m) the hour hand is 9 feet long (~3m)

Decide whether the following sentences are true( + ) or false( – ).

1. The Houses of Parliament is a very large building which stands near the Thames.( )

2. The bell weights about 4 tons.( )

3. The clock has one face.( )

4. The man in charge of the building was very tall.( )

Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth ІІ

His Royal Highness Prince Philip, Duck of Edinburgh

Make up words.

• g,a,n,e,r,d –
• m,a,n,i,c,e -
• c,a,l,a,p,e –
• k,a,l,e –
• t,s,r,o,p c,b,u,l –
• c,e,f,o,f,i -

• garden
• cinema
• palace
• lake
• sport club
• office

Black ravens

Complete the sentences.

The Tower of London stands near...

a) the Thames b) Buckingham Palace

The Tower of London has...

• one tower b) twenty towers

The black ... live in the gardens of the Tower.

• ravens b) pigeons

Now the Tower of London is ...

a) a prison b) a museum

CHECK YOURSELF

2. The Queen lives in …

• the Houses of the Parliament b) the Tower of London

1. Big Ben is …

• a palace b) a bell c )a square

c) Buckingham Palace

3. The country’s leaders speak in…

4. The Tower of London is…

a ) the Houses of Parliament b) Big Ben

a) a museum b)a bridge c)a square

c) Buckingham Palace