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Practice 6:
London
By John Escott

Name and surnames: Maria Bramona Collet

Group: 2nd B
Teacher’s name: Rosa Mª Martí
Deadline:Friday, 1st April 2011

BEFORE READING
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1. Here are six famous places. Can you match the names with the photos?

a) Eiffel Tower d) Buckingham Palace

b) The Parthenon e) The White House
c) Houses of Parliament f) The Kremlin

2. How many of these places are you going to find in a book about London?
The letters c, d.
Which places are they?
The Houses of Parliament and the Buckingham Palace.
What do you know about them?
The houses of Parliament is the meeting place of the two houses of the Parliament of
the United Kingdom—the House of Lords and the House of Commons. And the
Buckingham Palace is the London home and primary residence of the British monarch.
What other places can you name in London, and what do you know about them?
Big Ben, the first bell in the clock of the parliament. London Eye, the tallest wheel in
Europe. Harrods, a famous shop in London.

WHILE READING
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Chapter 1

The Romans came to London.

Danish ships came and destroyed many buildings.
William the Conqueror built a castle in London.
Elizabeth the First was queen.
Thousands of people died in the Great Plague.
The Great Fire of London destroyed a lot of buildings.
New Saint Paul’s Cathedral was built.
People came to see the Great Exhibition.
The world’s first underground trains began to run.
Bombs destroyed many of London’s building during the Second World War.

Chapter 2

About 300 people work in Buckingham Palace. T

When you visit the Royal Mews you can see the Queen’s paintings. F
You can visit Windsor Castle all year round. T
Hampton Court is on the River Thames. T
The big parade called the Trooping of the Colour is on the
Queen’s birthday in April. F

When the Queen goes to open Parliament, she rides a

beautiful white horse. F
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Chapter 3

The City is busy during the week.

The Tower of London is the oldest building in the City.
Queen Elizabeth the First was once a prisoner in the Tower of London.
The dome of St Paul’s Cathedral is the biggest in Britain.
Great Tom rings when a king dies.
At the Monument people remember the year of the Great Fire.

Chapter 4 and 5

Who lives at 10 Downing Street? The Prime Minister.

What can you see in Parliament Square? The statue of Sir Wiston Churchill.
What was different about the coronation in 1953? The first time could be seen in TV.
What is Big Ben? The bell in the clock.
What do people do every day to remember Guy Fawkes? They burn dolls, fireworks...
Who wrote plays for the first Globe Theatre? William Shakespeare.
What can you see in Tate Modern? Paintings by Matisse, Picasso...
Why do people like to go on the Millennium Bridge? Because there are good views.
What can you do at the London Eye? You can see 40km across London.
What is the tallest office building in Britain? Canary Wharf.
What happens at the Thames Barrier when the sea is very high? The ten big gates come
up and stop the water.

Chapter 6 and 7

In Hyde Park you can take a boat out on the Serpentine.

People remember Diana, Princess of Wales, at the playground in Kensington Gardens.
You can see animals from all over the world at the zoo in Regent’s Park.
The bones of the world’s biggest animal are in the Natural History Museum.
In the Sherlock Holmes stories the famous detective lives at 221b Bakes Street.
The National Portrait is full of pictures of famous people.
Half a million people visit the Museum of Horror every year.

Chapter 8, 9 and 10

How long ago did The Mousetrap begin in London? 59 years.

Why do people go to Fabric and Ministry of Sound? Because they want dance.
What can you see at the Oval? I can see cricket.
Where does the London Marathon end? In Westminster.
What is the most important shop in London? Harrods.

Where is a good place to look for books? Charing Cross Road.

Which markets have cheap clothes? Petticoat Lane and Spitalfields Market.
What do people enjoy at the Ritz in the afternoon? They enjoy the music and the tea.
What colour are London’s famous buses? Red.
How many streets do taxi drivers need to know? 25,000 streets.
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AFTER READING
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1 Hello from London!

I arrived here on Thursday. What a wonderful city! On Saturday we saw the Lord
Mayor’s Show. It’s a big exhibition for the Queen’s birthday. We saw her go past in a
beautiful coach.

On Monday we went to the River Thames. We walked across the Tower Bridge to the
Tate Modern and went to look at the paintings. Then we had a ride in the London Eye.
The weather was good, so we could see Hyde Park, Saint Paul’s Cathedral, and a lot of
other places.

Now it’s time for some shopping. Tomorrow I’m going to the Knightsbridge, because I
want to visit Harrods. After that I’m going to the Ritz to have afternoon tea- it’s a very
British thing to do!

See you soon

Alice

2. Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre

What is the name, and where is this place? Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre, near Thames.
What can you see there? Some theatres.
When did it open? In June 1614

3. The picture goes on page 19.

Where was the photographer? In one of the cabins.
Would you like to go there? Yes, I would.
What can you see in the photo? Ships, River Thames and the Houses of Parliament.

Caption: Views of the London Eye.

Yes No
4.
Everybody speaks English, X
Nobody lives near the river because of the
X
floods.
There are no cars in the centre of London. X
Buckingham Palace is now a hotel. X
Fish is very expensive, so only rich people
X
eat fish and chips.

There is no more contamination.

There isn’t a queen.

5. Yes, I would like. Because is a beautiful city and it haves a lot of things to view. I
would like to see the London Eye, Westminster Abbey, Big Ban, Harrods and Madame
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Tussauds. I haven’t got preferences. The Houses of Parliament, and specially the Big
Ben.

6. There are 7 million people in London, but in Cardedeu there are 17,000. In London,
people speak English and about 300 more languages; in Cardedeu they speak Catalan
and Spanish. In London there is a treadmill, but in Cardedeu we haven’t got any one.
In London there is a lot of skycreapers but in Cardedeu only there is some flags.