CHALLENGE: London!!!

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1. Read the text. Look up in the dictionary any word that you don’t know.

2. Find the following information in the text.

1. The names of three famous places in London: ............................., .............................., ..............................

2. The name of an unusual house in London: ..........................................................................................................

3. The addresses of two houses in London: .............................................................................................................

4. The name of a famous place in the USA: .............................................................................................................

LONDON WITH A DIFFERENCE

Are you planning a trip to London at the moment? Of course, you must see all of the usual places: Big Ben,

The Tower of London, Buckingham Palace … But you can also see some unusual places and things.

Neal’s Yard Water Clock is a good place to start. Neal’s

Yard Water Clock is above a shop in Covent Garden. This

clock runs on water and it’s quite precise. Every hour,

figures on the clock start moving. It’s great to watch, but

be careful! One of the figures likes pouring water on the

heads of the people under it.

Another interesting place is the Thin House in Knightsbridge.

This extraordinary house is thinner than normal houses. On

one side, it’s only about 1.67 metres from the front of the

house to the back! Luckily, the other side of the house is

wider than that.

Do you think it’s hard to live in a house like the Thin

House? Well, it’s easier than living at 23-24 Leinster

Terrace in Bayswater. When you look at the front of the

houses on Leinster Terrace, they all look the same. But

two of them are very different. They’re not real! Behind

the houses, you can see the truth. Numbers 23-24 are just

front walls, like houses in a street scene from a Hollywood

film. Now that’s unusual!

How do you send the answers?

You don’t have to write your answers on this document.

You have to write your answers on a Word document. Please,

you need to make it clear which exercise you are doing and its

corresponding answer.

Finally, remember to put a clear title to the Word document you

send (don’t forget your name!)

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3. Complete the sentences.

1. The clock in Neal’s Yard is unusual because .................................................................................................... .

2. It isn’t a good idea to stand under the clock because ....................................................................................... .

3. The Thin House is different from .......................................................................................................................... .

4. On one side, the distance between the front of the Thin House and the back is ......................................... .

5. You can’t live at 23-24 Leinster Terrace because ............................................................................................. .

6. You can see houses like 23-24 Leinster Terrace in .......................................................................................... .

4. Let’s take a look to some icons of the city of London! Do you know them? Match the pictures with the corresponding name.

A B C D

E F G H

5. The following dialogue takes place in a tour in the Wembley Stadium. Read it carefully and then choose the correct answers and complete the sentences:

Mark: Wow, Amy. I can’t believe we’re at Wembley Stadium!

Amy: I know, Mark. Wembley is probably more famous than any other football stadium in the world.

Mark: It’s not just a football stadium, though. They have rugby matches here, too. And other events. They even have American football games.

Amy: Really? American football in England?

Mark: Yes. Oh, and don’t forget the pop concerts. There are amazing pop concerts here.

Amy: I know. I really want to come to a pop concert here.

Mark: Oh good, the tour’s starting. Come on!

Tour Guide: … and now we’re walking down the passage to the stadium.

Amy: This place is enormous!

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Mark: Wembley is enormous. It’s got 90,000 seats.

Amy: Ninety thousand? That can’t be true.

Mark: It is true. In this continent, only Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona is bigger than Wembley. It’s got over 99,000 seats.

Amy: Hey, you really know about sports stadiums. Oh, look! We’re moving again.

Tour Guide: … we’re in the players’ tunnel. The players come through here at the beginning of the match. Come with me.

Amy: Wow, it’s incredible! And it all looks so modern.

Mark: Well, it is quite new. It only opened in 2007.

Amy: Oh, right.

Tour Guide: … come and sit down.

Mark: Hey, these are great seats! Imagine watching a match from here.

Amy: I really don’t think you can watch a match from here, Mark.

Mark: Why? I’m sure you can buy tickets for these seats.

Amy: You’re not listening to the tour guide. This is the Royal Box. The Queen and her family sit here.

Mark: Ah, that’s a problem …

1. There are ...... at Wembley Stadium.

a. only football matches

b. American football games

c. not any rugby matches

2. Amy wants to go to a ...... at Wembley.

a. rugby match

b. football match

c. pop concert

3. Wembley has got ...... seats.

a. 9,000

b. 90,000

c. 900,000

4. Camp Nou Stadium and Wembley Stadium are bigger than all the other stadiums in… .

a. Europe

b. the world

c. the UK

5. Amy thinks the stadium looks ...... .

a. old

b. ugly

c. new

6. Amy and Mark sit in ...... seats.

a. good

b. bad

c. enormous

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Now, complete the sentences.

1. According to Amy, Wembley is more .................................... any other football stadium in the world.

2. Camp Nou has got .................................... seats.

3. Wembley Stadium is .................................... Camp Nou Stadium.

4. Wembley Stadium is .................................... years old.

5. The Royal Box is for .................................... and .................................... .

6. Look at the following picture, choose four persons and describe what they are doing (use the Present Continuous tense). You can use the Sports’ vocabulary that we study in Unit 5:

Example: Sue and Beth are practising their performance. They are cheerleaders!

A……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

B……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

C……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

D……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

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7. Think about a place in London that you find interesting (maybe you visited it or you want to). Complete the chart about this place:

Name of place:

Where it is:

What it is:

Why it’s special:

Other interesting

information:

8. Write a paragraph about the place in your chart in the previous exercise (70-80 words):

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9. Add a picture of the place that you described.

Competències treballades

Dimensió comprensió lectora:

C4. Aplicar estratègies de comprensió per obtenir informació i interpretar el contingut de textos escrits d’estructura clara de la vida quotidiana, dels mitjans de comunicació i de l’àmbit acadèmic.

C6. Seleccionar i utilitzar eines de consulta per accedir a la comprensió de textos i per adquirir coneixements.

Dimensió expressió escrita:

C7. Planificar textos escrits de tipologia diversa utilitzant els elements de la situació comunicativa.

C8. Produir textos senzills amb adequació a la situació comunicativa i amb l’ajut de suports.

Àmbit digital:

C1. Seleccionar, configurar i programar dispositius digitals segons les tasques a realiza.