Is London worth visiting?

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“Enjoy English”

А letter from London’s Henry Box Comprehensive school

Dear friends, We, pupils of the Henry Box Comprehensive School invite you to London as a friendly visit

in a framework of the pupils exchange between the countries.

We offer you an enjoyable social program and sightseeing trips around London, and its

suburbs. We hope you will find your visit full of

interest, pleasure and fun. We expect you in March 2013 for a week stay.

Please, inform us of your decision. Hope you can come.

Your, Pupils of the A.Grade.

Match the words from the first column and the second one

It’s worth noiseTo be rich in gardensTo be proud of visitingTo be tired of trees and

flowersTo be full of our cultureTo be famous for his poems

What do you think about when you hear the word “London”?

London

Work in pairs“Have you ever been to …?”“Have you ever seen …?”

For example:─ Have you ever been to the Houses of

Parliament?─ Oh, yes, I have. It has world wide fame.

–– What way of travelling is preferable for you?

Landing card

Full nameSex male

femaleDate of birthPlace of birthNationalityOccupationAddress in UKSignature

The Tower of London

St. Paul’s Cathedral

Trafalgar Square

British Museum

Big Ben

Buckingham Palace

Parks &Gardens of London

Who gave to London its first name?

a)The Egyptians

b)The Greeks

c)The Romans

2) Which river runs through London?

a)The Thames

b)The Severn

c)The Seine

3) Who founded the Tower of

London?

a)Charles I

b)William I

c)Henry VIII

4) Who said “When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life”?

a)Charles Dickens

b)William Shakespeare

c)Samuel Johnson

6) How much of London did the Great

Fire of London destroy in 1666?

a)A quarter of London

b)Three quarters of London

c)The whole city

7) Who designed St Paul’s Cathedral?

a)Christopher Wren

b)Benjamin Hall

c)Francis Drake

8) Where are the British kings and

queens crowned?

a)St Paul’s Cathedral

b)Westminster Abbey

c)The House of Lords

9) Which birds, according to legend,

protect the Tower of London?

a)Pigeons

b)Ravens

c)Swans

10) Which is the most famous

shopping street in London?

a)Oxford Street

b)Downing Street

c)Baker Street

11) What is a ‘double-decker’?

a)A bus

b)A lorry

c)A ship

12) Where can you make a speech in

Hyde Park?

a)Poet’s Corner

b)Speaker’s Corner

c)Revolutionary Corner

13) What is ‘the Globe’ in London?

a)The largest department store in

Europe

b)Cockney rhyming slang for ‘hope’

c)A Shakespearean theatre

14) Which is the only London Bridge

that can be raised?

a)Tower Bridge

b)London Bridge

c)Waterloo Bridge

15) Why is 2012 named a special year for

London?

a)It’s the city’s 2000th anniversary

b)The Olympic Games were held in this

city.

c)There was an eclipse of the sun

The Olympic Games were held in this city.

18) Which museum is situated at

221B Baker Street?

a)Tate Modern

b)Madam Tussaud’s

c)Sherlock Holmes Museum

19) What colour is the traditional

London taxi?

a)Yellow

b)Black

c)Green

20) What’s the popular name for the

underground system in London?

a)The Tunnel

b)The Channel

c)The Tube

21) What is the London Eye?

a)A telescope

b)An observation wheel

c)A newspaper

To sum up

I have learned that (about)….

I was glad to know that (about)…

Your home task:

St. Book ex. 26 p.86 to read and translateYou will make the tour to London at home

with your parents. But you will visit the places which were new for you.

You may use these address surfing the Internet.

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Thank you for your work today.

GOOD BYE!