Welcome to London
London at night
St.Paul’s Cathedral
The Tower
The Tower Bridge
Westminster Abbey
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
The National Gallery is in Trafalgar Square
WINDSOR CASTLE – an official residence of Her Majesty the Queen
A plan of Windsor Castle
The British Museum
Big Ben at night
Oxford is famous for the University
There are a lot of monuments in London
Match the photos, the names of the places and their descriptions
Make the pairs:
Guess the word:
What new words have you learned?
What new words have you learned?
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Welcome to London

1. Welcome to London

2.

• LET’S VISIT PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST
IN LONDON.
London is the capital of Great Britain.
London is more than 2000 years old.
London is one of the largest cities in the world.
London is one of the most beautiful cities in the
world.

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4. London at night

5. St.Paul’s Cathedral

St. Paul’s Cathedral is the main cathedral in London.
It was designed by Christopher Wren in the 17th
century.

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7. The Tower

• It was a fortress,
a castle, a royal
palace and a
prison.
• Now it’s a
museum.
• There are a lot of
interesting
collections in The
Tower of London.

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9. The Tower Bridge

• Built in 1894 the Tower Bridge has become one of the
symbols of London.

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11. Westminster Abbey

• Westminster Abbey is the ancient
church. The oldest part of the
building dates back to the 8th
century.
• British kings, queens and other
famous people are buried here.
• British monarchs are crowned in
Westminster Abbey.

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13. BUCKINGHAM PALACE

• was built in 1830. The Queen and the Duke of
Edinburgh have a suite of about 12 rooms on the first
floor.

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15. The National Gallery is in Trafalgar Square

• Trafalgar Square is
the geographical
centre of London.
• It was named in
memory of Admiral
Nelson’s victory in
the battle of
Trafalgar in 1805.

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The tall Nelson’s
Column stands in the
middle of the square.
The National Gallery
was founded in1824.
It has a fine
collection of
European paintings.

17. WINDSOR CASTLE – an official residence of Her Majesty the Queen

18. A plan of Windsor Castle

19. The British Museum

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• The British Museum
is the biggest
museum in London.
• It was founded in
1753.
• It has one of the
world’s best
collections of art and
archaeological
treasures.

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22. Big Ben at night

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BIG BEN
Tick-tock,
Tick-tock,
This is Big Ben.
Big Ben is a clock.
Day and night
With all its might
Big Ben, the clock,
Says: Tick-tock.

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Regent’s Park
HydePark

26. Oxford is famous for the University

• There are many
buildings at Oxford
University.

27. There are a lot of monuments in London

28. Match the photos, the names of the places and their descriptions

Trafalgar Square
It has a long and cruel history.
It was a palace, a prison. There
is a museum here now.
Buckingham
Palace
The coronation of all British
Kings and Queens takes place
here. Some English famous
people are also buried here.
Westminster
Abbey
British people like to rest and
relax here. In the centre there
is the Nelson’s Column.
The Tower of
London
It is the London home of the
Queen. Here you can see the
Changing of the Guard.

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Tower Bridge
St. Paul’s Cathedral
The British
Museum
Big Ben
It was designed by Christopher
Wren in the 17th century.
It has one of the world’s best
collections of art.
It is really a bell. It has a deep
tone and you can hear it every
hour.
It was built in 1894. It opens
and ships go up and down
the River Thames.

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31. Guess the word:

• The famous clock is … (Big Ben)
• The coronation of all British Kings and
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• It is one of the famous bridges
across the Thames…(Tower Bridge)
• It is an ancient fortress
in London…(Tower of London)

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