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3. Choose the best variant to complete each sentence.

1. Buckingham Palace is the official residence of the British monarch in____________.

London

Kyiv

Paris

Prague

2. Originally known as Buckingham House, the building forming the core of today’s palace was a large townhouse built for ______________________in 1703.

King George III

the Duke of Buckingham

Duke of York

Queen Victoria

3. ___________________of the suite, serving as a corridor to link the state rooms, is the Picture Gallery.

In front

At the back

At the centre

In the middle

4. The Palace is not the monarch’s ________________ property; both Windsor Castle and Buckingham Palace and their art collections belong to the nation.

personal

state

public

private

4. Match the words.

state

attraction

royal

occasion

private

corps

dominant

entertaining

diplomatic

feature

tourist

residence

5. Find the synonyms in the text.

authoritative, formal

generous

to built, construct

groove

modern

6. Find the opposites in the text.

private

a country house

poor

fine, punishment

individually

7. Find the best variants for the words in the text.

1. It was ____________over the next 75 years, principally by architects John Nash and Edward Blore, forming three wings around a central courtyard.

enlarged

expanded

extended

increased

2. At the centre of the suite, serving as a ____________to link the state rooms, is the Picture Gallery.

passage

corridor

room

hall

3. Investitures, which include the conferring of knighthoods by dubbing with a__________, and other awards, take place in the palace’s Victorian Ballroom.

knife

gun

weapon

sword

8. Find the mistakes.

The palace contain 19 state rooms, 52 principal bedrooms, 188 staff bedrooms, 92 offices, and 78 bathrooms.

They was created by the sculptor Sir Thomas Brock in 1911 and erected in front of the main gates at Buckingham Palace on a surround was constructed by the architect Sir Aston Webb.

Queen Victoria was knew to love music and dancing, and the greatest contemporary musicians entertained at Buckingham Palace.

On many years the palace was seldom used, and even neglected.

Investitures, which includes the conferring of knighthoods by dubbing with a sword, and other awards, take place in the palace’s Victorian Ballroom.