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1. Match the words to their opposites and make sentences using them.

prevailing aged

illustrious prominent

delicate predominant

ancient glorious

distinguished valuable

precious elegant

2. Match the adjectives to the nouns and make sentences using the word

combinations.

Lace-like, stained, stone, ancient, prevailing, delicate, illustrious, precious,

distinguished, unknown, religious, royal, famous, historical

church, warrior, fan-vaulting, glass, personality, stone, scientists, people, centre,

style, Stone of Scone, associations, carvings, arches

3. Scan the text for details and fill in the missing words.

  1. Westminster Abbey is one of the most important … centres in Great Britain.

  2. The oldest part of the building … … to the eighth century.

  3. In the eleventh century … … founded a great Norman Abbey.

  4. Westminster Abbey is famous for its architecture and historical … .

  5. The Abbey is a … church – the scene of …, …, state … .

  6. … … was crowned on Christmas Day, 1066.

  7. When … … was crowned on June 2, 1953, the ritual was much alike to the first coronation’s one.

  8. The Stone of Scone was … from Scots in 1296.

  9. The Stone of Destiny was … … to the Scots in 1996.

  10. One of the greatest glories of the Abbey is … … .

  11. The Chapel’s lace-like …, delicate …, stone … of saints are the finest example of early Tudor … .

  12. The Abbey is sometimes compared to a … .

4. Scan the text for details and choose the right answer.

1. Westminster Abbey was founded by

a) William the Conqueror b) Edward the Confessor c) Henry III

2. The Abbey has been the scene of royal coronations since

a) William I b) Henry III c) 1666

3. Westminster Abbey was built in … style.

a) Neoclassical b) Baroque c) Gothic

4. Monarchs are crowned while sitting on

a) the Stone of Scone b) the Coronation Chair c) the throne

5. Queen Elizabeth II was crowned in

a) 1956 b) 1953 c) 1935

6. The Abbey is compared to a mausoleum because there are tombs and

memorials of illustrious

a) soldiers b) sailors c) statesmen

7. Westminster Abbey shelters the grave of

a) Shakespeare b) Darwin c) Burns

5. Put questions to the following sentences.

  1. The interior of the Abbey is one of the finest achievements of English architecture.

  2. In the Museum of Abbey Treasures you can see the models of the Crown Jewels.

  3. A copy of the face of Elizabeth of York was used for the pictures on playing cards.

  4. A monument to Chaucer was erected here in 1556.

Westminster Abbey is open from Monday to Friday, from 8a.m. till 6p.m.