- •2. Read the quotes about London. What did s. Johnson and h.G. Wells mean?
- •5. Complete these sentences with words from the box.
- •6. Circle the letter of the best answer to check your understanding of the main idea.
- •7. Complete the sentences with the prepositions below.
- •3. Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them to speak about history of London.
- •4. Complete these sentences with words from the box.
- •5. Circle the letter of the best answer to check your understanding of the main idea.
- •7. Work in pairs and remember what events or facts these numbers refer to.
- •10. A) Complete the text with the verbs from the box making all necessary changes. You may use each word only once.
- •11. A) Fill in the articles where necessary:
- •The structure of government in great britain
- •Forming a government. The cabinet
- •9. Find the words on the British Parliament in the lines below. Transcribe five of them.
- •3. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases to your partner. Then use them to speak about the Houses of Parliament at Westminster:
- •The house of lords
- •The house of commons
- •11. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases to your partner then use them to speak about the House of Lords and the House of Commons:
- •12. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •13. Complete the following sentences:
- •The british parliament
- •21. A) Find the appropriate match from the words on the left.
- •22. Write out of the text proper names, translate them and memorise.
- •28. A) Fill in the gaps with the verbs from the box making necessary changes of their grammar forms.
- •British institutions
- •29. Find the words on the British Institutions in the lines below. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •A typical working day
- •31. A/ Work in pairs. Student a interviews b to write an essay on the House of Lords. Using the appropriate prompts given below, student b gives answers to a’s questions.
- •3. Make use of the words and word-combinations given above to write down 10 sentences of your own.
- •4. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •5. Put the words or word combinations from the box into each gap:
- •6. Spelling checker. Complete the words with the missing letters:
- •8. Memory work
- •9. Translate into English:
- •10. Match the words from the box with their definitions below.
- •4. Find the false sentences and correct them:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. Spelling checker. Complete the words with the missing letters:
- •8. Think of a match on the left (based on Buckingham Palace) to the appropriate definition on the right.
- •10. In pairs think of the appropriate word combinations to the words given below.
- •12. A/ Work in pairs. Student a interviews b to write an essay on Buckingham Palace. Using the appropriate prompts given below, student b gives answers to a’s questions.
- •13. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases to your partner then use them to speak about Westminster Abbey:
- •4. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •5. Translate into English:
- •7. Match the years with the events :
- •2. Explain the meaning of the following words and phrases to your partner then use them to speak about Picadilly and Trafalgar Square:
- •4. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •5. A/ Fill in the missed prepositions: Trafalgar Square
- •6. Translate into English:
- •8. A) Fill in the missing articles: Piccadilly – the Heart of London
- •13. A/ Work in pairs. Student a interviews b to write an essay on Piccadilly. Using the appropriate prompts given below, student b gives answers to a’s questions.
- •5. Translate the following words and word-combinations into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •7. A/ Fill in the missed prepositions: Soho
- •2. Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them to speak about St. Paul’s Cathedral.
- •4. Work in pairs to define whether these statements are true (t) or false (f).
- •5. Translate the following words into Ukrainian. Then transcribe them to avoid possible mispronunciation and miscommunication in future:
- •6. Translate into English:
- •8. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
- •2. Complete the text with the correct form of the verb given in brackets. The tower of london
- •Визначні місця лондона
- •What is a Cockney?
- •Regent Street
- •Oxford Street
- •8. A/ Read the text and fill in the missed prepositions: The Double-Decker Bus London's favourite bus to go in 5 years
- •Charing Cross
- •10. Translate the following text into English using the following word combinations.
- •Британський Музей
- •Greenwich
- •12. А) Fill in the blanks with the appropriate verb from the box below making any necessary changes. You may use each word only once.
- •South Kensington
- •3. A) Fill the blanks with the words from the box. You need to change the form of the words. You may use each word only once.
- •Bankside
- •Туристу на замітку
- •19. How many facts do you know about London? Match the columns to get 7 facts about it.
- •Do you know top 10 amazing facts about london?
- •22. Projects
- •Most Popular Major Attractions
- •Self-study box
- •The london portal
- •Parliament. The palace of westminster
- •The house of commons
- •The house of lords
- •6. Match the words on the left with their definitions on the right.
- •7. Fill in the gaps in the text below with the most appropriate word:
- •South Bank
3. Explain the meanings of the following words and word combinations in English and use them to speak about history of London.
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1. insurance company |
12. fleas |
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2. in slums |
13. the blitz lasted |
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3. hard-hit |
14. smogs |
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4. boundaries |
15. seafaring Germanic tribes |
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5. housing shortage |
16. to relieve |
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6. enormous fortunes |
17. a chief source of |
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7. to behead |
18. sided with |
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8. to grant self-government |
19. to clear out |
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9. Stock Exchange |
20. nobles built estates |
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10. to trace its history back |
21. to conquer |
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11. mayor |
22. craft and trade guilds |
4. Complete these sentences with words from the box.
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Thames |
southwest |
Romans |
London |
Londinium |
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Wall |
Britain |
start |
Germanic |
separate |
1. London began about A.D. 43, when .......................started to conquer Britain.
2. The Romans built a seaport on the.......................... .
3. The Romans called the port.......................... .
4. By the 200's, the Romans had built a.......................... around London.
5. In 410 the Roman troops in..........................were called home.
6. The native Britons kept..........................alive as a trading center.
7. After the Romans left, seafaring..........................tribes repeatedly attacked London.
5. Circle the letter of the best answer to check your understanding of the main idea.
1. The Angles and Saxons divided England into
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a/ two, |
b/ four, |
c/ six separate kingdoms. |
2. The
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a/ Angles, |
b/ Saxons, |
c/ Jutes controlled London. |
3. The Saxon king Edward the Confessor built a
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a/ church, |
b/ palace, |
c/ fortress. |
4. It became the start of the
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a/ City of Westminster, |
b/ City, |
c/ London. |
5. William the Conqueror was crowned in Westminster Abbey in
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a/ 1066, |
b/ 1660, |
c/ 1606. |
6. William granted Londoners
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a/privileges, |
b/ Tower, |
c/ self-government. |
7. He built a castle, called the
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a/ White Hall, |
b/ White Tower, |
c/ Big Ben. |
8. The White tower today forms the
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a/central, |
b/ northern, |
c/ southern part of the Tower. |
9. About 1100, work began on
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a/ Old St. Paul's Cathedral, |
b/ Tower, |
c/ Big Ben. |
10. It was finished
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a/ 200, |
b/ 20, |
c/ 120 years later. |
6. Divide the text into logical parts and name them. Use the plan to speak about the history of London.
7. Work in pairs and remember what events or facts these numbers refer to.
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1649 |
1952 |
1666 |
13,000 |
50,000 |
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1547 |
1846 |
1665 |
100,000 |
1940 |
GRAMMAR FOCUS
8. Rewrite the sentences and change the form of the verbs given in brackets using the phrases from the box.
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It’s time |
As though |
As if |
If only |
I wish |
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What if |
They’d rather |
Suppose he/it |
It is as if |
Oh, if |
1. In 1209 London Bridge /become/the first stone bridge across the Thames.
2. London's craft and trade guilds /begin/to develop.
3. London /grow /rapidly.
4. Under King Henry VIII nobles /build/ estates outside London's walls.
5. The West End thus /begin/to develop.
6. The king /own/six palaces in London, including the Palace of Westminster.
7. In 1547 Henry VIII /die/ the palace of Westminster became the place of Parliament.
9. Find more facts about Oliver Cromwell and the Puritans and make notes of them. Present your opinions in class.