London (students’)

Active words

capital

centre

region

street

district

places of interest

palace

royal

king

queen

fortress

tower

church

cathedral

hotel

prison

park

statue

monument

memory

victim

to stretch

museum

residence

official

gallery

painting

masterpiece

art

collection

library

wealth

to inhabit

population

resident

to build, built, built

to be built

to attract

attention

to divide

to contain

to occupy

to include

to be famous for

to take place

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the Bank of England

the Stock Exchange

the Old Bailey

1. What words are the given ones are formed from? Fill in the blanks:

Model: … – commercial — commerce – commercial.

… – replace; …– container; … – librarian; … – officially; … – central; … – occupation; … – artificial; … – residential; … – collection; … – attraction; … – memorial; … – painting; … – wealthy; … – monumental; … – regional; … – traditionally; … – artist.

2. Guess the word according its explanation:

To be a well-known person – _________________________; the main city of a country – ________________; to live in some city or region – _______________; a part of a city or country – _________________; a place having many books – _____________________; a place where pictures are collected – _____________; a royal residence – ________________; a place with beautiful trees and flowers where people go for a walk – _________________; a place which contains collections of paintings, statues, historical artifacts – ________________; a valuable piece of art – ________________________; a big statue placed in the street of a city – ______________________.

4. Translate from English:

a) cathedral, famous cathedral, historical cathedral; geographical centre, financial and business centre, historical centre, queen’s residence, the residence of the Prime Minister; official residence, to attract customers, an old fortress, the main tower of the fortress, a famous museum with rich collection of old art, a palace with two towers, clock tower, industrial district, aristocratic district, wealthy people;

b) 1. You can see numerous shops, restaurants, banks on both sides of Oxford Street. 2. There are many beautiful parks in London. 3. London busses are all red and double-decked. 4. The Houses of Parliament is the Place where the Government seats. 5. London is more than 20 centuries old. 6. The City is the business centre of London. 7. No 10 Downing Street is the official residence of the Prime Minister. 8. Trafalgar Square was named in the memory of the victory at the battle of Trafalgar, 1805. 9. The museum contains a great collection of ancient things. 10. St.Paul’s Cathedral is the biggest church in London.

5. Rearrange the words to make up sentences:

1. tourists | The | collection | numerous | finest | art | to the National | attracts | Gallery.

2. proud | city | Londoners | of | are | their.

3. of | statue | see | the top | You | on | can | Admiral Nelson’s | the column.

4. 1805 | of Trafalgar | took | The Battle | in | place.

5. a historical | is | of | Westminster | too | part | London.

6. residence | the 16^th century | in | London | was situated | the Tower of | The royal | till.

7. aristocracy | End | is | where | lives |a district | The West.