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    let's discover the united kingdom !

 what do you know about the United Kingdom ?

   

                                

 

Tick the countries which belong to the United Kingdom:

Wales Scotland Republic of ireland    Northern Ireland    England   Shetland Islands  

Tick the countries which do not belong to Great Britain:

Scotland     England   Nothern Ireland    Shetland Islands    Republic of Ireland    Wales

 These cities are the capitals of:

EdinburghCardiffDublinLondonBelfast

The British Flag is called the

 

mail box    London cab            phone booth   Coin       Pub    Bobbies                  Royal Guards        double deckers 

 

 

let's visit london !

 

MAJOR FACTS ABOUT LONDON       MAJOR FACTS ABOUT LONDON

 

click on the link         Visit London      WEBSITE HELP ! 

Population:    Proportion of ethnic groups: number of languages spoken

 Superficy:     Name  two ethnic communities    

  became King in 1066 but he was soon defeated by during the Battle of

Which disease occurred in 1348 : what did it entail ? It lasted 2 years

London was bombed down during    how long did the Blitz last ?

 

 

SIGHTSEEING    SIGHTSEEING    SIGHTSEEING    SIGHTSEEING   

 

    click on the picture to enlarge it

 

This is The Bristish museum   the National Gallery      Buckingham Palace  

click on the link and check    The Royal Residences

Write a short text about this place (mention function, dates, owner...)       Name 3 places which are opened to visitors, give details
                                                            

 

Who lives at this place ?   What's his name ?     Welcome to ....

    address

 

Most famous monuments in London      Most famous monuments in London

 

Label their names and click on the links to get more information

click on the photos to enlarge them 

 

                                                                                                         

1. It's      AboutBritain.com

What happens when a light shines above the clock face ?

It's name refers to the bell the clock-tower      Who was it named after ?    it was destroyed in 1941

The Houses of Parliaments next to Big Ben are divided between the . Every November the sits on a to deliver her speech for the traditional speech for the Parliament opening session at the

 

2. It's     Home Page (click on about the cathedral)

 It was designed and built by between . It's the to occupy this site.

 

3.It's      AboutBritain.com

It was founded by .

Tick the names of famous people who were either executed there or jailed there:

Queen Victoria    Elizabeth the 1st Ann Boleyn    Cromwell   Guy Fawkes Elisabeth the 2nd Richard the II    

Tower Highlights

If you go to

 

you will see

 

Opening times

in the Treasury  The Imperial Crown, jewels and the largest top-quality cut diamond set in the Sovereign's Sceptre

 

Having guarded this royal palace and fortress for centuries they will captivate you with amazing stories, passed on from generation to generation, and guide you to the infamous Traitors' Gate and the execution site.

 

The White Tower

 

a range of replica torture instruments used in past centuries on unfortunate prisoners and learn more about the victims and torturers with interactive touch screens

 

The tower

they've lived here for

 

 

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4. It's      Exhibition - index

It has stood over the since 1784    1884    1894   1984

Name 2 things worth doing or seeing there

 

5. It's  Nelson's Column

Square  date commemorates
column Height  around the base
statue of Height  
famous places in the same area                

 

6. It's   Attractions

It is at the junction of   you can see gigantic electric ads  shops a fountain a bronze sculpture Eros a dressmaker

If you want to get there by the underground, you'll stop at  station and if you'd rather take a bus, lines will drive you there

Charring Cross: this symbol signals a bus station a train station an underground station

 

ENTERTAINMENT    ENTERTAINMENT   ENTERTAINMENT

 

FANCY SOME SHOPPING, WATCHING A FILM , ATTENDING  A SHAKESPEARE PLAY OR A NICE CONCERT, visiting a few museums ?

Where shall you go then ?

                          

 

                                

click on the links to discover these places 

British Museum        Portobello Market        Leicester Square      Madame Tussauds    Royal Albert Hall    Shakespeare's Globe   

Camden lock      Tate Modern     Oxford Street       Hyde Park

 

If you want to...  you will go to... photo n°
go shopping in a wide range of fashion shops
spent some time at a flea,antique and veg market
see contemporary art exhibitions
listen to classical or rock concerts
spent some time at a flea, craft and fashion market or go night-clubbing
see Egyptian mummies
rest and enjoy nature
see famous stars' wax models
see a film, a play or a musical
visit shakespeare's theatre

 

TIPS  TIPS    TIPS    TIPS    TIPS    TIPS    TIPS    TIPS   

 

If you want to know a price, what question do you ask ?

If you want to buy something, you'll pay with

If you are under 18, you can can't go to a pub on your own

If you're afraid of getting lost, you'd better have a with you

If you're lost, you can ask your way (3 possibilities) to royal guards bobbies passers-by tourist information centre officers

If you want to spend a week-end in London, you'd better book a room in a youth hostel, it's usually the cheapest accommodation in London

If you're hungry, you can eat in restaurants, cafeterias, pubs but remember food is expensive in England and the taste of it might be a nasty surprise!

If you are not in a hurry to get to London, you can enjoy a rough Channel crossing on a ferry, then get a bus or a train at Dover

Otherwise you can either fly (try to get a low-cost flight) or travel through the Channel tunnel with the Eurostar or the Shuttle.