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    let's discover the United Kingdom !

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 what do you know about the United Kingdom ?

    (maps / flag : www.enchantedlearning.com)

                                

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:

Edinburgh      Cardiff     Dublin     London      Belfast 

The British Flag is called the

 

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

 

let's visit london !

 

MAJOR FACTS ABOUT LONDON       MAJOR FACTS ABOUT LONDON       MAJOR FACTS ABOUT LONDON

click on these links

                      http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/london/facts.htm

                      http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/multiculture.html

                      http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/london/transport.htm

                      http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/london/thames.htm

                                                 http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/history.html

Population( number of inhabitants):    Superficy (in square miles):    

number of languages spoken                 Name  two ethnic communities    

London is made up of two ancient cities which are now joined together:

The business and financial district is called   

Parliament and Buckingham Palace are located in

What's the name of the main river :

What's the other name of the underground ? When did it open ? opened in

 

 

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

 

SIGHTSEEING    SIGHTSEEING    SIGHTSEEING    SIGHTSEEING    SIGHTSEEING    SIGHTSEEING    SIG

 

    click on the picture to enlarge it

 

This is The Bristish museum   the National Gallery      Buckingham Palace  

    The Royal Residences

Write a short text about this place (what's its purpose ? how long has it been used ? nb of rooms....)       Name 3 places which are opened to visitors, give details
                                                            

 

British Government

Welcome to ....                   

Who lives at this place ?   What's his name ?    

 address

 

 

Most famous monuments in London                      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    click on the blue links to find out the answers.    

 1.      AboutBritain.com                                                                                    

It's      

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 ?    the clock-tower was destroyed in 1941

http://www.aboutbritain.com/HousesParliament.htm

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

 

2     It's     Sacred buildings

 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

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

 

Traitors' Gate 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.

or

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 have always guarded the tower.

they've lived here for

 

 

  4.                                                5.                                          6.     click on the photos

                                                             

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, there are
statue of Height  
famous places in the same area                

 

6. It's   Attractions

It is at the junction of   you can see gigantic 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 refers to a bus station a train station an underground station

 

ENTERTAINMENT      ENTERTAINMENT     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 these links to discover the places

British Museum        Portobello Market        Leicester Square      Madame Tussaud's    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 vegetables 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

 

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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 astonishing!

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.