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London JohnAuthor
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1 Put these events in the right order. Number them 3 Who were they? Match a number from A with a
1–10. letter from B to make complete sentences.

a The Great Fire destroyed many churches.
b Then Roman ships came up the river.
c In the Second World War German bombs
destroyed many buildings.
COMPREHENSION
A
1 was the father of Elizabeth the First
2 was the first Mayor of London
3 put a bomb under the Houses of Parliament

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d Later, William the Conqueror built a castle 4 opened a food shop in Brompton Road
by the river. 5 wrote the play called The Mousetrap
e More than 100,000 people died in the Great
Plague. B
f In the time of Queen Victoria many a Guy Fawkes
railways were built. b Agatha Christie
g Then Danish ships came and destroyed c Henry the Eighth
many of the buildings. d Henry Charles Harrod
h At first London was a small village by the e Henry Fitzailwyn
River Thames.
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i Later, the Romans went back to Rome.
j When Henry the Eighth was king 50,000
4 Where is it? Match a number in A with a letter from
people lived in London.
B to make complete sentences.
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1 opened in 1828 and has animals from all
2 Are these sentences true (T) of false (F)? over the world
a Most of the buildings in Whitehall are 2 is the home of British art
government offices. 3 has a school of music and a library
b The Queen lives at 10 Downing Street. 4 has lots of smaller shops
c From the London Eye you can see for 40 5 opened in 1905 in Knightsbridge
kilometres. B
d In the centre of Hyde Park there is a lake a Covent Garden
called the Serpentine. b Harrods
e There is a statue of Peter Pan in Regent’s c The Barbican Arts Centre
Park. d Tate Britain
f The Natural History Museum has an e London Zoo
exhibition of dinosaurs.
g In the stories Sherlock Holmes lived at 221b 20 marks
Doughty Street.
h You can see pictures of people from the past 5 Read about travel in London and fill in the spaces
and the present in the National Portrait with these words: car, get on, travel, cab, bus, River,
Gallery. ticket, rush, boat, train.
i There are three theatres and five restaurants In London take an underground ………, do not
in the National Theatre. bring a ………. Buy your ……… before you
j There are thousands of pubs in London. ……… the train. It is quieter when you do not
……… in the ……… hour. You can see more from
20 marks a red ………, and you can also travel in a famous
black ………. Or go by ……… along the ………
Thames.

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Places
Choose the best answer.
1 The _____ built a town called Londinium.
a F Saxons b F Angles c F Jutes
d F Romans
2 The 1666 Great Fire of London started in _____.
a F the Tower of London b F Pudding
Lane c F St Paul’s Cathedral d F Crystal
Palace
3 The oldest part of London is _____.
a F the City b F Whitehall
c F Westminster d F Horse Guards Parade
4 Two famous prisoners in the Tower of London
were _____.
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
a F William the Conqueror and Henry the
Eighth b F Winston Churchill and Charles
Dickens c F Edward the Fourth and his
brother Richard d F Queen Mary and Queen
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Victoria
5 Westminster Abbey is London’s oldest _____.
a F castle b F pub c F church d F tower
6 The Houses of Parliament clock is called _____.
a F Big Tom b F Big Ben c F Great
Tom d F Great Paul
7 The tallest office building in Britain is _____.
a F at Canary Wharf b F in Whitehall
c F in Hyde Park d F in the Mall
8 _____ is the oldest of the royal parks in London.
a F Hyde Park b F Regent’s Park
c F St James’s Park d F Kensington Gardens
9 The _____ opened in 1759.
a F Museum of London b F Science
Museum c F Natural History Museum
d F British Museum
10 Charing Cross Road is famous for its _____.
a F bookshops b F cheap clothes shops
c F market d F food shops
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People
Choose the best answer.
11 _____ built the Tower of London.
a F William the Conqueror b F Henry the
Eighth c F Elizabeth the First d F Queen
Victoria
12 _____ was the daughter of Henry the Eighth.
a F Elizabeth the First b F Queen Mary
c F Queen Victoria d F Elizabeth the Second
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13 _____ was queen when many of the buildings
you can see in London today were built.
a F Elizabeth the First b F Mary
c F Victoria d F Elizabeth the Second
14 _____ was queen for nearly sixty-four years.
a F Victoria b F Elizabeth the First
c F Mary d F Elizabeth the Second
15 The Queen’s real birthday is in _____.
a F June b F May c F July d F April
16 _____ is the most important person in London
after the Queen.
a F the Lord Mayor b F the Prime
Minister c F Sir Robert Walpole
d F Sir George Downing
17 There is a statue of _____ in Parliament Square.
a F Sir Winston Churchill b F William
Shakespeare c F Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
d F William the Conqueror
18 _____ lives at 10 Downing Street.
a F The Queen b F The Lord Mayor
c F The Prime Minister d F Sir George
Downing
19 There is a playground in Kensington Gardens for
people to remember _____.
a F William Shakespeare b F Sir Winston
Churchill c F Charles Dickens d F Diana,
Princess of Wales
20 After Shakespeare, _____ is probably Britain’s
most famous writer.
a F Agatha Christie b F Charles Dickens
c F J. M. Barrie d F Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
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Facts
Choose the correct answer.
21 The Globe Theatre was built at the time of _____.
a F Henry the Eighth b F Elizabeth the
First c F Queen Mary d F Queen Victoria
22 A new _____ was built from 1675 to 1711.
a F Tower of London b F St Paul’s
Cathedral c F London Bridge d F river
23 The London Eye is wheel _____ metres high.
a F 3 b F 35 c F 135 d F 1,335
24 _____ wrote stories about the detective Sherlock
Holmes and his friend Dr Watson.
a F Sir Arthur Conan Doyle b F Charles
Dickens c F William Shakespeare
d F Agatha Christie
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25 The first _____ was Henry Fitzailwyn, in 1189.
a F king of England b F prime minister
c F Mayor of London d F Beefeater
26 Tower Bridge is more than _____ years old.
a F one hundred b F five hundred
c F one thousand d F five thousand
27 St Paul’s Cathedral has the second biggest _____
in the world.
a F bell b F tower c F dome d F prison
28 Visitors travel in the London Eye for _____.
a F 30 minutes b F three hours c F two
days d F a week
29 _____ opened in 1984, cost more than 400
million pounds, and is 520 metres long.
a F The London Eye b F Canary Wharf
c F The Royal Victoria Dock d F The Thames
Barrier
30 It is a four kilometre walk through the _____.
a F Museum of London b F British
Museum c F Science Museum d F Natural
History Museum
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Vocabulary
Choose the best answer.
31 a place where you can see old interesting things
a F art b F museum c F parade d F bank
32 a group of people who control a country
a F royal b F king c F government
d F figure
33 pictures that people like to look at
a F art b F café c F statue d F wax
34 a line of people who are walking together for a
special reason, while other people watch them
a F war b F club c F concert d F parade
35 a place where ships bring people and things
a F flag b F docks c F coach d F prison
36 the shape of a person made of stone or metal
a F painting b F statue c F destroy
d F flood
37 a metal thing that makes a sound when
something touches it
a F bar b F boar c F bell d F bomb
38 the hard white parts inside a person’s body
a F figures b F clothes c F statues
d F bones
39 bad people stay here and cannot leave
a F bar b F gallery c F prison d F club
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40 to enjoy yourself because you have a special
reason to be happy
a F celebrate b F century c F destroy
d F view
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Events
Choose the best answer.
41 In 1605 Guy Fawkes put a bomb under _____.
a F the Houses of Parliament
b F Buckingham Palace c F St Paul’s
Cathedral d F the Tower of London
42 1665 was called the Year of the Great _____.
M U LT I P L E - C H O I C E
a F Plague b F Fire c F Parade d F Show
43 The 1851 Great Exhibition was at _____ .
a F the Crystal Palace b F Buckingham
Palace c F the Tower of London
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d F Kensington Palace
44 In _____ the first underground trains began to
run in London.
a F 1663 b F 1763 c F 1863 d F 1963
45 Queen Elizabeth the Second had her coronation
at _____ in 1953.
a F the Houses of Parliament
b F Buckingham Palace c F the Tower of
London d F Westminster Abbey
46 You can watch the soldiers change the guard at
_____ at half-past eleven most mornings.
a F the Houses of Parliament
b F Buckingham Palace c F Kensington
Palace d F the Tower of London
47 The Lord Mayor’s Show happens in _____.
a F May b F June c F July d F November
48 You can see the world’s best tennis players every
June in _____.
a F Tottenham b F Wimbledon
c F Henley-on-Thames d F Putney
49 The London Marathon happens on a _____.
a F Sunday b F Tuesday c F Thursday
d F Friday
50 The Olympic Games are coming to London for
the _____ time in 2012.
a F first b F second c F third d F fourth
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