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London/Tower of London
USE OF ENGLISH
VOCABULARY
A. Put in words from unit 1.
1 The Tower was a not just a tower but the where the English kings lived.
2 It was also a where the king kept people he didn’t like in the dungeons.
3 In one of these dungeons there are the with lots of gold and diamonds.
4 You must go down 49 into the cellar.
5 Henry VIII had three one of whom - Elizabeth - became queen in 1558.
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B. Look at text 1 “The Tower of London ” (page 5). Find a word or expression which means the same as each of the words (1-4) below.
The lines where you can find the words or expressions are indicated in brackets.
There is one example (0) at the beginning.
| 0 | palace | castle (paragraph 1-2) |
| 1 | costume | (paragraph 6) |
| 2 | line of people | (paragraph 7) |
| 3 | Beefeaters | (paragraph 5, line 26-34) |
| 4 | fascinating | (paragraph 7-8, lines 44-49) |
C. Use the word given in capitals at the end of some of the lines to form a word of the same word family that fits in the space in the same line. There is one example (0) at the beginning.
| 0 | One of Shakespeare’s most famous play is the drama is Macbeth. | DRAMATIC |
| 1 | Macbeth is a Scottish who meets three witches. | MANKIND |
| 2 | They promise him that he will be one day. | KINGDOM |
| 3 | The play “A Midsummer Night’s Dream is a . | COMEDIAN |
| 4 | It’s about four young who are rehearsing (working) for a | ACT |
| 5 | before the wedding of their friend | PERFORM |
D. German 'vor' = ago, before, in front of, to.
Complete the sentences with the right words.
1 The next train to Tower Hill leaves at ten five.
2 Lots of people were waiting the Jewel House.
3 William I built the Tower hundreds of years .
4 The group of tourists entered the museum lunch.
5 Luke visited the Rock Circus two years .
6 A beefeater was standing Traitors' Gate.
STRUCTURES
A. Put in the present perfect.
0 Beefeaters have guarded (guard) the Tower for centuries.
1 Luke at the Tower for two hours.
2 His parents some sandwiches.
3 They the Crown Jewels.
4 They the prison cells yet.
B. After the tour Luke and Jay went to Madame Tussauds. Here is what Luke wrote in his diary in the evening. Use the correct form of the verbs in brackets, fill in the gaps and translate the German parts.
After we left (leave) the hop-on hop-off bus at Piccadilly, we the tube back to Baker Street. We to Madame Tussaud's. There was a long of people, but we, it only ten minutes.
I museums very much, but Madame Tussaud's really interesting. Jay two policemen the way to the cafe but then he that they waxworks. We a good
I to the Tower yet – I’m going to do this tomorrow.
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