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7d Vocabulary

Look at the box and read the years a-e aloud.
Then listen and check your answers.
a. 1778
1995 nineteen ninety-five b. 2021 NOTE

2009 two thousand (and) nine c. 1958 in + year
d. 2002
2017 twenty seventeen e. 1998 I lived in London in 2013.
Listen 1

A The following sights are in B How much do you know about London?
London. Do you recognise any of Do the quiz below.
them? Match the names with the
pictures 1-6. Then listen and check QUIZ
your answers.
1 How much do you know
about London sights?
2

1 When did Tower Bridge
irst open to the public?
a. in 1594
b. in 1794
c. in 1894 2 You can hear
Big Ben every...
a. ifteen minutes.
3 © MM Publications b. thirty minutes.
4 4 c. hour.
3 Where does the royal family live?
a. Big Ben
b. the Tower of London
c. Buckingham Palace

4 What did the famous
ship Cutty Sark carry
from China to England?
a. co fee
5 5 6 b. tea
c. rice
5 How many people went on
the London Eye in its irst
year of service?
a. about 35,000 people
b. about 350,000 people
c. about 3,500,000 people

C Now listen to a game show and
Buckingham Palace check your answers to the quiz.
London Eye
Big Ben Over to you...
The Tower of London Discuss.

Cutty Sark Have you ever visited London?
Tower Bridge Would you like to visit any of the sights
mentioned in the quiz? Which ones? Why?
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